Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons. Drawing upon extensive and long-standing experience, WSP’s aviation experts plan, design and manage the construction of the airports of tomorrow, with a focus on resilience, sustainability and smart technologies. We are currently looking for a Senior Airfield Civil Engineer to help deliver some of our exciting UK and international engineering projects. The role requires good knowledge and understanding of multi-disciplinary project delivery to join our team of technical experts in the UK. There will be opportunities for international travel to work with overseas clients and WSP aviation teams worldwide, as well as the opportunity to develop your own CPD and support the CPD progression of more junior engineers within the team. Responsibilities include supporting the preparation of technical reports, calculations, drawings and specifications related to the delivery of airfield engineering projects at airports in both the UK and overseas; helping to manage and coordinate design teams and effectively communicating with all parties; identifying and managing design risks, issues and Requests for Information (RFIs); ensuring all deliverables and milestones are achieved to cost, quality and time targets; acting as a role model for more junior staff within the Airfield Engineering team; providing technical guidance and mentorship; championing excellent health and safety practice, including safety in design, site visit safety and compliance with CDM regulations; supporting Project Managers by undertaking project progress monitoring and contributing to the development of appropriate project controls, including change management, information management and document control; responding to client directions in a professional and customer-focused manner and developing and maintaining relationships with clients, peers and others who are influential in providing future business.

Experience
Experience delivering large, technically complex multi-disciplinary airfield civil engineering projects. Knowledge and experience of international airfield design standards such as ICAO, CAA, EASA and FAA. Experience with Civil 3D and relevant airfield engineering design software packages such as AviPlan, SkySafe and FAARFIELD is preferable but not essential. Knowledge and understanding of construction contracts (e.g. NEC) and processes is preferable but not essential.

About you
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an aptitude for presenting technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Enjoy working in a team environment, sharing ideas and collaborating with colleagues, and able to demonstrate successful problem-solving through teamwork. Competent working independently on technical engineering projects and confident in making technical engineering decisions for projects you are responsible for delivering.

Qualifications
A university degree relevant to civil engineering, construction, design or a related discipline. Chartered or Incorporated Status (MICE, MCIHT or equivalent) or equivalent demonstrable experience is preferable but not essential.