Senior Civil Infrastructure Project Manager

1 week ago

Orkney, United Kingdom WSP UK Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Civil Infrastructure Engineer to join our team at WSP UK. As a key member of our Development Team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the production of designs and drawings for construction projects and technical reports for masterplanning in support of planning applications.

Key Responsibilities
  • Providing day-to-day support in the delivery of concept studies/strategies with hands-on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions, and construction drawing issue.
  • Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients.
  • Being active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.
  • Providing guidance and support to a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades.
  • Involvement in high-profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison, and project management.
  • Ensuring projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards, and legal requirements.
About the Team

The Development Team is a well-established and high-performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, comprising over 800 colleagues.

  • Focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support, and design, through to scheme implementation.
  • Our vision is to be recognised as the strongest and best Development team in the industry, striving for continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients, and Operational Excellence.
  • We help clients promote, implement, and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent, establishing plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs, will develop over time, and guiding sustainable future development.
  • We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities, providing multi-disciplinary services including civil engineering, highways design, earthworks strategies, utilities, energy planning, coordination, drainage, flood risk, and SuDS.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Knowledge of and experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning.
  • An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics, and building structures, as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures.
  • The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations, and construction drawings.
  • A good knowledge of relevant design codes, including Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, and Local Authority Design Guidance.
  • Good written and spoken communication skills, with awareness of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
  • The ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software, including InfoDrainage, Civils 3D, and/or PDS.
  • Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory, and local authorities to negotiate the necessary outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements.
  • A good knowledge of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, design software, technical consents process, adoption, and contract procedures for the provision of sewers, SuDS, highways, and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects.
  • A robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.

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