Principal / Associate, Pavement Engineer – UK Wide
Job Description
Job title: Principal / Associate, Pavement Engineer – UK Wide
Company: WSP
Job description: We are WSP – Join us and make your career future ready!
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Our Airfield and Pavement Engineering team are looking for a Principal / Associate Engineer to be based in any of our UK offices, to undertake and lead investigation, design and execution of pavement and asset management aspects of projects for airports.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Undertaking airfield pavement inspection, evaluation and design for the rehabilitation of existing pavements and the design of new pavements
- Management of work packages and stand-alone projects
- Client liaison as necessary to deliver the project
- Production of technical reports
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
- Clear knowledge and understanding of the function and engineering principles associated with pavements, pavement failures, pavement investigations and laboratory testing.
- Clear knowledge and understanding in producing technical reports and conducting whole life cost assessments.
- Experience and understanding of airfield pavement design and evaluation methodologies including FAA, UFC, DMG 27 and BAA is essential.
- Skills in one or more industry standard design software including FAARIELD 2.0.
- Knowledge of pavement asset management systems including Paver are desirable.
- Knowledge of heavy duty maritime pavements desirable.
- Adept in the use of AutoCAD.
- Undertake site specific risk assessments and safety checks.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Full, clean driver’s license.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Proficient in use of standard office software.
- Capable of working to tight project timescales, work comfortably under pressure and have an open and honest approach.
What’s in it for you?
- Work-life balance?
WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.
Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.
- Inclusivity & Diversity?
We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.
- Health & Wellbeing?
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.
- Flex your time?
For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
- Your development?
We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring. Apply now and be the future of WSP!
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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
