Principal Engineer - Bridges

Purpose of Role:

• Responsible for planning and managing project delivery, ensuring adequacy of design, compliance with standards, and control over cost, time, and quality. 

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Role Summary

• Lead and manage a small team of engineers and technicians. 
• Deliver engineering design, assessments, and inspection reports.
• Take ownership of financial and project management. 
• Ensure technical excellence, health & safety compliance, and timely delivery. 
• Align delivery with WSP Ways of Working (WoW) and maintain document control. 
• Proactively manage interfaces and inputs across disciplines. 
• Support mentoring, training, and self-development initiatives. 

Technical & Project Delivery

• Undertake bridge design, assessment, and strengthening solutions. 
• Carry out feasibility studies for repair and strengthening. 
• Ensure compliance with design standards, health & safety, and WSP procedures. 
• Supervise preparation and checking of calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications. 
• Perform technical reviews and quality checks of team outputs. 

Team Leadership & Management

• Assist discipline leadership in managing a team of engineers and technicians. 
• Allocate resources and manage workload peaks and troughs. 
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior engineers. 

Project & Commercial Management

• Agree and monitor project scope and deliverables. 
• Support fee proposals, resource planning, and programme delivery. 
• Manage change control and ensure alignment with client expectations. 
• Ensure delivery within agreed time and fee constraints. 

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure clarity of requirements. 
• Build collaborative relationships with client teams and international WSP offices. 
• Provide regular updates and reporting to leadership.

Quality, Safety & Governance

• Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement. 
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and WSP quality standards. 
• Maintain strong QA/QC processes across deliverables.

Key Competencies & Skills

Mandatory

• Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE) or working towards the same.
• Minimum 8 years’ international (relevant) experience. 
• Strong expertise in: 
  • Bridge engineering and structural design
  • Assessment and rehabilitation
  • Steel and RCC/PSC bridge structures 

Desirable

• Experience with Eurocodes and international standards. 

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Civil Engineering.

• Chartered or progressing towards chartership (ICE / IStructE).

BGV:
• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.
 

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