Associate - Geotechnical Engineering

WSP in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in India in Bengaluru/Noida invites an experienced geotechnical expert to join our team. You will lead design work for foundations, slope stability, retaining walls, and settlement analyses on major infrastructure projects, including metro schemes.

The role focuses on delivering technically sound reports, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and upholding WSP standards across the UK-based project environment.

Qualifications

• At least 15+ years’ experience in geotechnical design for infrastructure projects
• Experience with foundations, slope stability, embedded retaining walls, settlement analysis

Responsibilities

• Development of professionally and technically competent reports.
• Provide support in project delivery including financial analysis, client liaison, public and statutory body consultation, quality control.
• Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary teams on geotechnical projects, building relationships and raising the division's profile.
• Manage project work with robust financial management and budget responsibility.
• Support delivery with high technical standards within budget.
• Adhere to CDM and SHEQ standards and contribute to quality and safety across the team.
• Undertake CPD and mentor others within the team.
• Develop projects proactively with the design team.
• Conduct technical peer reviews of calculations and design deliverables.
• Support bidding activities, proposals, fee estimates, and project planning.
• Organise Qualitative Design Reviews for major projects
• Provide strategic technical leadership for major geotechnical projects from pursuit through delivery.
• Lead on complex, high-value, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Oversee technical quality across multiple projects.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Project management

Report writing

Client liaison

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an exceptional person to add to our Geotechnical Team in our Bengaluru / Noida, India office. You will have at least 15+ years’ experience in the design of foundations, slope stability, embedded retaining walls, settlement analysis, damage assessment of existing facilities and structures for various infrastructure projects, especially metro projects.

Job Description

We are looking for an exceptional person to add to our Geotechnical Team in our Bengaluru / Noida, India office. You will have at least 15+ years’ experience in the design of foundations, slope stability, embedded retaining walls, settlement analysis, damage assessment of existing facilities and structures for various infrastructure projects, especially metro projects.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the day-to‑day delivery of projects working closely with and being supported by other team members, Project Managers and Directors within the UK team.

As a specialist/expert within the UK&IE based Geotech Team working predominantly on a range of variety of geotechnical projects across the UK world.

At WSP, you’ll find yourself challenged in fascinating and far-reaching ways. You’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and society in general.

Responsibilities

• Development of professionally and technically competent reports by making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services to our clients.
• Provide support in all aspects of project delivery including financial analysis, client liaison, public and statutory body consultation, quality control, management of specialists, contractors and sub consultants.
• Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary teams working on geotechnical projects, work closely with and provide professional advice that builds relationships and raises the profile of the geotechnical division
• Effectively manage and deliver project work with robust project financial management. Has budget responsibility for the delivery of projects and services.
• Provide support in all aspects of project delivery meeting high technical standards, required quality and within allotted budget.
• Working in accordance with accepted methods and legislation (including CDM) and operate in accordance with WSP’s corporate health & safety, environment, and quality (SHEQ) standards. Taking ownership for aspects of SHEQ management across the geotechnical team.
• Undertake own continuing professional development and showing management of others across a team, to maintain and build professional capability.
• Taking a proactive approach in developing the projects and working with the design team
• Conduct technical peer reviews and quality checks of calculations, reports, and design deliverables prepared by others.
• Support bidding activities, technical proposals, fee estimates, and project planning exercises.
• Organising Qualitative Design Reviews (QDRs) for major projects
• Provide strategic technical leadership for major geotechnical and infrastructure projects from pursuit through delivery.
• Lead on complex, high-value, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Oversee technical quality across multiple projects, ensuring adherence to company standards and industry best practices.

Key Competencies

Mandatory Skills

• Strong UK based experience – good knowledge of the London base geology
• A sound understanding of geotechnical engineering, with a broad understanding of the underlying principles, and substantial project management experience of medium sized projects.
• Excellent report-writing and strong client liaison skills.
• Will have significant previous