Senior Engineer- Highways

WSP in India; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking a senior engineering designer for the GCC Development team across Noida, Bengaluru and Mumbai, delivering detailed highway and drainage designs and construction drawings.

The role requires 8–12 years of experience, leadership in multi-disciplinary projects, deep knowledge of US/UK standards, and proficiency with Bentley/OpenRoads, InRoads, MicroStation and Synchro, plus strong English communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in highway/multi-disciplinary design projects.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of US/UK highway standards.
• Proficiency with Bentley/OpenRoads and 3D modelling.
• Excellent English communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery of highway and drainage projects to US/international markets.
• Provide technical guidance, project management and design reviews.
• Coordinate with US-based lead design teams to ensure schedule, quality and budget.
• Mentor junior staff and support training to raise output quality.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Highways design

Bentley OpenRoads

InRoads

MicroStation

Geopak

SYNCHRO

3D modelling

US/UK standards

AutoCAD

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads

OpenRoads

Geopak

InRoads

MicroStation

iTwin

SYNCHRO

AutoCAD/Autodesk

Job description

Responsibilities

The successful candidate’s role will be as a senior engineering designer within the GCC Development team in our Noida/Bengaluru/Mumbai offices producing detailed highway and drainage engineering designs and construction drawings.

• The successful candidate is likely to be a Professional or near-Professional Engineer having 8 to 12 years’ work experience including at least 2 years’ in managing multi-disciplinary Project, Core Design experience.
• Ensuring technical delivery of highway designs, Traffic Control, Maintenance of Traffic, Signals, Signs & Markings
• Ensuring Delivery to budget, quality and programme constraints for the US and/or international market.
• Familiarity with US /UK highway and standards is desirable.
• Proficiency in Bentley softwares -Open Roads, Inroads, Micro-Station, Geopak , iTWIN, SYNCHRO
• Experience in other softwares, Civil3D, ACC, PW Generative components, Concept station, Dynamo, AI, similar design software.
• Applied knowledge and understanding with AASHTO, MUTCD, and FHWA ,TxDOT,FDOT,GDOT, CalTrans or any other US-DOT,DMRB,Standards/Specifications/Guidelines.
• Proficiency in MS Outlook, and MS office (Excel, Word, Power Point) is expected.
• Cultural awareness, an open mind and excellent English communication skills are essential requirements for the role.
• The role will include, technical guidance, project management and work brief preparation to enable the team to produce detailed designs for technical approval.
• A thorough understanding and/or experience of using 3D Modelling, using Softwares such as Bentley Open Roads, digital delivery using iTWINs, Advanced 4D construction sequence using SYNCHRO would be a distinct advantage.
• You can expect to be actively managing technical design delivery for number of US projects at any given time; a major element of the role will be to liaise with WSP’s US based lead design teams to ensure project delivery to agreed delivery schedule, quality and budget constraints. You will also be required to work with other locally based team leaders to ensure resources are fully utilised, identified and addressed effectively and any surplus or shortfall in available staff/workload are identified timely.
• In leading the design process, you will be expected to set clear goals for the team members, monitoring their progress closely and encouraging them to deliver appropriate and cost-effective solutions to the agreed programme. You will also be expected to support those more inexperienced by technical review, mentoring and advice.

The role may include short term secondment and/or visits to WSP’s US offices for better understanding of WSP’s business, assist with acclimatisation to WSP methods of working.

Desired Skills

• The successful candidate will be a dynamic, self-motivated individual who will take on a Leadership role in project work, focused on delivery to the client and technical excellence. The role requires management of number of projects and becoming involved in design at an early stage. The ability to plan and design deliverables per US Engineering standards for each stage of a project is a pre-requisite and training and guidance will be provided where necessary.
• Cultural awareness, conscientious and an open mind and excellent communication skills are essential requirements for the role.
• High degree of self-motivation and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to work under pressure and with minimum of supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering
• Minimum 8 years working experience in design of Highways /Motorways/ Drainage system for Highways, Traffic Control, Maintenance of Traffic, Traffic Signal Design, Signs & Pavement Markings
• Good written and spoken communication skills and be fluent in English
• Be aware of current and emerging technical guidance for highways and drainage;
• An ability to provide hands on mentoring and training of staff to ensure quality of output and continuous technical improvement.
• To produce designs based on planning strategies and construction specifications for drainage and highways.
• Must have a significant knowledge of engineering design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of highways, drainage, and utilities for new developments and regeneration projects. You will know how, if applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.
• Ability to manage numerous assignments at one time
• Proficiency in Open Roads, and/or Geopak / In Roads, similar design software
• Experience in AutoCAD/AutoDesk and their suite of packages.
• Applied knowledge and understanding of DMRB, AASHTO, MUTCD, and TxDOT Standards/Specifications/Guidelines.
• Experience / knowledge of various Design techniques in Highways projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Committed team player;

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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