Senior Engineer- Highways

WSP in India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in India is seeking a senior engineering designer to lead highway and drainage design for US and international projects, based in India offices (Noida, Bengaluru, Mumbai). You will manage multidisciplinary design teams, ensure quality and schedule adherence, and liaise with US design leaders to deliver on time and within budget.

Ideal candidates have 8–12 years' experience, strong English communication, and deep proficiency with Bentley OpenRoads, InRoads/Geopak, AutoCAD, and other design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering.
• 8+ years designing highways and drainage for major projects with project management.
• Strong English communication and client liaison skills.
• Experience with design software: Open Roads, InRoads/Geopak, AutoCAD.
• Knowledge of AASHTO, MUTCD, TxDOT standards and DMRB.

Responsibilities

• Produce detailed highway and drainage designs and construction drawings.
• Deliver projects within budget, quality, and schedule constraints.
• Lead design process, set goals, and mentor team members.
• Coordinate with US project leads and local team leaders to optimize resources.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to staff.

Skills

Highways design

Project management

Mentoring

English communication

US/UK standards familiarity

Bentley OpenRoads

AutoCAD

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil Engineering

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads

Geopak

InRoads

AutoCAD

MicroStation

SYNCHRO

Dynamo

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 software, 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 Software 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.

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

Background Verification (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.