Team Leader - Roads

WSP USA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking a Senior Highway Design Engineer to lead multidisciplinary UK highway schemes from Mumbai. You will manage resources, budgets, and schedules while applying advanced engineering concepts.

You will guide a team of engineers and graduates, ensuring technical excellence, effective client liaison, and compliant with QA, CDM, and HSE requirements across projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in UK highway design with road geometry, restraint systems, pavement, signage and road markings.
• Experience directing and checking design software usage and design standards.
• Proven leadership of teams and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project management for UK highway schemes, delivering resources.
• Act as a technical specialist applying advanced engineering concepts.
• Guide and support a multi-grade technical team across projects.
• Ensure delivery within budget, programme and technical standards; QA, CDM, Sustainability, HSE.
• Liaise with clients, manage finances, and contribute to fee proposals.
• Manage processes to resolve technical issues and risks cost-effectively.
• Support Lean initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Direct and mentor all team members to ensure technical excellence.
• Provide reports on project performance and workload to discipline head.
• Maintain positive team culture.

Skills

UK highway design knowledge

Leadership & mentoring

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's or Masters in Civil Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status

Tools

Civil 3D

Open Roads

MX

PDS/KeyLine

Sign

AutoCAD

ProjectWise

Job description

Responsibilities

• Your principal role will be the day to day project management, responsible for leading and delivering various resources and UK schemes.

• You will be functioning as a technical specialist who develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. You will seek innovation in the delivery of schemes and techniques used to design them.

• You will be active on a number of projects at any given time. You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate.

• You will be responsible for ensuring your projects are delivered to the budget, programme and technical standards and meet QA, CDM, Sustainability and HSE requirements.

• You will be involved in internal client liaison, financial control of projects, recruitments, business development activities and production of fee proposals.

• You will Manage processes to ensure technical issues and risks are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• You will contribute to our Lean approach to driving efficiency and removing waste from our processes.

• You will be guiding, supervising and directing all team members in technical and project management matters to ensure the effective delivery of projects whilst aiding the technical/professional development of the team.

• You will have direct line management, including mentoring and managing early career professionals ensuring technical excellence is in everything we deliver.

• You will provide the required assistance to the discipline head to produce periodic reports, such as project performance, forecast utilisation and workload.

• You will be helping maintain the culture and positive working environment in the team

Key Competencies / Skills:

Mandatory Skills

• You should be able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of and experience of at least 5 years in UK highway design including road geometry, road restraint system, site clearance, pavement, signages, and road markings.

• You should be able to direct and check the use of relevant design software such as Civil 3D, Open Roads, MX, PDS/Key Line and Sign, AutoCAD and ProjectWise.

• You should have demonstrable experience of successfully leading a team and managing stakeholders.

• You should be able to lead teams and help with the operational management of a team of up to 15 staff.

• You should have demonstrable experience of resource and project management

• You should be able to produce technical specifications and reports

• You will be aware of current and emerging technologies relevant to the highways sector.

• Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design team

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Effective time management and strong organisational skills.

Desired Skills

• Financial management

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status of a recognised professional institution.

• Experience on design and build projects

• Use of Lean in Highways

• Can demonstrate clear and successful liaison and co-ordination on multi-discipline projects and working knowledge of other disciplines’ technical capabilities and requirements.

• You will have a bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent with over 12 years’ post-graduate experience in highway design

• Near Chartered or Incorporated Engineer with a recognised institution

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”.