Design Engineer: General Civils

WSP; Midrand; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Inclusive and diverse workplace

Career development opportunities

Job summary

WSP Africa seeks a talented Design Engineer: General Civils to join our Transport & Infrastructure team in Midrand or Cape Town. You will plan and detail civil infrastructure for municipal, industrial, mining, and transport projects, delivering earthworks, roads, stormwater, and water/sewer systems from feasibility through construction support.

You will work with professional engineers and technologists, modelling with Civil 3D, preparing calculations and reports, and coordinating with

Qualifications

• BEng, BSc, or BTech in Civil Engineering.
• Registration as a Candidate Engineer or Candidate Engineering Technologist with ECSA.
• 2–5 years' relevant civil design experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, surfaces, grading, corridors, pipe networks, and drawing production.
• Design experience in earthworks, roads, stormwater, water, and sanitation infrastructure.
• Knowledge of SA civil engineering standards and approval requirements.
• Good problem-solving, analytical, and technical skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal, written, and technical report writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary project teams and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Undertake feasibility, concept, and detailed design of civil infrastructure per codes.
• Design roads, intersections, platforms, and yards with geometric layouts.
• Develop bulk earthworks, grading, and earthwork models using Civil 3D.
• Design stormwater systems, channels, culverts, and erosion controls.
• Design water and sanitation infrastructure aligned to project scope.
• Prepare calculations, drawings, specs, Tender docs, and quantities.
• Review survey/geotechnical data and propose practical site-based designs.
• Coordinate civil services with structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental teams.
• Provide construction-stage support, reply to technical queries, and inspect sites.
• Manage tasks, program, budget, and quality to deliver outputs on time.

Skills

Autodesk Civil 3D

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

BEng, BSc, or BTech in Civil Engineering

Registration as a Candidate Engineer with ECSA

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

WSP Africa is seeking a talented and detail-oriented Design Engineer: General Civils to join our Transport & Infrastructure division, based in Midrand or Cape Town.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on the planning and detailed design of civil infrastructure across municipal, industrial, mining, transport, and general infrastructure projects. Drawing on your Civil Engineering experience, you will work within a team of professional engineers and technologists, delivering integrated civil infrastructure, including bulk earthworks, roads and access infrastructure, platforms and yards, stormwater management, and water and sanitation services, from feasibility through detailed design and construction support, in close collaboration with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Undertake the feasibility, concept, preliminary, and detailed design of civil infrastructure in compliance with relevant codes and standards.

Design roads, access routes, intersections, platforms, and yards, including general geometric layouts.

Develop bulk earthworks, grading, and cut-and-fill models using Autodesk Civil 3D.

Design stormwater-management systems, channels, culverts, attenuation facilities, and erosion-protection measures.

Design water-reticulation, bulk water, sewer, rising-main, and general sanitation infrastructure appropriate to the project scope.

Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, tender documentation, and quantities.

Review survey and geotechnical information and develop practical design solutions around site constraints.

Coordinate civil services with structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental disciplines.

Provide construction-stage support, including responding to technical queries, reviewing contractor information, and conducting site inspections where required.

Manage allocated design tasks, programme, budget, and quality to deliver high-quality outputs on time and within budget.

Support client engagement, proposals, and work-winning activities.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

BEng, BSc, or BTech in Civil Engineering.

Registration as a Candidate Engineer or Candidate Engineering Technologist with ECSA.

Approximately 2–5 years' relevant civil design experience.

Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, including surfaces, grading, corridors, pipe networks, and drawing production.

Demonstrable design experience in earthworks, roads, stormwater, water, and sanitation infrastructure.

Working knowledge of applicable South African civil engineering standards and approval requirements.

Good problem-solving, analytical, and technical skills, with sound engineering judgement and attention to detail.

Excellent verbal, written, and technical report writing skills.

Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary project teams and to plan work and meet deadlines.

ADVANTAGEOUS

Experience on municipal, industrial, mining, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.

Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud or equivalent common-data environments.

Experience with hydraulic or stormwater design software.

WHY JOIN WSP?

Work on diverse municipal, industrial, mining, and transport infrastructure projects across the Transport & Infrastructure business unit.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and project management teams.

Flexible hybrid working model.

Inclusive and diverse workplace culture.

Imagine a better future for us all and a better future for you. Join WSP and make your career future ready.