Expression of Interest - Local Government Highways & Transportation Team in Wiltshire

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This an opportunity to register your interest in working with WSP for our Local Government Highways and Transport team based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

We provide highways design and consultancy services to local authority clients across the South-West region. We are passionate about supporting our Local Authority clients to deliver improvements for local communities, prioritising Active and Healthy Travel modes and caring about the provision of mobility across the transport network. We have recently secured a new Professional Services Contract with Wiltshire Council, helping them to deliver placed based services for the next ten years. This will include:

• Designing highway maintenance and replacement schemes
• Developing drainage strategies and supervising their construction
• Delivering Highway Capacity and Safety Improvements
• Bus Service Improvement works
• Developing transport planning policy and strategy
• Supporting spatial planning across the county

We pride ourselves on the collaborative nature of our teams and the close working relationship that we have developed with our client and partner organisations. We have a number of vacancies advertised for our team WSP but are always interested in speaking with those who want to bring their experience to WSP but who perhaps don’t see a vacancy that is an exact match.

Our teams enjoy the variety of projects that they are involved in, the opportunity to take projects through from inception through to construction, and the pride they feel in working on projects that create real benefits to local communities. If you have experience from the Highways, Transport or related Infrastructure sectors in any of the below areas, please register your interest and we can talk through how your expertise aligns to opportunities at WSP. We are open to talking about both full-time and part-time opportunities within our team.

• Highways Engineering: providing highways design and consultancy services across a wide variety of projects - taking projects from inception to construction.
• Structural / Bridge Engineering: designing new and replacement bridges and other highways-related structures, as well as opportunities for bridge inspection and assessment
• Quantity Surveying: play a pivotal role in supporting pre- and post-contract commercial aspects of projects across a wide range of sizes and complexities
• Clerk of Works: act as Clerk of Works across a range of projects across the highways sector – a varied role requiring commitment to working onsite and working
• Traffic Signals Engineer: Design, model, implement and optimise signal systems to improve the safe and efficient movement of vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and public transport across the highway network

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• A range of project experience, most likely focused on highway, traffic and civil engineering projects.
• A proven ability to act in client facing roles and maintain good client relationships.
• Proven working knowledge of key UK highways design guidance such as the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Manual for Streets and Traffic Signs Manuals.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence in engaging with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues.
• A passion for innovation and development – whether that be your own development or the mentoring of other team members.
• Commitment to health, safety and welfare of yourself and team members.

Our team is based in WSP’s new Trowbridge office, located in the town centre alongside other teams from our diverse business, with easy access to public transport links and city centre amenities.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. 

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