Design Engineer: Commercial Civils

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

This is an exciting opportunity to work on the planning and detailed design of civil engineering services for commercial, retail, residential, mixed-use, and institutional developments. Drawing on your Civil Engineering experience, you will work within a team of professional engineers and technologists, delivering integrated site-development infrastructure, including earthworks, internal roads and parking, stormwater drainage, water, sewer, and external service connections, in close collaboration with architects, developers, and multidisciplinary building-services teams.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Undertake the concept, preliminary, and detailed design of commercial-development civil infrastructure in compliance with relevant codes and standards.

• Prepare bulk earthworks platforms, grading plans, and cut-and-fill models using Autodesk Civil 3D.

• Design internal roads, parking areas, stormwater systems, and water and sewer reticulation, including municipal tie-ins.

• Coordinate civil services with architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire, and landscape designs.

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

• Support site-development-plan reviews, service-capacity assessments, and municipal submissions.

• Provide construction-stage design support, including responding to technical queries and 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 3–5 years' relevant civil design experience, preferably on commercial, residential, retail, or mixed-use developments.

• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D.

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

• Working knowledge of municipal approval processes and applicable South African design standards.

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

• Experience with hydraulic or stormwater design software.

WHY JOIN WSP?

• Work on diverse commercial and mixed-use development projects across the Transport & Infrastructure business unit.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and project management teams.

• Flexible hybrid working model.

• Global career development opportunities.

• 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.