Principal Engineer - Bridges

Purpose of Role:

• Responsible for planning and managing project delivery, ensuring adequacy of design, compliance with standards, and control over cost, time, and quality.

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Role Summary

• Lead and manage a small team of engineers and technicians.
• Deliver engineering design, assessments, and inspection reports.
• Take ownership of financial and project management.
• Ensure technical excellence, health & safety compliance, and timely delivery.
• Align delivery with WSP Ways of Working (WoW) and maintain document control.
• Proactively manage interfaces and inputs across disciplines.
• Support mentoring, training, and self-development initiatives.

Technical & Project Delivery

• Undertake bridge design, assessment, and strengthening solutions.
• Carry out feasibility studies for repair and strengthening.
• Ensure compliance with design standards, health & safety, and WSP procedures.
• Supervise preparation and checking of calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications.
• Perform technical reviews and quality checks of team outputs.

Team Leadership & Management

• Assist discipline leadership in managing a team of engineers and technicians.
• Allocate resources and manage workload peaks and troughs.
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior engineers.

Project & Commercial Management

• Agree and monitor project scope and deliverables.
• Support fee proposals, resource planning, and programme delivery.
• Manage change control and ensure alignment with client expectations.
• Ensure delivery within agreed time and fee constraints.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure clarity of requirements.
• Build collaborative relationships with client teams and international WSP offices.
• Provide regular updates and reporting to leadership.

Quality, Safety & Governance

• Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and WSP quality standards.
• Maintain strong QA/QC processes across deliverables.

Key Competencies & Skills

Mandatory

• Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE) or working towards the same.
• Minimum 8 years’ international (relevant) experience.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Bridge engineering and structural design
  • Assessment and rehabilitation
  • Steel and RCC/PSC bridge structures

Desirable

• Experience with Eurocodes and international standards.

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Civil Engineering.

• Chartered or progressing towards chartership (ICE / IStructE).

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”.