WSP

3 weeks ago

Senior / Principal Engineer - Liveable Places

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Job Summary

Join the Liveable Places team to lead sustainable transport and public realm projects in Newcastle, taking schemes from early concept and business case through detailed design and on-site implementation. You’ll manage project programmes, budgets, risks, reporting, and change control, act as a key client contact, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and contractors to deliver safely and to a high standard.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead delivery of multiple sustainable transport and public realm projects from early concept and business case through to detailed design and on-site implementation.
•Manage project programmes, budgets, risks, reporting, and change control to ensure safe, efficient, high-standard delivery.
•Serve as a key point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and providing confident, proactive project leadership.
•Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, contractors, and stakeholders to maintain alignment across scope, programme, and delivery requirements.
•Support delivery in line with WSP project management frameworks, APM best practice, and relevant health and safety requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Work-life BalanceGym Membership

Key Requirements

•Strong experience delivering highways, public realm, or transport infrastructure projects from concept through to construction.
•Experience delivering public realm, active travel, or transport schemes in complex urban environments.
•Proven ability to manage project programmes, budgets, cost control, and financial reporting across multiple live projects.
•Experience developing and managing project risk registers, mitigation measures, and delivery governance.
•Good understanding of design development and coordinating multidisciplinary teams through different project stages.

Skills:CommunicationOrganisational skillsCollaborationProject leadership

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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