Principal Engineer / Associate – Construction & Buildability Advisory
WSP • leeds, england • Posted July 01, 2026
About the Role
A little more about your role…
WSP seeks a candidate with Tier 1 contractor experience (sub-agent/site agent level) and a background in major highways projects to join the Leeds Roads team.
You will support technical delivery and design coordination to help ensure our designs are practical and deliverable on site. Working closely with our design teams, clients and delivery partners, you will apply a strong “right first time” approach—reviewing designs for constructability, identifying constraints early, and ensuring outputs are clear and unambiguous. You will also support the early stages of scheme development by advising on construction strategy, phasing and traffic management, and producing high-level construction programmes to inform economic and environmental assessments.
The role will involve:
- Undertaking design assurance and buildability reviews (incl. methodology/sequence, alternatives/innovation, affordability), and checking drawing...