Senior Utility Surveyor

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role:

• Working within a team of Utility Surveyors based UK wide, alongside the Topographical Surveying, UAV and MBS teams.
• Managing and coordinating live projects, bidding, and assisting with marketing for new projects.
• Carrying out buried services surveys with respect to briefs and specifications.
• Processing and checking of projects, whilst rigorously adhering to, and ensuring, that the prevailing standards of WSP are adhered to.
• Quality Assurance – Ensure that standards are being followed on site and in the office.
• Mentoring of junior team members.
• This role will include working in all weathers and sometimes at night.

Your Team:

• Surveying Services (UK) - Working within a team of 36 Surveyors based UK wide, consisting of Topographical, Measured Building & Buried Services Surveyors and UAV Pilots.
• Working mainly on surveying projects based in England/Wales.
• Varied client base from Local Authorities to Multi-Discipline Consultants.
• City based offices, with excellent transport links and surrounding area includes shops/café/parking train station.
• Surveying Services promote the power of joined-up geospatial technologies to bring locational data alive.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate:

• QCF Level 3 and Level 5, in Utility Mapping and Surveying or have a specific qualification, either as part of their main degree, HND or as a specialist module in an engineering based qualification. However, candidates with suitable skills and proven experience will be considered.
• Proven experience of carrying out fieldwork for below ground utility surveys and drainage surveys on varied sites using Electromagnetic and GPR techniques.
• Experience of working to PAS128 standards, collecting and post-processing GPR data. Typically, 5-10 years.
• Process fieldwork including the production of 2D & 3D CAD drawings and other survey reports.
• Experience in the use of total stations and GNSS.
• Experience in carrying out Topographical Surveys would be advantageous but not essential.
• Have an ability to communicate technical detail graphically and effectively to both colleagues and client teams.
• Undertake own CPD.
• Must have the skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it Drawings, Calculations or Reports.
• Active contribution to Technical Excellence and innovation across the survey team.
• Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team.
• Ability to manage and mentor staff.
• The applicant must have a full UK driving licence as the role will require travel around the country.

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. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. With us, you can. Apply today.