Senior Design Engineer - Geotech

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future-ready!

Think bigger scale. Think higher profile. Think ground-breaking. Join WSP, and you’ll be at the heart of a team of international experts all dedicated to growing and sharing their expertise and working on projects that transform society for all of us.

Your new role, what's involved?

• Perform soil-structure interaction studies and slope stability analyses.
• Assess ground conditions and provide recommendations for foundation design.
• Design shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, and embankments.
• Evaluate ground improvement techniques such as grouting and piling.
• Plan and oversee geotechnical investigations, including borehole drilling and sampling.
• Analyze data from field tests (e.g., CPT, SPT) and laboratory results.
• Prepare geotechnical reports, design specifications, and risk assessments.
• Provide design recommendations to project teams.
• Work closely with marine and structural teams to align geotechnical inputs.
• Support construction teams with technical guidance on-site.
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 10 years in geotechnical design, with 5 years in UAE (or GCC for testing flexibility).
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering (Master’s advantageous).
• Membership in professional bodies (e.g., ISSMGE, ICE).
• Proficient in software such as PLAXIS, GeoStudio, and Rocscience tools.
• Familiarity with soil dynamics and ground improvement technologies
  
  

What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognize the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic.