Design Engineer: General Civils

WSP Africa is seeking a talented and detail-oriented Design Engineer: General Civils to join our Transport & Infrastructure division, based in Midrand or Cape Town.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on the planning and detailed design of civil infrastructure across municipal, industrial, mining, transport, and general infrastructure projects. Drawing on your Civil Engineering experience, you will work within a team of professional engineers and technologists, delivering integrated civil infrastructure, including bulk earthworks, roads and access infrastructure, platforms and yards, stormwater management, and water and sanitation services, from feasibility through detailed design and construction support, in close collaboration with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Undertake the feasibility, concept, preliminary, and detailed design of civil infrastructure in compliance with relevant codes and standards.

• Design roads, access routes, intersections, platforms, and yards, including general geometric layouts.

• Develop bulk earthworks, grading, and cut-and-fill models using Autodesk Civil 3D.

• Design stormwater-management systems, channels, culverts, attenuation facilities, and erosion-protection measures.

• Design water-reticulation, bulk water, sewer, rising-main, and general sanitation infrastructure appropriate to the project scope.

• Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, tender documentation, and quantities.

• Review survey and geotechnical information and develop practical design solutions around site constraints.

• Coordinate civil services with structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental disciplines.

• Provide construction-stage support, including responding to technical queries, reviewing contractor information, and conducting site inspections where required.

• Manage allocated design tasks, programme, budget, and quality to deliver high-quality outputs on time and within budget.

• Support client engagement, proposals, and work-winning activities.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• BEng, BSc, or BTech in Civil Engineering.

• Registration as a Candidate Engineer or Candidate Engineering Technologist with ECSA.

• Approximately 2–5 years' relevant civil design experience.

• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, including surfaces, grading, corridors, pipe networks, and drawing production.

• Demonstrable design experience in earthworks, roads, stormwater, water, and sanitation infrastructure.

• Working knowledge of applicable South African civil engineering standards and approval requirements.

• Good problem-solving, analytical, and technical skills, with sound engineering judgement and attention to detail.

• Excellent verbal, written, and technical report writing skills.

• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary project teams and to plan work and meet deadlines.

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Experience on municipal, industrial, mining, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.

• Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud or equivalent common-data environments.

• Experience with hydraulic or stormwater design software.

WHY JOIN WSP?

• Work on diverse municipal, industrial, mining, and transport infrastructure projects across the Transport & Infrastructure business unit.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and project management teams.

• Flexible hybrid working model.

• Global career development opportunities.

• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture.

Imagine a better future for us all and a better future for you. Join WSP and make your career future ready.