Associate - Drainage

As an Associate at WSP you will lead and manage the Drainage Team having to manage a sizeable Team of Drainage Engineers.

You will be working closely with UK business and with Team Leader – SWM Engineering in order to help out in resourcing needs and commercial side of the Projects. You will report to the Team Leader for Sustainable Water Management Engineering.

You will also be responsible for Technical assurance, winning work, manage and control Projects and Project budgets and helping out on recruitments. Additionally, you will work with the Principal Engineers on Team’s skill development and KPI’s.

You will be overseeing engineering design work and ensuring compliance with best practices and UK regulations.

At WSP, our Associates are adaptable in various situations and possess an innovative mindset, willing to take on new challenges and are comfortable in working within significant and complex projects or programmes of work. We collaborate closely with external Clients and with internal multi-disciplinary project teams and, to deliver most effectively, we utilise WSP offices, Client offices and/or site locations to deliver programmes of strategic regional and national importance. 

With WSP you have the exceptional opportunity to take the next step in your career, build on your experience and qualifications and achieve your ambitions. We offer excellent support in personal development and growth as part of our local teams and across the wider WSP business. 

Responsibilities

• Excellent inter-personal skills with good technical leadership abilities capable of communicating effectively and lead technical discussions with all parts of the business within GCC and UK.
• Strong commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.

Demonstrate the desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture. Act as a catalyst for change and bring technical Excellence in Drainage designs.

• A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary.

• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required. Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence.  Strong presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning.  Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback.

• Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem-solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.