Senior Public Health Design Engineer (Building Services)

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WSP has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Public Health Engineer, in our Brighton, Guildford, Southampton, Basingstoke or Heathrow Offices. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and prestigious projects in the world. WSP are currently involved in numerous projects across many different sectors. Although a multi-disciplinary consultancy the WSP MEP team are a tight knit group, working closely to deliver some of the largest and most complex buildings in the UK and Europe.

A Little More About Your Role…

• As a senior public health engineer you will take a key role in the delivery of a range of our most prestigious projects.
• The Basingstoke, Guildford and Heathrow offices are heavily involved in mission critical facilities associated with aviation, healthcare and defence sectors.
• We will be looking to you to not only be a client facing representative of WSP, but also take a lead public health engineering delivery role providing innovative and sustainable solutions.
• The Basingstoke, Guildford and Heathrow team are a close group of engineers working together in an effective and cooperative team atmosphere with a flexible hybrid working model to working practices. Our team find this a hugely beneficial feature of managing a healthy work life balance.
• As part of the wider WSP team we will be looking to you to incorporate our philosophies of sustainability, net zero carbon, digital design, modern methods of construction and smart systems into your design work.

Your Team

• Our team is comprised of 40 engineers working across the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health specialisms.
• Our team is split across the Brighton, Southampton, Basingstoke, Guildford and Heathrow sites, giving flexibility to work in either location on any given day. Many team members alternate offices to suit personal and client needs.
• As part of our team, you would be working on major projects including Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, Royal Berkshire Hospital and several public and private sector client sites.
• You will be reporting to our Associate Director for Public Health Engineering, Mark Lundie.
• You will be able to utilise graduate and assistant engineers in supporting roles around you, as well as dedicated BIM and Sustainability specialists to contribute to your projects.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

• Have the ability to work as part of a team, but also take a role in managing junior engineers towards the delivery of our key projects.
• Be able to apply technical judgment and resourcefulness to feasibility studies, concept, scheme and detailed design, as well as construction support phases of projects.
• Able to represent WSP to our clients, whilst also understanding and delivering client needs in engineering solutions.
• Have a working knowledge of UK public health building services design, including relevant standards, codes and regulations.
• Be able to manage the technical, cost and programme elements of project delivery.
• An understanding of working with RevitMEP or other 3D design software to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.

The candidate shall have technical knowledge the following aspects of PH design

• Building Water Services Design which includes domestic hot and cold water, greywater recycling and rainwater harvesting.
• Building Sanitary Drainage Design.
• Building Surface Water Drainage Design.
• Building Fire Suppression Systems Design.
• Building Gas Services Design.
• Building Medical gas systems design.

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.

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What’s in it for you?

• Work-life balance: Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups to promote our culture of inclusivity.
• Health & Wellbeing: We are committed to supporting our people, giving you tools to improve your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Our Virtual GP service provides access to a GP at a time and place that suits you. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments and a Gymflex scheme with up to 40% off gym memberships, plus a menopause support package.
• Flex your time: We offer "WSP My Hour" to take one hour each day for personal activities, with flexibility to adjust time as needed. We also offer part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
• Your development: We invest in development and training through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
• #WeAreWSP: We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require workplace adjustments.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Part-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Professional Services