Overview

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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…

Responsibilities

• Promote and maintain safe working practices in the office and whilst on site
• Ability to self manage tasks, projects, time and project delivery
• Daily management of allocated projects and discipline team
• Provide/assist with mentoring and guidance
• Discipline project delivery of technical deliverables, maintaining budget and program
• Assist with in-house training for team
• Assist with team resources and planning of resourcing for future projects
• Maintain good engineering practice, delivery and performance

Qualifications

• Ability to lead discipline teams on projects, maintain budget and program, report progress and assist with solving project issues.
• Ability to maintain online Resource Forecast Tool so that it reflects current and future projects planned resources. Can demonstrate good work experience of CRE and/or PE roles with an in-depth knowledge of Telecoms SISS and OpsComs.
• Have a good history of delivering Engineering Stages 3-5 and 6-7 would be an advantage.
• Ideally has working knowledge of Network Rail CR-T, identify required deliverables and manage/lead Telecoms team to complete project delivery. Experience of working in Telecoms
• Previous experience leading design and/or PE roles
• Professional membership
• Good working knowledge of Rail SISS and OpsComs
• Involved with multi-discipline design and interfaces associated with Telecoms design
• Experience of budget, scope and program delivery
• Ability of mentoring and development of discipline engineers
• Good working knowledge of using OneNote, Word and Excel
• Experience of authoring technical documentation and design packages
• Able to provide technical guidance and referencing engineering design standards
• Identify business opportunities and develop strategies

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

What’s in it for you?

• Work-life balance: Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, with opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences and promote a culture of inclusion and belonging.
• Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme; Virtual GP; workplace adjustments; Gymflex; menopause support package.
• Flex your time: WSP My Hour; part-time and flexible working; extra leave; bank holiday entitlements flexibility.
• Your development: Training, mentoring, and Chartership.
• Disability Confident and equal opportunity: We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria and will provide workplace adjustments if required.

Job Details

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

Location: The role could be based in any of our UK offices.

EEO Statement

Here at WSP we positively 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 leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.