Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
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.

As an Associate based out of our Newcastle office, you will provide technical leadership to our design teams and use your knowledge and skills to deliver the right quality to time and budget. You will lead design teams and mentor junior team members.

Your responsibilities will include:
- Technical leadership of a variety of civil engineering design projects both in the UK and overseas
- Acting as Project Director or Project Manager on a wide range of projects, undertaking project reviews to optimise solutions and coordinate multi-disciplinary inputs
- Managing resources at project level and managing people within the local team
- Agreeing fees and managing the commercial position on projects
- Leading a culture of technical review and challenge
- Developing client relationships and helping them achieve sustainable and future-proof developments
- Leading and contributing to tenders and bids
- Supervising and mentoring junior members of the team
- Supporting the Regional lead, local Office Place Lead, and the wider Development team with leadership and business development
- Working collaboratively with the Development team, Planning and Development colleagues, and the wider WSP business to achieve our aims and objectives

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing part of the Planning and Development discipline, comprising over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation and handover. Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry, achieved through continuous improvement and a management structure based on four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients, and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients promote, implement and manage sustainable development from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs will develop over time; and guide sustainable future development. We develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction. Our clients include public/private sector land promoters, house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.

Some of the multi-disciplinary services you will help deliver include:
- Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
- Utilities, energy planning and coordination
- Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
- Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice

We have a strong track record working closely with our clients and this role provides a great opportunity to have a pivotal role within Development and help support and steer its growth going forward.

Experience
- BEng / BSc (Hon) in Civil Engineering or other relevant qualification with experience in managing development projects
- Chartered/Incorporated professional qualification of a relevant professional body (desirable)
- Broad range of project experience within civil engineering discipline and multi-disciplinary projects
- Experience in drainage, utilities and highway engineering
- Proven track record in project management and financial control
- Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in identifying and delivering new business opportunities
- Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills

About you
- Strong interpersonal skills with leadership and management abilities capable of effective communication across the business
- Ability to improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspire colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture
- Act as a catalyst for change
- Passion for mentoring and developing talent
- Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence
- Presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one-to-one learning
- Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encouraging open dialogue and feedback
- Able to establish, build, sustain and share professional relationships both inside and outside the organisation

Qualifications
- Relevant civil engineering degree (BEng / BSc)
- Chartered or Incorporated status desirable but not essential

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.