Location
Cambridge

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 / Associate Director based out of our Cambridge 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 and support junior team members.

Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing strategic direction and highly visible leadership
- Exhibiting behaviours and attitudes in accordance with WSP core values
- Working in partnership with colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing market intelligence, best practice and innovation
- Engaging with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice and technological advancements for infrastructure development on major projects
- Supporting the Place Lead to establish WSP Development in the local marketplace and raise its profile
- Securing new workstreams and generating new business opportunities in the Development sector/market
- Supporting the Place Lead role in leadership of the Development team alongside other Senior Team Members
- Leading Development projects
- Driving business development by embedding within local networks of decision makers and establishing lasting relationships
- Winning work from key accounts and aligning the business to secure major opportunities and an increasing order book
- Acting as a technical expert in one or more fields of Civil Engineering related to Development
- Mentoring and coaching Mid-Career Professionals in Client Management, Project Management and leadership roles/functions
- Leading and supporting bids by contributing, reviewing and authorising submissions and demonstrating added value both commercially and technically
- Supporting all aspects associated with Health & Safety and Corporate Responsibility and ensuring the team complies with SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality)

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes 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. Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising four pillars: Expertise, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients to 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; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.

We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:
- Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
- Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
- Utilities, energy planning and coordination
- Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice

Experience
A BEng / BSc (Hon) in Civil Engineering or other relevant qualification with experience in managing development projects. Proven track record in securing and delivering new business opportunities. Broad range of project experience within discipline and multi-disciplinary environments. Strong commercial and strategic capability. Expert stakeholder management and team leadership skills.

About you
Excellent interpersonal skills with good leadership and management abilities capable of communicating effectively across all parts of the business. Demonstrates a desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and driving an innovative and supportive culture. Acts as a catalyst for change. Forward thinking with the ability to visualise and plan for the longer term. Strong 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 strong professional relationships both inside and outside the organisation. Driven to exceed client expectations. Logical and systematic problem solver, proactive in responding to challenges and ambiguity.

Qualifications
BEng / BSc (Hon) in Civil Engineering or other relevant qualification.