Location
Manchester (Flexible working out of our UK offices, base office flexible)

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.

Our Development team specialises in providing full lifecycle sustainable development infrastructure solutions, from planning through to detailed design and construction. We provide advice to private and public sector clients on planning and design issues relating to Utilities Supplies and Diversions, Highways, Public Realm, Sewerage, SUDS, Building Drainage, Earthworks and Flood Protection for a wide range of projects and clients, including Residential, Sports/Leisure, Industrial/Commercial, Educational, Defence and Healthcare Developments in the UK.

Your role in Utilities will involve managing Utilities risk, which is of great importance to our clients. You will lead engagement with and advise clients on technical utilities matters, using your deep understanding of Utility constraints and opportunities to manage project teams within the UK and internationally. You will find innovative technical solutions and develop designs for implementation across the full project spectrum from Concept and Feasibility through to Detailed Design.

As a Senior Member of the Utilities Team within Development, you will lead masterplanning, coordination and design of Multi-Utility infrastructure and be at the forefront of project and commercial management for Utility projects. You will lead a wide variety of Utility projects from local schemes to nationally significant projects, working within multidisciplinary teams and managing coordinated project delivery.

Additional responsibilities include providing an experienced senior point of contact for the Development team and clients, driving business growth with existing clients, developing new client relationships, mentoring and developing our growing team, and delivering high standards of service, commercial awareness, project/programme management and problem solving.

Experience
- Chartered Engineer or open/working towards Chartered Engineer status
- Civil Engineering Degree or similar equivalent qualification
- Experience delivering utility connections, diversions and utility infrastructure strategies for small, medium and large schemes in the UK
- Rounded understanding of Electricity, Gas, Water, and Telecommunications networks in relation to new development activities
- Experience of Multi-Utility / iDNO (Independent Distribution Network Operators) / ICP (Independent Connection Provider) and commercial risk/opportunities
- Ability to develop utility demand calculations based on the needs of a development
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage and work on multiple projects concurrently and effectively organise your time and your project teams
- Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with co-professionals and deliver high quality reports
- Experience in directing BIM teams (AutoCAD / Civils 3D / Revit etc) in their production of quality project models and design outputs
- Proven ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships
- Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)

About you
Motivated and experienced professional with a passion for sustainable infrastructure development. You are confident leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects both nationally and internationally. You have strong commercial awareness and problem-solving skills, and you are committed to mentoring and developing others. You embrace new ideas and diverse perspectives and are eager to contribute to landmark projects that make a positive impact.

Qualifications
- Chartered Engineer status or working towards it
- Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification
- Commitment to professional development with support to progress towards Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) status with ICE or equivalent engineering organisations