Associate / Associate Director - Building Structures

WSP in the UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Associate or Associate Director to join their Building Structures team in Manchester. This role offers the chance to lead innovative and sustainable designs on prestigious projects, collaborating with architects and engineers across diverse sectors including transportation, healthcare, and education. You will play a pivotal role in managing multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring the successful delivery of projects from inception to handover. Join a dynamic environment that values creativity and teamwork, and make a significant impact on the future of infrastructure development.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in successful design delivery for major projects.
• Experience in project management and technical delivery leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary design projects from concept to detailed design.
• Develop innovative and sustainable designs for various sectors.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Sustainable Design

Communication Skills

Education

Chartered Engineer (MIStructE/MICE)

Tools

Business Management Tools

Job description

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…

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects. The role will be based in our centrally located First Street office. Our office provides a quality, flexible and dynamic working space focused on the health and wellbeing of our staff and benefits from cutting-edge design, large amounts of natural light and large open spaces.

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as an Associate or Associate Director, with accountability for the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

1. Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept, for a huge range of challenging projects, ranging from transportation hubs, and tall towers to healthcare, defence and education schemes, all with national and local architects.
2. Take a key leadership role managing multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants.
3. Contribute to our ongoing success and help us build towards delivery of a growing order book.

Your team

You’ll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals that work together to:

1. take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural led concept designs.
2. form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.
3. provide sustainable development solutions from site selection through to detailed design and construction.
4. provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA.

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the region, categorised into wide variety of sectors including Transportation, High-rise, Commercial & Mixed use, Retail, Education, and Healthcare, including recent wins in the Defence sector.

We have a broad and well-developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional and national clientele.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

1. a proven track record of successful design delivery, ideally in major projects and other challenging multi-discipline building projects, in particular concept design and the project inception stages.
2. project management and technical delivery leadership experience of medium to large schemes.
3. excellent inter-personal skills, with good leadership potential capable of communicating effectively with other members of the project team, stakeholders & clients.
4. Chartered (MIStructE/MICE)
5. Significant experience and capability in the commercial and technical management of projects using appropriate business tools
6. Significant experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations
7. Significant experience of operating as a lead client contact for consultancy services and the fostering of excellent relationships with Clients and co-professionals.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.