Maritime Civil Discipline Lead – Hybrid & Growth Leader

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Thrive programme

Gymflex

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Maritime Civil Discipline Lead to join our Ports & Maritime team at Associate Director level. You will shape the future of maritime civil engineering across the UK, Ireland and internationally, leading a multidisciplinary team and guiding major projects from concept to delivery.

You will mentor engineers, drive quality and governance, and contribute to business development while delivering sustainable, low-carbon solutions.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent professional standing.
• Significant experience in maritime civil engineering, ports, terminals, marine infrastructure or major civil engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of port and terminal infrastructure, including pavements, utilities, drainage, earthworks and associated civil works.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and coordinating multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Demonstrable experience supporting major bids, client engagement and business development activities.
• Strong understanding of quality management, design assurance and technical governance.
• Experience developing engineers through mentoring, coaching and knowledge sharing.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A collaborative leadership style combined with strong technical credibility and commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow WSP's maritime civil engineering capability.
• Provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of ports, terminals and maritime infrastructure projects.
• Support the delivery of concept design, FEED, detailed design, due diligence, owner’s engineer and construction support assignments.
• Develop, mentor and inspire engineers at all career stages, helping build a high-performing team.
• Guide technical quality and promote best practice across civil engineering activities.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions for our clients.
• Engage with clients to understand their challenges and help shape successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to business development, proposals and strategic pursuits across the ports and maritime sector.
• Promote innovation, digital delivery, sustainability and low-carbon design solutions.
• Support safe, efficient and commercially successful project delivery.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Maritime civil engineering

Project leadership

Bids & business development

Quality management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Job description

WSP is seeking a Maritime Civil Discipline Lead to join our Ports & Maritime team at Associate Director level. You will shape the future of maritime civil engineering across the UK, Ireland and internationally, leading a multidisciplinary team and guiding major projects from concept to delivery.

You will mentor engineers, drive quality and governance, and contribute to business development while delivering sustainable, low-carbon solutions.