Team Leader – Industry

WSP in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

WSP India seeks a senior engineering leader to head the GCC team in Bengaluru. You will drive health, safety, engagement and retention while delivering on business, operational and financial targets. The role requires coordinating with UK project directors and ensuring high-quality outputs.

You will mentor staff, manage resources and budgets, and develop team capability to meet current and future needs across India and UK projects.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team management experience on complex projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with clients and stakeholders.
• Experience working on UK/international projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the GCC team.
• Ensure delivery of business, operational and commercial targets.
• Manage resource deployment and project budgets.
• Coordinate with UK project directors and stakeholders.
• Drive staff development and performance reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

English communication

UK/international projects

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Tools

CAD

Job description

Job Description

• Lead the team with a clear focus on health, safety, wellbeing, engagement and retention.
• Deliver business plan, operational and commercial targets.
• Manage GCC resource deployment and utilisation.
• Support UK bidding opportunities with appropriate GCC input.
• Act as the key GCC contact for UK Project Directors and senior stakeholders.
• Drive staff development through goals, reviews, mentoring and training.

Job Description

• Lead the team with a clear focus on health, safety, wellbeing, engagement and retention.
• Deliver business plan, operational and commercial targets.
• Manage GCC resource deployment and utilisation.
• Support UK bidding opportunities with appropriate GCC input.
• Act as the key GCC contact for UK Project Directors and senior stakeholders.
• Drive staff development through goals, reviews, mentoring and training.

Responsibilities

People:

• Provide visible leadership, mentoring and technical direction to the team.
• Assess team competency and address training needs.
• Build capability and capacity to meet current and future business needs.
• Manage performance, development plans and career progression.
• Support workforce planning, retention, succession and recruitment.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety protocols and risk controls.
• Coordinate with wider GCC teams on resource availability and development priorities.

Technical:

• Manage discipline hours, budgets and project costs.
• Lead design across electrical, Mechanical, Process and Controls & Instrumentation
• Develop technical specifications for package plant and installations.
• Prepare contract schedules and supporting technical documentation.
• Oversee CAD production of electrical drawings.
• Review and approve technical deliverables before issue.
• Prepare technical enquiries and bid evaluations.
• Coordinate technical inputs with suppliers, vendors and subcontractors.
• Govern GCC technical outputs to meet UK project requirements.
• Ensure high-quality, timely engineering deliverables across India and UK teams.
• Work with project managers to deliver fit-for-purpose outputs and maintain client satisfaction.

Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

• Proactively manage requirements, risks and stakeholder influence to support successful delivery.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with project teams, stakeholders and clients.
• Significant experience in team management, line management and day-to-day operations.
• Experience acting as a lead client contact for consultancy services and building strong relationships with clients and co-professionals.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Experience working on UK and international projects.
• Open-minded, adaptable and intellectually agile.
• Demonstrates fairness, honesty, integrity and ethical conduct.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 16 years’ experience in industrial projects.
• Chartered Engineer status with the UK Engineering Council.

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

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WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

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