Team Leader - Maritime

WSP in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in India seeks a Lead Engineer to guide a team delivering maritime structures and master planning projects. You will mentor junior staff, coordinate with the AU team, and ensure high-quality, compliant designs, while managing deadlines and resources.

The role requires strong English communication, proven leadership in design and project delivery, and a proactive approach to risk and quality management within a hybrid team environment.

Qualifications

• Must have experience leading design efforts in maritime structures or similar
• Excellent command of English and technical terminology
• Proven ability to manage teams, liaise with clients and coordinate multi-disciplinary tasks

Responsibilities

• Lead design efforts and manage maritime projects for client-facing roles.
• Mentor junior engineers and CAD technicians; coordinate team activities.
• Ensure health, safety, and regulatory compliance in all designs.
• Participate in project meetings and communications across WSP India and AU teams.
• Deliver on deadlines; monitor resources and flag risks.
• Promote technical excellence and conduct design reviews and audits.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Mentoring

Communication

Client-facing

Education

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

The candidate will be responsible for leading a team of individuals with maritime structures, master planning services designs, predominantly for maritime background working as part of a team. Taking a Lead role in project design work, focused on production and liaison with the WSP India Australian (AU) Team and mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.

Responsibilities

• The applicant will have proven experience in the port planning, maritime master planning and FEED studies, including options assessment and concept development with significant experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record.
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Project is essential.
• Must be fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology.
• Applicants need to be able to demonstrate good management and technical.
• Raise the level of technical competence within the teams.
• Implement delivery and quality measurement processes.
• Promote technical excellence in all our projects.
• Undertake technical reviews, peer reviews, checks and contribute to the design.
• Develop positive professional relationship with the WSP AU Team, communicating openly about project progress.
• Supervise, coordinate and support other project Engineers and CAD Technicians.
• Ensure that Health & Safety is embedded into all work practices in line with company policies.
• Ensure statutory and regulatory requirements are met within the design.
• Participate in Project meetings, team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams in WSP.
• Identify and act on, or refer, potential risk issues and follow in full the company commercial and contracting processes.
• Manage delegated tasks to ensure that deadlines are met and flag resourcing concerns to team leader.
• Leading and guiding the team, winning work, proactive approach to find the solutions to the problems.
• Taking care of H&S of self and team members.
• Proven experience in leading design efforts and managing projects in a client-facing role.
• Flexibility / Adaptability
• Presentation and business communication skill.
• Organise Knowledge share and lesson’s learnt sessions from projects/tasks.
• Lead Internal and External Audit preparations.

Desired Skills

• Applicants need to be able to demonstrate good management and technical skills and be capable of working both within the team and independently, as dictated by workload.
• Having Professional membership and professional qualification (CEng) from the International professional institutions.
• Promote WSP in India Vision and Values.

Qualifications

• Should have a degree in Electrical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer.

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. With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. At “WSP” we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence and Our Expertise.

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With us, you can operate in a flexible, agile, yet structured work environment and follow a Hybrid Work Model.

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