Associate, Electrical (Metro)

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with WSP in India design teams to ensure satisfactory completion of essential role elements.
• Agree and confirm project briefs to anticipate and identify needs and expectations.
• Agree project deliverables and programmes.
• Agree the required resource in India for designs, adhering to time and cost targets.
• Agree project fees based on brief, resource, and programme.
• Ensure the quality of detailed design to WSP in India and Global Building Regulations standards, including technical reviews, sign-off, complex calculations, and coordination issues.
• Ensure designs are coordinated with due consideration of Health & Safety, Construction Design Management, and Quality Assurance standards.
• Communicate and update local Indian and wider Global project teams on programme delivery and quality issues using staff utilisation charts and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting.
• Review outputs of Computer Aided Design analysis and determine additional checking levels.
• Develop energy strategies incorporating renewable technologies and low energy designs to satisfy local authority planning requirements and compliance with Building Regulations Part L.
• Inform the Commercial Director of Professional Indemnity issues.
• Ensure all company standards and efficient working practices are adopted.
• Maintain an overview of team workload and associated resource requirements.
• Work with other team leaders to ensure full resource utilisation and address any surplus or shortfall in available staff.
• Take on a leadership role in project work, focused on delivery to the client and technical excellence.
• Manage a number of projects and be involved in design at an early stage.
• Manage fees, invoicing, project-resource management, mentoring, and coaching junior team members.
• Plan and design deliverables against British Engineering standards for each project stage.
• Undertake a short-term secondment to key WSP in India offices and personnel to understand the business and acclimatise to WSP in India working methods.
• Lead the design process, set clear goals, monitor progress, and encourage the team to deliver appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
• Support less experienced team members through technical review, mentoring, and advice.
• Accept design challenges and work with others to achieve resolution.

Establishment and Growth of GCC

• Recruit the design team in liaison with the Head of GCC.
• Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, and measures.
• Collaborate with Support Services, local resources, and other disciplines to ensure necessary hardware, software, workspace, and IT infrastructure are in place.
• Provide technical training, mentoring, and support to the new team members, ensuring capability in required standards, processes, and software tools.
• Provide visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the emerging Buildings team, ensuring the Noida-based team feels part of the wider team.
• Liaise with the established leadership of the GCC facility across the globe.
• Promote WSP in India Vision and Values.
• Support and promote teamwork within the team and the wider business.

Technical and Project Management

• Raise the level of technical competence within the teams.
• Implement delivery and quality measurement processes.
• Agree KPIs with the Head of GCC, monitor, and report regularly.
• Identify and implement improvements to increase KPIs.
• Promote technical excellence in all projects.
• Undertake technical reviews and contribute to concept design.
• Provide continuous feedback to the Head of GCC on the effectiveness of protocols and processes for continuous improvement.

Commercial

• Implement project delivery systems and structures.
• Support management of resource requirements versus project requirements.
• Support liaison with the UK business to drive up utilisation of the GCC team.
• Support and advise the UK on the implementation of GCC within fee bids.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proven experience in the design of Building Services.
• Proven experience in the design of Engineering Building Services.
• Conversant with technical mechanical or electrical software, such as IES, Amtech, Hevacomp, Relux, and Dialux.
• Sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Project.
• Fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate significant experience in a similar role or a good track record.
• Ideally, obtained British Chartered Engineer status or equivalent.
• Possess a degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Possess membership to an accredited engineering body.

About the Role

• Cornerstone of establishing a MEP Design Capacity in Noida.
• Work and adhere to WSP Global standards and promote technical excellence.
• Create and build a team, involving recruiting, leading, and developing a team of Engineers.
• Stimulate and manage significant growth in a technically demanding environment to time, cost, and quality targets.
• Involves management of a number of projects and involvement in design at an early stage.
• Includes management of fees, invoicing, project-resource management, mentoring, and coaching junior members of the team.
• Requires cultural awareness, an open mind, and excellent communication skills.

About Us

• WSP is a leading professional services consulting firm, dedicated to local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
• Comprises engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, environmental specialists, and other design, program, and construction management professionals.
• Designs lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors.
• Offers strategic advisory services.
• Has approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations in India (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai) and more than 73,000 globally in 550 offices across 40 countries.
• Utilises diverse skills and capabilities globally to compete for exciting and complex projects.
• An international collective of innovative thinkers working on complex problems.
• Unified under one strong brand, using local expertise, international reach, and global scale to prepare cities and environments for the future.
• Business built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence, and Our Expertise.
• Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work.
• A collaborative team that thrives on challenges and unconventional thinking.
• A network of experts channeling curiosity into creating solutions for complex issues.
• Inspired by diversity, driven by inclusion, working with passion and purpose.
• Offers access to global scale, contribution to landmark projects, and connection with brightest minds.
• Celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives in a culture of curiosity.
• Provides a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a unique career.
• Operates a Hybrid Working Module to maximize collaboration, maintain product quality and cultural integrity, and balance community, collaboration, opportunity, productivity, and efficiency.
• Prioritizes Health, Safety, and Wellbeing with a commitment to a safe work environment and a Zero Harm Vision. Recognized with RoSPA Health and Safety Awards for six consecutive years.
• Dedicated to fostering a sustainable and inclusive work environment where people feel valued, respected, and supported. Ensures an unbiased approach in hiring, promotion, and performance evaluation.