Associate

About the Role

This role is key to the WSP in India Buildings Mechanical Electrical Public Health (MEP) business, focusing on establishing a MEP Design Capacity in Noida, adhering to WSP Global standards, promoting technical excellence, and building a team. The successful candidate will stimulate and manage significant growth in a technically demanding environment, meeting time, cost, and quality targets. Cultural awareness, an open mind, and excellent communication skills are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with WSP in India design teams to ensure satisfactory completion of role elements.
• Agree and confirm project briefs, deliverables, and programmes.
• Determine and agree resource requirements in India for timely and cost-effective project completion.
• Agree project fees based on brief, resource, and programme.
• Be responsible for the quality of detailed design to WSP in India and Global Building Regulations standards, including technical reviews, sign-off, complex calculations, and co-ordination issues.
• Ensure designs are co-ordinated with due consideration for Health & Safety, Construction Design Management, and Quality Assurance standards.
• Regularly communicate and update local Indian and global project teams on programme delivery and quality issues using staff utilization charts and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting.
• Review outputs of Computer Aided Design analysis and determine additional checking needs.
• Develop energy strategies incorporating renewable technologies and low-energy designs to satisfy local authority planning requirements and 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 and understanding of team workload and associated resource requirements, collaborating with other team leaders for full resource utilization and addressing any surplus or shortfall.
• Take on a leadership role in project work, focusing on client delivery and technical excellence.
• Manage multiple projects and engage in design at an early stage.
• Manage fees, invoicing, project-resource management, and mentor/coach junior team members.
• Plan and design deliverables against British Engineering standards.
• Undertake a short-term secondment to key WSP in India offices and personnel to understand the business and acclimatize to WSP in India working methods.
• Lead the design process, set clear goals, monitor progress, and encourage the team to deliver cost-effective solutions within the agreed programme.
• Support less experienced team members through technical review, mentoring, and advice.
• Lead by example in accepting and considering design challenges 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, ensuring capability in required standards, processes, and software tools.
• Provide highly 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 globally.
• 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 and monitor KPIs with the Head of GCC, reporting regularly and identifying improvements.
• 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 the management of resource requirements versus project requirements.
• Liaise with the UK business to drive utilization of the GCC team.
• Support and advise the UK on GCC implementation within fee bids.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proven experience in the design of Building Services.
• Significant experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record.
• Proven experience in the design of Engineering Building Services.
• Proficiency in technical mechanical or electrical software such as IES, Amtech, Hevacomp, Relux, and Dialux.
• Sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Project.
• Fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology.

Qualifications

• British Chartered Engineer status or equivalent is ideal.
• Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Membership to an accredited engineering body.