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A little more about your role…
* As a principal mechanical engineer, you will be taking a leading role in a number of our most prestigious projects.
General Responsibilities
* Work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) discipline team providing design and technical advice in a WSP project manager capacity on a wide range of projects.
* Supervise the completion of detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function.
* Consider the feasibility of the project and lead the overall feasibility study.
* Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed/performance specifications.
* Act as the client’s key point of contact and responsible for overall project delivery in terms of client deliverables and internal KPIs.
Business Development
* Provide excellent client care and the opportunities to develop additional business for the team.
* Assist with developing the client relationship to promote new commissions.
* Promote WSP’s capabilities and expertise in the region.
Management Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed and performance specifications for the discipline subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
* Development and line management of junior staff.
* Regularly brief the project team, explaining the appointment. Ensure contracts/letters of intent are in place for all projects before work starts.
* Maintain project overview and understanding of the team workload and associated resource requirements, and work with the team leaders to ensure resources are fully utilized across your associated projects.
* Hold regular team meetings to discuss resourcing, staff issues, H&S, quality, training & development, and all other relevant issues, including UK & Board briefs in support of your Discipline’s Team Leader.
* The Heathrow team is a close group of engineers working together in an effective and cooperative team atmosphere with a flexible hybrid working model to manage a healthy work-life balance.
* The Heathrow team is directly involved in mission-critical building and infrastructure projects at Europe’s busiest airport.
* We will be looking to you to not only be a client-facing representative of WSP but also to lead an engineering delivery team in providing innovative and sustainable solutions.
* As part of the wider WSP team, we will be looking to you to incorporate our philosophies of sustainability, net zero carbon, digital design, modern methods of construction, and smart systems into your design work.
Your Team
* Our team is comprised of 10 engineers and part of a wider group of 35 engineers working across the Mechanical, Electrical, and Public Health specialisms in Guildford and Basingstoke.
* While our core team is Heathrow-based, we have the ability to work from our Southampton, Basingstoke, and Guildford sites, or from home, for some of the week. Many of our team choose to alternate the office they work in to suit personal needs.
* You will be reporting to our Heathrow Director, Huso Yildirim, and be responsible for both technical and project delivery elements.
* You will have a team of graduate, senior, and principal engineers in supporting roles around you, as well as dedicated BIM and Sustainability specialists to contribute to your projects.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
* Have the ability to work as part of a team, but also take a leading role in managing engineers towards the delivery of our key projects.
* Be able to apply technical judgment and resourcefulness to feasibility studies, concept, scheme, and detailed design, as well as construction support phases of projects.
* Able to represent WSP to our clients while also understanding and delivering client needs in engineering solutions.
* Have a working knowledge of UK mechanical building services design, including relevant standards, codes, and regulations.
* Be able to manage the technical, cost, and program elements of project delivery.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
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