Associate Director

**What if you could work with the best and brightest minds in the buildings industry?**

**With us, you can.**

This role will see you enhance your capabilities and the reputation of **WSP’s Building Services team**. You will collaborate with talented professionals working on iconic projects to drive future ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs - and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life.

**Your new role**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Associate to Associate Director, strengthening our leadership in the Buildings & Property sector. Working closely with our Building Services Director, you will be involved in people management, project management, and providing guidance on the technical delivery of various tier 1 and tier 2 building projects.

Our Property and Buildings team is a community of built environment experts, driven by a passion to create sustainable, accessible, and resilient communities. Through powerful partnerships and multidisciplinary collaboration, we design places to deliver social, environmental and financial value for clients around our changing world.

**What you’ll do**:
You will be part of a wider network of professional engineers working on both local and national projects. Specific duties will include, but are not limited to:

- Leading the design delivery on mechanical services, including design management, for medium to large multi-disciplinary projects.
- Deliver best practice and outcomes for clients, saving on costs and time
- Acting as a Project Lead and managing a small team of Mechanical Engineers and Drafters
- Communicate effectively with all external and internal stakeholders and project teams
- Be a supporting figure and mentor for lesser experienced engineers
- Build solid client relationships and recognize business development opportunities (desirable)
- Represent and promote the business with the local and regional markets

**About you**:

- Hold a recognized Tertiary Qualification in Mechanical Engineering.
- Demonstrate expertise in designing mechanical services systems (air conditioning, heating, and ventilation systems).
- Have the ability to coordinate and understand relevant building services disciplines, including Electrical, Hydraulic, Fire Protection, and Environmentally Sustainable Design.
- Proven project experience in the building services sector across Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Defence, Healthcare, Educational, and/or Mission Critical facilities.
- Possess a working knowledge of Australian building codes and standards, local WA experience an advantage
- Ensure registration (or eligibility for registration) in the professional engineer register of the relevant state for the building/construction industry.
- Demonstrate a history of effectively managing competing priorities, prioritizing work, and meeting tight deadlines.
- Ability to coordinate with internal and external stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Capable project and people leader - train, and mentor junior engineers, coupled with effective communication skills at all levels.

**About WSP**:
WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Benefits page.

**WSP. With us, you can.**

**Please note that we are not accepting recruitment agency CVs for this position**

Video