Associate - Bridges and Highways

• Represent the India-based T&I team ( Bridges, Highway and Roads) as the primary point of contact and work in collaboration with the WSP Canada T&I BHR Team
• Oversee local health and safety, welfare, risk management, information security, and compliance assessments.
• Act as a Brand Ambassador to promote WSP's Vision and Values
• Foster the Canada GCC culture within the team, ensuring staff meet their expected commitments
• Manage the team and processes to ensure the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs/deliverables of multi-disciplinary transportation and infrastructure design meet internal and project requirements and quality assurance standards
• Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC BHR T&I team and ensure that it is aligned with the wider Canadian business
• Mentoring and coaching team members towards appropriate professional qualifications (P.Eng., Registered Professional Planners etc.)  
• Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews
• Oversee recruitment to achieve budgeted and forecast team growth
• Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes, and software tools and, with technical colleagues, and identify training required
• Identify, promote, and groom skills that could be brought into the GCC to deliver additional services or enhancements to various T&I Sub-sectors
• Promote the team's achievements within the GCC team, Canada, and the wider GCC business via targeted profile-raising activities
• Ensure the Business Management System (BMS) is implemented and maintained
• Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally 
• Contribute to bids and marketing material
• Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes, and achievement of team KPIs as desired by Canada and India
• Carry out audits of adherence to WSP Management and Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required

Client / External focus

•   Maintain strong colleague relationships and contribute to the teams' performance of client satisfaction

•   Contribute to knowledge sharing in internal and external forums and including technical input to your team

•   Remain up to date with market and competitor knowledge across the Sector Business Unit

People

•     Inclusively lead people, clearly articulating the WSP Vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively, and providing constructive feedback

•     Inspire and motivate departmental staff towards technical progression

•     Managing people through change and developing succession plans

•     Manage conflicts that align with the WSP principles and core values

• Work across cultures (e.g. international and/or multi-disciplinary projects), embracing diverse points of view

Business Focus

•   Proactively influence Health, and Wellbeing including for example Safety in Design

•   Deliver successful team performance by clearly understanding and monitoring the area of work and ensuring agreed business KPIs and targets are met

•     Manage Canada project and client expectations ensuring that the GCC team meets the quality standards as desired by the project team

•     Collaborate with Canada and GCC team leads in identifying the appropriately qualified staff to deliver projects with regards to the constraints of scope, schedule, budget, and quality

•     Champion and mentor others in the use of agreed systems and processes

•     Explore ways to add value and improve personal and team performance

•     Manage opportunities, risks, and project changes/variations so that these deliver advantages to the business

•     BHR Sector Resource Management – GCC team utilization, resource forecasting and management, and cross-selling in India

•     Offer guidance to the GCC BHR team leads ensuring the technical governance of the project deliverables produced in India in collaboration with Canada  

•     Supporting Canada with bidding opportunities

•     Acting as a key point of contact with the Canada business, direct liaison with Canadian T&I BHR leadership, promoting the GCC and ensuring its success.

•     Line Management of BHR team leads and guiding performance goal setting, promotions, and offering training, mentoring, and coaching to support the Engage for Excellence (E4E) process

Key Competencies

Mandatory Skills

•     Track record of senior technical and management leadership in multi-disciplinary transportation and infrastructure project teams.

•     Excellent communication, internal client handling, organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people

•     Comfortable leading internal engineering discussions and ability to understand, and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals

•     Capacity to visit Canada as and when required

•     You should have demonstrable experience in resource, project, and people management

•     You will be aware of current and emerging technologies relevant to the transportation and infrastructure design

• Experience in liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills. The French language will be a bonus.

Qualifications

•     Bachelor / Master's degree level in Engineering.

•     Professional Engineering, Chartered Engineer, or similar from a recognized professional institution (e.g. PEO, APEGA, APEGS, ICE, CIHT, etc.) is desirable.

•     Seasoned professional with over 15 years of diverse experience in transportation and infrastructure design, project management, resource management, business development, project delivery, and leadership in a consulting engineering environment.

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".