Head of Rail, Maritime and Freight

• People focus: The role has a key responsibility for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of staff. The Head of Department is expected to demonstrate effective & visible leadership across projects, focusing on the ongoing engagement and retention of employees through the development of individuals and building high performing teams.
• Business, operational & commercial management � delivering on business plan & budgetary targets.
• Commercial governance � project reviews; forecasting and resource management.
• Technical governance of the Rail teams - ensuring the team has the correct competency and all work is undertaken within the requirements of mentioned region�s governance, to the required quality and delivered on time. This will include coordinating inputs between teams across GCC and mentioned region.
• Supervising and directing design projects and assisting in the professional and technical development of departmental colleagues.
• Liaising with project managers and stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction and providing support in the production of outputs, as required.
• Supporting with bidding opportunities.
• Key point of contact with the business, direct liaison with leadership, and promoting the GCC and ensuring its success.
• Line Manager � PDRs, promotion, training & mentoring.
• Staff/Team Development � support, training, nurturing; and
• Representing the mentioned region�s Rail business within the wider Indian Business.

• Act as the �face� of the India-based mentioned region�s Rail team.
• Local health and safety, welfare, risk, information security, and assessment/compliance.
• Project, programme and financial management.
• Actively promote WSP Vision and Values and GCC culture within the team and ensure that the staff deliver on promises.
• Interfacing with multidisciplinary project teams across GCC.
• Manage the team and processes to ensure the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs/ deliverables from a variety of Rail related disciplines meet internal and client requirements and quality assurance standards.
• Undertake preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs/ deliverables to meet internal and client requirements and quality assurance standards.
• Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC Rail team and ensuring that it is aligned with the wider business.
• Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews.
• Recruitment to achieve budgeted and programmed team growth.
• Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes and software tools and, with technical colleagues, identify training required and mentoring team members towards professional accreditation or equivalent.
• Identify opportunities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones within GCC.
• Promote the team's achievements within the team, Rail, WSP and the wider business via targeted profile-raising activities.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally, seeking regular feedback on team performances. Ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement.
• Contribute to bids and marketing material.
• Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes and achievement of KPIs.
• Carry out audits of adherence to WSP Management and Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required.

Client/External Focus

• Maintain strong colleague client relationships.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing in internal and external forums.
• Remain up to date with market and competitor knowledge.

People

• Inclusively lead people, clearly articulating the vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively and providing constructive feedback.
• Inspire and motivate departmental staff towards technical progression.
• Be self-motivated to take on a leadership role in project work with a clear focus on timeliness, quality and technical excellence.
• Managing people through change and develop succession plans.
• Create and support innovation.
• Deal with conflict appropriately.
• Work across cultures (e.g. international and/or multi-disciplinary projects), embracing diverse points of view.
• Acts ethically with fairness, honesty and integrity.
• Understands own strengths and impact, adapting behavior according to different situations and individuals.

Business Focus

• Proactively influences Health, and Wellbeing including for example Safety by Design.
• Deliver successful commercial performance by clearly understanding and monitoring the area of work and ensure agreed targets are met.
• Be responsible for the quality of technical outputs to WSP standards including any specific UK client standards.
• Identify appropriately qualified staff to deliver projects with regard to the constraints of project budgets.
• Champion and mentor others in 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 advantage to the business.
• Ensure budget utilization is met or exceeded.

Mandatory Skills

• Act ethically with fairness, honesty and integrity.
• You should be able to demonstrate a proven working knowledge of heavy rail design from concept to detailed design with at least 5 years of experience in design for mentioned region's rail network.
• Track record of senior technical experience in at least one Rail discipline.
• Successful track record of delivery of multidisciplinary design projects in the Rail sector.
• You should be able to lead teams and help with the operational management of a team of 100+ staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, internal client handling, interpersonal and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people.
• Comfortable leading engineering discussions and the experience and ability to understand, evaluate and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals including clients and internal & external design teams.
• Technical manager with management acumen and strong leadership skills.
• Open-minded and intellectually agile.
• A hard-working self-starter with initiative and ability to work within a team environment.
• Understand own strengths and impact, adapting behaviour according to different situations and individuals.
• You should have demonstrable experience of resource and project management.
• You will be aware of current and emerging technologies relevant to the Rail sector.
• Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams.
• You will have a professional manner and able to work effectively under pressure.
• Capacity to visit the UK as required for short visits.

Qualifications

• Educated to Bachelor / Master's degree level in a Railways related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status of an appropriate engineering body.
• Seasoned professional with significant experience in design, project management, project delivery or in 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".