Job Description

A typical week would include:

• Providing strategic direction and highly visible leadership
• Exhibiting and demonstrating behaviours and attitudes in accordance with WSP core values
• Working in partnership with other colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing of market intelligence, best practice and innovation
• Engaging with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice and technological advancements for infrastructure development for major projects
• Liaising with the DTL in setting and agreeing appropriate local team structures / shapes / skills sets
• Driving business development by being embedded within local networks of decision makers and establishing lasting relationships
• Winning work from key accounts and align the business to secure major opportunities and an increasing order book
• Leading and support bids by contributing reviewing and authorising submissions and by demonstrating added value both commercially and technically
• Acting as Project Manager or Director for major projects and strategically important commissions
• Supporting all aspects associated with H&S / Corporate Responsibility and ensure the team complies with SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality)
• Mentoring of selected colleagues on the Succession Planning Schedule, Emerging Talent schedule

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent inter-personal skills with good leadership and management abilities capable of communicating effectively with all parts of the business. Strong commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities. Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills. Demonstrate the desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture. Act as a catalyst for change. Forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term. A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary. Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required. Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence. Strong presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning. Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback. Able to establish, build, sustain and share strong, professional relationships with relevant groups both inside and outside the organisation. Driven to exceed client expectations. Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.