Job Description

WSP is seeking a skilled individual to support the Design and Engineering Management function on multidisciplinary project delivery, from concept stage through to detailed design.

The role focuses on coordinating and delivering design outputs across multiple disciplines, supporting best practices in design production, coordination, and integration.

Accountabilities include design coordination, technical delivery support, and stakeholder engagement, with a proactive and hands-on approach to ensuring high-quality, integrated design outcomes.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery across all project stages, ensuring integrated and high-quality outputs
Coordinate design interfaces, inputs, assumptions, and constraints across technical disciplines
Support delivery of design scope to agreed programme, budget, and quality requirements
Identify, track, and manage design risks, issues, and changes, ensuring timely resolution and communication
Support implementation of design management plans, processes, and governance requirements
Participate in design reviews, assurance processes, and technical coordination forums to ensure compliance with standards and client requirements
Collaborate with internal teams, external consultants, and stakeholders to facilitate design progression and decision-making
Contribute to design reporting, documentation, and maintenance of audit trail for decisions and deliverables
Monitor design progress and implement corrective actions where necessary
Provide technical guidance to junior staff and support a collaborative, delivery-focused team environment
Drive innovative and cost-effective engineering solutions.
Participate in technical reviews and design assurance activities.
Proactively manage stakeholder expectations and resolve design-related issues.
Support engineering assurance and approval processes.
Ensure all deliverables undergo necessary quality and technical reviews before submission.
Lead and develop multidisciplinary design teams.
Manage workload allocation and resource utilization.
Delivery of design packages as per agreed programme.

Key Competencies / Skills

Experience in metro and rail infrastructure projects, including station design, with a good understanding of multidisciplinary design requirements and delivery environments
Strong design coordination capability, with the ability to organise, track, and integrate inputs across multiple disciplines
Proven ability to manage complex design interfaces and stakeholder interactions, ensuring alignment across internal teams, consultants, and clients
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, enabling effective coordination, clear reporting, and facilitation of design discussions
Proactive and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving, risk management, and delivery, with a focus on achieving project outcomes
Preferably Chartered or working towards chartership with a recognised professional institution, demonstrating commitment to professional and technical excellence

Experience

Demonstrated experience in design coordination on large-scale infrastructure and metro projects, supporting delivery across complex multidisciplinary environments
Proven involvement in progressing designs through the full project lifecycle, from concept and preliminary stages through to detailed design and issue of coordinated deliverables
Experience supporting design management processes, including design planning, coordination, interface management, and progress tracking in line with programme and project requirements
Familiarity with engineering design and deliverables, including reports, drawings, and specifications developed in accordance with relevant codes, standards, and project requirements
Strong exposure to multidisciplinary project environments, including working across engineering, architectural, and specialist disciplines to deliver integrated design solutions
Experience in design assurance and quality processes, including participation in design reviews, checking, verification, and compliance with QA/QC systems
Understanding of Safe by Design principles, HSE requirements, and constructability considerations, supporting safe and practical engineering solutions
Experience coordinating across internal teams, external consultants, and stakeholders, supporting effective communication and resolution of design interfaces

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture
Master's Degree preferred.

Professional Memberships (Preferred)

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
ICE/IET/IRSE
PMI/PMP Certification
APM Qualification

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.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At WSP we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence and Our Expertise.

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We are

Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future.
A collaborative team that thrives on challenges and unconventional thinking.
A network of experts channeling our curiosity into creating solutions for complex issues.

Inspired by diversity, driven by inclusion, we work with passion and purpose.

Working with Us

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Our Hybrid Working Module

With us, you can operate in a flexible, agile, yet structured work environment and follow a Hybrid Work Model.

Maximize collaboration.
Maintain product quality and cultural integrity.
Balance community, collaboration, opportunity, productivity, and efficiency.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we prioritize a safe work environment. Health, safety, and wellbeing are integral to our culture, with each of us accountable for fostering a safe workplace through our Making Health and Safety Personal initiative. Our Zero Harm Vision drives us to reduce risks through innovative solutions, earning recognition for our global health and safety practices with the prestigious RoSPA Health and Safety Awards for six consecutive years.

Inclusivity and Diversity

WSP India is dedicated to fostering a sustainable and inclusive work environment where our greatest strength - Our People -feel valued, respected, and supported. We ensure an unbiased approach in hiring, promotion, and performance evaluation, regardless of age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, physical ability, education, social status, or cultural background.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of over 73,300 talented global professionals dedicated to making a positive impact. Together, we can make a difference in communities both near and far.

With us, you can.

Apply today.

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Design Manager - Rail