Head - Earth & Environment

Job Description

The key activities would include (but not be limited to):

• People focus: The role has a key responsibility for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of staff. The Head of Department (AUS E&E - India) 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
• Key point of contact for AUS-based E&E business for GCC India, including direct liaison with Earth & Environmental business's directors and Project Managers
• Business, operational & commercial management – developing and delivering on business plan & budgetary targets
• Commercial governance – project reviews, forecasting and resource management
• Divisional Resource Management – GCC utilization
• Technical governance of the E&E teams output working within Australian technical governance frameworks for of all deliverables
• Supervising ensuring the competence, quality and timely submission of deliverables and coordinate inputs from other areas across the business both in India and Australia
• Liaising with project managers you will play a key role in managing technical excellence of our teams input to our projects with a common goal to achieve client satisfaction in our work.
• Supporting Australian teams with bidding opportunities
• Line Manager – PDRs, promotion, training & mentoring
• Staff/Team Development – support, training, nurturing
• Representing the Australian E&E business within the wider Indian Business
  
  

The Head of E&E GCC Australia - India will work closely with Australian leadership team, Reginal Directors, Project Directors, Project Managers, Technical Directors and the Business Development team across the E&E Business Unit (and wider WSP Australia / global business).

Responsibilities

Project management, technical leadership and timely delivery of technical outputs from inception to completion with a range of internal US colleagues including:

• Act as the face of the India-based Earth & Environmental department
• Local health and safety, welfare, risk, information security, and assessment / compliance
• Project, programme and financial management
• Promote WSP's Vision and Values
• Support development of the Australian E&E GCC Charter within the team and that the staff deliver on the Charter promises
• Actively promote the Australian E&E GCC Charter within the team and that the staff deliver on the Charter promises
• Interfacing with multi-disciplinary project teams
• Supervising the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs / deliverables from a variety of Earth & Environmental related disciplines
• Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC Earth & Environment teams and ensuring that it is aligned with the wider Australia business
• Facilitating team members towards professional accreditation or equivalent
• 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
• Identify opportunities to upskill existing technical resources or recruit new capabilities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones
• Identify further skills that could be brought into the GCC to deliver additional services or enhancements to the Environmental businesses
• Promote the team's achievements within the team, Environmental business, WSP UK and the wider business via targeted profile-raising activities
• Ensuring that quality procedures are implemented and maintained
• Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement, lessons learned exercises with appropriate changes implemented
• Develop / maintain excellent client relationships ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally
• Contribution to bids and marketing material
• Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes and achievement of performance KPIs
• Ensure designs are coordinated with due consideration of any applicable Health & Safety, CDM or Quality Assurance standards
• Interpretation of statutory and industry requirements, standards and practices to our Strategies and Policies
• Carry out review of adherence to Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required
• To lead the local Safety, Quality, Environmental and Information Security agenda together with the development of technical excellence, through training, mentoring, project reviews and knowledge sharing.
  
  

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
  
  

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.
  
  

Business Focus

• Proactively influences Health, Safety and Welfare
• 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 utilizations is met or exceeded
  
  

Ensure budgeted earning capacity is met or exceeded

Key Competencies / Skills / Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

• You should be able to demonstrate a proven working knowledge of Australian market in Earth and Environment related services and projects
• Track record as senior technical leader delivering Australian projects for minimum 5 years
• Excellent communication, internal client handling, interpersonal skills and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people
• Technical manager with management acumen and strong leadership skills
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Australian experience is mandatory
• 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
• Professional mannerism and ability to work effectively under pressure
• Act ethically with fairness, honesty and integrity
• Capacity to visit Australia as required for 2 to 4 weeks
  
  

Desired Skills

• Significant experience in a relevant Earth and Environmental field
• You should be able to lead teams and help with the operational management of a team of 100+ staff
• Membership of relevant professional institution
• Proven ability to apply innovation and advanced techniques to design and construction solutions
• Successful track record of delivery in the infrastructure development sector within the context of a professional services provider
• Awareness of different lifecycles and the implementation of lifecycle approaches to projects
  
  

Qualifications


Educated to Bachelor / Master's degree level in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a relevant field to the Earth and Environment disciplines

• Professional / Chartered Engineer or relevant equivalent status in Australia
• Seasoned professional with at least 15 years of diverse experience in delivery of Earth and Environment services 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.
  
  

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.

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

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• 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.

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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.

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