Associate Director - Building Structures

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects. The role will be based in our centrally located office on Chancery Lane. Our all-electric office provides a quality, flexible and dynamic working space focused on the health and wellbeing of our staff and benefits from cutting-edge design, large amounts of natural light and large open spaces.

Join our team to help design and construct the tallest buildings in the world, iconic sports venue, reimagine historic structures and develop new ways of working by creating kit-of-parts. We have a diverse portfolio of projects working across all sectors, meaning it is a great opportunity to progress your career working in a friendly inclusive team on world’s most exciting projects.

A little more about your role…

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as a full-time Associate Director, with responsibility for the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept, for a huge range of challenging UK and international multi-disciplinary design projects, ranging from high-rise, stadia / arenas, urban regeneration, healthcare, commercial & mixed use, major refurbishment, data centres, all with international, national and local architects

Take a key technical leadership role on multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants.

Participate / lead in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise

Agree fees and manage the commercial position on projects

Exercise independent judgement and resolve technical issues

Have access to a world leading network of industry experts

Mentor and develop junior members of the team working towards their Chartership

You’ll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals that work together to:

Own and lead the design process, encouraging yours and wider teams to deliver the right solutions to the agreed programme, and support those less experienced by technical review, mentoring and advice

Take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural led concept designs

Form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients

Manage processes to ensure technical issues and risks are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner

Provide sustainable structural solutions from concept through to detailed design and construction

Provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the UK and internationally.

We have a broad and well-developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional and national clientele.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

A proven track record of successful design delivery, ideally in major projects and other challenging multi-discipline building projects, in particular concept design and the project inception stages

Project management and technical delivery leadership experience of medium to large schemes

Excellent interpersonal skills, with good leadership potential capable of communicating effectively with other members of the project team, stakeholders & clients.

Significant experience and capability in the commercial and technical management of projects using appropriate business tools

Significant experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations

Significant experience of operating as a lead Client contact for consultancy services and the fostering of excellent relationships with Clients and co-professionals.

Degree or HNC/HND qualification in a relevant discipline

Chartered (MIStructE / MICE)

Solid experience in structural engineering design in all materials

Detailed working knowledge of national codes and standards

Proven understanding of the design process and ability to demonstrate working knowledge of brief/scope documents, design concepts as well as experienced in producing calculations

Experience of working with structural design software packages such as ETABS, RAM Structural System, Tekla Structural Designer & Tedds

Experience in the use of Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper beneficial

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.