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Associate - Bridge Highways and Roads

Associate - Bridge Highways and Roads

ConfidentialBengaluru / Bangalore, India
9 days ago
Job description

Job Description

  • Represent the India-based T&I team ( Bridges, Highway and Roads) as the primary point of contact and work in collaboration with the WSP Canada T&I BHR Team
  • Oversee local health and safety, welfare, risk management, information security, and compliance assessments.
  • Act as a Brand Ambassador to promote WSP&aposs Vision and Values
  • Foster the Canada GCC culture within the team, ensuring staff meet their expected commitments
  • Manage the team and processes to ensure the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs / deliverables of multi-disciplinary transportation and infrastructure design meet internal and project requirements and quality assurance standards
  • Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC BHR T&I team and ensure that it is aligned with the wider Canadian business
  • Mentoring and coaching team members towards appropriate professional qualifications (P.Eng., Registered Professional Planners etc.)
  • Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews
  • Oversee recruitment to achieve budgeted and forecast team growth
  • Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes, and software tools and, with technical colleagues, and identify training required
  • Identify, promote, and groom skills that could be brought into the GCC to deliver additional services or enhancements to various T&I Sub-sectors
  • Promote the team&aposs achievements within the GCC team, Canada, and the wider GCC business via targeted profile-raising activities
  • Ensure the Business Management System (BMS) is implemented and maintained
  • Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement
  • Develop and maintain excellent relationships ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally
  • Contribute to bids and marketing material
  • Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes, and achievement of team KPIs as desired by Canada and India
  • Carry out audits of adherence to WSP Management and Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required

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 across the Sector Business Unit

    • People

  • Inclusively lead people, clearly articulating the WSP Vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively, and providing constructive feedback
  • Inspire and motivate departmental staff towards technical progression
  • Managing people through change and developing succession plans
  • Manage conflicts that align with the WSP principles and core values
  • Work across cultures (e.g. international and / or multi-disciplinary projects), embracing diverse points of view

    • Business Focus

  • Proactively influence Health, and Wellbeing including for example Safety in Design
  • Deliver successful team performance by clearly understanding and monitoring the area of work and ensuring agreed business KPIs and targets are met
  • Manage Canada project and client expectations ensuring that the GCC team meets the quality standards as desired by the project team
  • Collaborate with Canada and GCC team leads in identifying the appropriately qualified staff to deliver projects with regards to the constraints of scope, schedule, budget, and quality
  • Champion and mentor others in the 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 advantages to the business
  • BHR Sector Resource Management – GCC team utilization, resource forecasting and management, and cross-selling in India
  • Offer guidance to the GCC BHR team leads ensuring the technical governance of the project deliverables produced in India in collaboration with Canada
  • Supporting Canada with bidding opportunities
  • Acting as a key point of contact with the Canada business, direct liaison with Canadian T&I BHR leadership, promoting the GCC and ensuring its success.
  • Line Management of BHR team leads and guiding performance goal setting, promotions, and offering training, mentoring, and coaching to support the Engage for Excellence (E4E) process

    • Key Competencies

    Mandatory Skills

  • Track record of senior technical and management leadership in multi-disciplinary transportation and infrastructure project teams.
  • Excellent communication, internal client handling, organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people
  • Comfortable leading internal engineering discussions and ability to understand, and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals
  • Capacity to visit Canada as and when required
  • You should have demonstrable experience in resource, project, and people management
  • You will be aware of current and emerging technologies relevant to the transportation and infrastructure design
  • Experience in liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams
  • Strong business acumen
  • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills. The French language will be a bonus.

    • Qualifications

    QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor / Master's degree level in Engineering.
  • Professional Engineering, Chartered Engineer, or similar from a recognized professional institution (e.g. PEO, APEGA, APEGS, ICE, CIHT, etc.) is desirable.
  • Seasoned professional with over 15 years of diverse experience in transportation and infrastructure design, project management, resource management, business development, project delivery, and leadership in a consulting engineering environment.

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    Skills Required

    Communication Skills, Business Acumen, Project Management, Resource Management, People Management

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