Clean Water Network Modellers / Engineers - All Levels

WSP

Newcastle, UK 🇬🇧

JOB NUMBER: WSP07982
LOCATION: UK – North East
OFFICE LOCATION: Newcastle (Amber Court)
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
CLOSING DATE: 27-Jan-2023

We are WSP – Join us and make your career future ready!

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

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The Wood Group Environment & Infrastructure (E&I) business is now part of WSP following its recent acquisition.

Your new role, what’s involved?

These are permanent vacancies that can be based across the United Kingdom. You will report to the Technical Director and will be responsible for the development and delivery of a wide variety of projects. 

Key Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will include (some or all depending on seniority):

  • Construction, calibration and delivery of clean water hydraulic models
  • Carrying out investigation studies on clean water networks to support system improvements and investment planning
  • Analysis of spatial and network performance data
  • Overseeing of project teams delivering a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure projects
  • Support to project team members with responsibility for: team direction, workload planning, technical support, and driving staff performance, motivation and career development
  • Ensuring quality of outputs and compliance with standards, specifications and governance requirements
  • Building, maintaining and managing strong and collaborative working relationships with clients
  • Support on the production of bids and proposals
  • Contributing to our culture of continual improvement to drive efficiency and innovation
  • Maintaining and reporting on overall programme of work and associated resource demands
  • Contributing to commercial performance, forecasting and risk management

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

Skills / Experience

Essential:

  • Good IT skills, in particular MS Excel and Access and use of GIS packages
  • Good technical report writing skills
  • Experience in the analysis of water networks (or similar) performance data
  • Experience in the construction and use of network hydraulic models
  • Good presentation, written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills, able to present findings and discuss with clients
  • Ability to lead and motivate a team both internally and in partnership with external clients, and provide technical guidance and mentorship
  • Ability to manage (or support project managers to manage) small to large modelling projects/packages and programme of works
  • Self-motivated, self-disciplined and having the ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Maintain strong and collaborative working relationships and interactions with clients
  • Cooperate and communicate effectively with other team members to provide technical support and assistance
  • The ability to work on your own initiative on technical matters and provide support to others within the team
  • Awareness of relevant health and safety and environmental aspects of projects 

Desirable:

  • Ability to co-ordinate and manage staff at all levels, including line management of less experience colleagues, improve organisational effectiveness and a culture of continuous improvement

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Degree qualified in a relevant discipline

Desirable:

  • Chartered membership, or working towards, of a relevant professional institution e.g. CIWEM, IOW, ICE
  • Hold a full driving licence

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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POSITION TYPE

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DEGREE REQUIRED

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