Associate Director
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or an equivalent qualification is required.
- Professional chartership or registration within the relevant jurisdiction is required.
- Typically, 15 or more years of experience is required.
- Extensive experience applying local and international standards, particularly the Australian Code, is required.
- Experience managing and leading large teams to deliver sustainable business outcomes is required.
- Recognized expertise in a technical discipline, with broad experience providing specialized technical expertise across a wide range of high-profile projects, is required.
- Ability to prepare and review complex technical information in a variety of formats, use new communication technologies, and manage information production, storage, and retrieval with an information security mindset is required.
- Ability to deliver high-quality technical solutions, drive lessons-learned processes, and lead continuous improvement initiatives is required.
- Competence managing the scope and delivery of multiple complex projects and guiding others' work is required, including maintaining project scope boundaries and teaching others about variations.
- Ability to mentor consultants in commercial awareness and client value delivery, participate in commercial and contractual negotiations, and manage potential conflicts is required.
- Ability to lead complex functional analysis for major projects and quantitatively assess alternatives using value engineering matrices is required.
- Ability to engage stakeholders in developing best-for-project outcomes is required.
- Knowledge of modelling software and analytical techniques, including applying them across projects and helping implement software and techniques, is required.
- Competence with digital technologies, including Microsoft 365 and artificial intelligence tools, to deliver projects in accordance with company policy is required.
- Knowledge of relevant digital tools and software and their project applications is required, along with advanced analysis and interpretation of outputs for complex projects.
- Advanced knowledge of digital engineering or building information modelling-based interdisciplinary coordination, constructability, or project controls is required.
- Ability to identify, communicate, and manage risks on substantial projects, and proactively engage key company stakeholders, is required.
- Skill in applying safety-in-design practices and processes and keeping abreast of emerging trends is required.
- A client-centric approach to working with Australian counterparts is required.
- Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders across Australian offices and the wider global business is required.
- Ability to manage expectations and resolve issues is required.
- Ability to contribute to strategic planning, continuous improvement, and development of the office against strategic goals is required.
- Ability to contribute to the development of three-year regional strategic plans, including market and people development, is required.
- Ability to analyze regional financial and non-financial performance is required.
- Ability to represent the business with lead countries and represent the company in relevant industry organizations is required.
- Ability to approve offers, execute contracts, approve expenditure and creditor payments, and approve recruitment, promotion, and dismissals within delegated authority is required.
- Ability to ensure compliance with company procedures and policies in areas of responsibility is required.
- Ability to contribute to staff and market surveys, participate in office or regional management and executive meetings, and attend strategic retreats as requested is required.
- Ability to apply legislation, standards, guidelines, and project specifications is required.
- Ability to contribute to annual remuneration review recommendations as required is required.
- Lead the design, development, and production of building services systems.
- Oversee the design and drawing of building services systems.
- Lead quality assurance and quality control for technical project delivery.
- Oversee projects from conception to completion and ensure compliance with regional and national regulations.
- Plan and coordinate engineering and building information modelling resources across projects.
- Contribute to project and design management within the team's scope.
- Lead and manage quality checking of designs, drawings, and deliverables.
- Step into technical delivery as needed to support resourcing requirements.
- Provide input to man-hour estimates, cost tracking, and proposal development.
- Monitor project utilization against team targets.
- Contribute high-level, innovative, and strategic input to projects.
- Participate in the performance appraisal of direct reports.
- Serve on committees and working groups as invited.
- Assist with the delivery of staff and market surveys.
- Participate in office or regional management and executive meetings and annual strategic retreats as requested.
- Perform other duties as directed to support customer service.
- A master's degree or PhD may also be held.
About the company
WSP is an engineering and science consultancy that helps governments and businesses plan, design, and manage infrastructure. Its teams work on transport networks, buildings, water systems, power facilities, and environmental projects, combining engineers with scientists, planners, and technical advisers. Services include feasibility studies, detailed design, environmental assessments, and project management, with specialists supporting assets through construction and operation. Clients pay through contracts priced by staff time, agreed project fees, or a share of project costs. Genivar reorganized as WSP Global in 2014, and the group is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway
Founded
1959
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What believers are saying
- Contracted work supports visibility: WSP's August 2026 report showed C$20.1 billion in backlog, equivalent to 11.6 months of revenues.
- Employee ownership has a formal route: WSP reports a global employee share purchase plan.
- International careers have precedents: WSP highlights an engineer's supported move from New Zealand to New York.
What critics are saying
- Financial room has narrowed: WSP reported 2.3 times net-debt leverage in August 2026, versus 0.9 at year-end.
- Government mandates require repeated wins: WSP obtains public work through competitive qualification and proposal processes.
- Site roles face physical hazards: WSP's global safety framework addresses working at heights and around mobile equipment.
What makes WSP unique
- Long-lived assets shape its method: WSP's Future Ready programme assesses climate, society, technology, and resource trends.
- Scientific facilities need specialist delivery: WSP manages construction and engineering reviews for Chile's Giant Magellan Telescope.
- Power expertise expanded: WSP completed its TRC acquisition in February 2026, adding a US energy consulting platform.
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AES partners with WSP in the Middle East to bring Pink Caravan breast cancer screening to employees. Pink Caravan mobile clinic visits WSP's SAIF office location in Sharjah, giving employees clinical breast examinations and mammograms during the working day. Prevention is at the heart of everything Today in Business do, so partnering with WSP and the Pink Caravan on free cancer screenings means a great deal to Today in Business. Early detection saves lives." - Damien Walsh, Managing Director, AES Employee Benefits Consultancy DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, October 8, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / - WSP and its employee benefits consultancy AES hosted the Pink Caravan mobile clinic at WSP's Sharjah site on October 7th, giving employees free breast cancer screening without leaving work. The day opened with a breast cancer awareness session on early detection, symptom recognition and self-examination. Screening followed, with one doctor carrying out clinical breast examinations and a second carrying out mammograms on board the mobile clinic. 43 employees were screened in total. Pink Caravan is an initiative of Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), which has run the campaign since 2011. Its mobile clinics tour the UAE through October, and organisations can book one for their workplace. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the UAE, and survival rates rise sharply when it is caught early. Booking an appointment and travelling to a clinic is enough friction to make most people put it off. Bringing the clinic on site removes that barrier. "Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an important opportunity to move from awareness to action. By hosting the Pink Caravan mobile clinic at our workplace, we wanted to make trusted information and screening more accessible to our people during the working day. We are grateful to AES, Friends of Cancer Patients and the clinical team for helping colleagues prioritise their health." Rehan Ali, Associate Director - Integrated Construction Leadership and Wellbeing Lead at WSP "Prevention is at the heart of everything Today in Business do, so partnering with WSP and the Pink Caravan on free cancer screenings means a great deal to Today in Business. Early detection saves lives. The simple act of getting checked, before there's anything to worry about, is one of the most powerful things any of Today in Business can do for its health. Too often, people put these things off. Bringing screenings directly to people, at no cost and with no barriers, takes away every reason to wait. Today in Business is happy to stand alongside WSP in making that happen, and grateful to the Pink Caravan for the work they do across the region." Damien Walsh, Managing Director, AES Employee Benefits Consultancy Employers can apply to host a Pink Caravan mobile clinic directly with Friends of Cancer Patients. ABOUT PINK CARAVAN Pink Caravan is an initiative of Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), a UAE non-profit. Launched in 2011, it provides free clinical breast examinations and mammograms to men and women across the UAE through fixed and mobile clinics. Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Today in Business do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
WSP to acquire GCM Corpo, adding 600 engineering professionals. MONTREAL, Que. - WSP Global Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire GCM Corpo Inc., a Canadian provider of engineering consulting and specialist services for the energy and industrial sectors. The proposed transaction will expand WSP's platform in Canada by growing its core engineering consulting business and broadening access to clients in the energy and industrial sectors, including original equipment manufacturers, the company said in a news release. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. A portion of the purchase price will be paid in WSP common shares to the sellers, including Fonds de solidarité FTQ, GCM Corpo's largest shareholder. WSP said it has received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange for the common shares to be issued as consideration; final listing approval is subject to the TSX's ordinary conditions for transactions of this nature. GCM Corpo - which has approximately 600 professionals across Québec, Western Canada and Atlantic Canada - operates six subsidiaries: GCM Consultants, Volo Construction, Strana Talent, GCM Enviro Synergies, KuriosIT and HyperShell. Its clients span energy, industrial, and mining and metals end markets. The acquisition supports priority growth areas of WSP's 2025-2027 Global Strategic Action Plan and will strengthen capabilities in process engineering, industrial digitalization, operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, project and construction management, project procurement, detailed engineering and environmental services. "GCM Corpo is highly complementary to WSP and a strong strategic fit for our business," said Alexandre L'Heureux, President and Chief Executive Officer of WSP. "Canada's energy and industrial sectors are evolving rapidly, driving demand for the scale, technology and expertise needed to support growth." Jonathan Clément, President of GCM Corpo, said joining WSP would allow the firm "to accelerate the momentum we have created and pursue our ambitions from an even stronger position." The Fonds de solidarité FTQ invested in GCM Corpo in 2021. "I am delighted that GCM Corpo can now continue to grow and leverage its expertise within WSP, a flagship of Québec engineering," said Janie C. Béïque, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fonds de solidarité FTQ. WSP, publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, employs approximately 83,000 professionals and operates in over 50 countries.
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