**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?** 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. To find out more about our **ENERGY** business, click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Energy | WSP (https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/sectors/energy) **A little more about your role…** In this role, you will lead the Gas & Thermal Engineering team to develop innovative solutions to complex problems, delivering projects at various stages of maturity. Through a structure of discipline, you will oversee the production of deliverables, collaborate with internal and external clients, and provide leadership to the group. You will work closely with the Energy Transition Service Line Director to achieve the business goals set out in our strategic plan. **You will head the team to deliver the following:** + Leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver technically excellent solutions to our clients across a broad portfolio of projects. + Providing visible technical and team leadership and governance. + Developing designs and approaches that clearly differentiate WSP from our competitors. + Promote and lead innovation across the team and the application of engineering principles to first of a kind projects. + Working collaboratively with other groups within WSP and maximising cross-selling opportunities. + Support business leadership in the preparation and review of key bids, provide input into pricing strategy. + Identification of skills gaps and recruitment of technical staff. + Maintaining and developing processes and procedures to ensure efficient delivery of design. + As part of the group leadership team, helping to meet group business objectives and KPIs. + Support and ensure the integration of UK-wide best practices, i.e., BMS, SHEQ. + Interface with iCRC and promote its effective use within the region. + Maintain an overview of workload, utilisations, and associated resource requirements, and work with team leaders as appropriate to ensure resources are fully utilised within technical capability. + Promote the performance review process and support career development; encourage training and learning in association with the Discipline Lead. + Interface with the Discipline Lead on all staff matters requiring support. + Support project leaders for extraordinary performance issues, both positive and negative, developing cost-to-complete forecasts and calculating outturn position. **Your Team** Our team’s expertise covers all Energy Transition generation and conversion technologies including novel, first of a kind concepts and other low or zero carbon technology. Working together with private developers, power utilities, government bodies, banks, lending agencies, contractors, and OEMs, we safely deliver projects whilst meeting and exceeding client expectations. Our teams are tactically placed in the UK, India, Ireland, and wider Europe. We work internationally with our clients and other Energy sector teams in North America, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. The Energy Transition team provides services to clients from inception through development, construction, operation, and decommissioning. An approach that sees us support our clients over the entire lifecycle of a project. **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + Degree qualification in relevant engineering subject supported with significant postgraduate experience in engineering design and/or operation, maintenance, and testing. + Chartered Engineer and a member of the relevant engineering institute. + The ability and desire to assume a lead role in the development of the engineering team skill set and breadth of service. + Significant experience of managing design and engineering teams. + Detailed knowledge of the design, construction, and operation of power and energy projects, ideally including low or zero-carbon technologies and gasification. + Ability to establish, build, sustain, and share strong, professional relationships with relevant internal and external groups. Driven to exceed client expectations. + Outstanding Customer focus and a commitment to problem solving. + Experience and an excellent understanding of the CDM Regulations. + Excellent commercial awareness and extensive experience of cost estimating and build-up of cost, time, and resource plans across all engineering disciplines. + Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas. 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. **Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.** Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. **With us, you can. Apply today.** **\#LI-DM2** **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. When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. To find out more about our business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Who We Are | WSP (https://www.wsp.com/en-gb/who-we-are) **WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU** **Work-life balance?** WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself. Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK. **Inclusivity & Diversity?** We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential. **Health & Wellbeing?** We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation. **Flex your time?** For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you. **Your development?** We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring. **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._