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About the Role
Support project teams in solving complex integration problems for clients on major infrastructure programs. Lead tasks within a project environment, manage other resources on larger projects, or take sole accountability for smaller projects. Demonstrate a willingness to challenge and learn from clients and colleagues, with a commitment to mentoring Early Career Professionals. Work in challenging and exciting project environments, defining projects, adding value, and reducing risk by applying pragmatic systems thinking and collaborative behaviors. Support team development activities focused on business and/or technical development. Gain commercial responsibility and business awareness within a consultancy environment. Proactively seek knowledge and learning opportunities to develop capability in problem-solving, considering competing needs and constraints on capabilities, resource availability, time, and cost. Maintain an up-to-date CPD record and develop a professional network.
Responsibilities
- Supporting project teams to solve complex integration problems for our clients on major infrastructure programmes
- Leading tasks within a project environment, leading other resources on larger projects, or having sole accountability for small projects
- Demonstrate a willingness and openness to challenge and learn from our clients and your colleagues, with a commitment to mentoring Early Career Professionals
- Working in challenging and exciting projects environments, where you will need to help define those projects, adding value and reducing risk for our clients by applying pragmatic systems thinking and collaborative behaviours as part of a team on big systems engineering projects
- Supporting interval team development activities focused on business and / or technical development
- Gaining commercial responsibility of your project and awareness of the wider business while working in a consultancy environment
- Proactively seeking knowledge and learning opportunities from within our team or via external sources to develop capability to determine the right approach to a problem, considering the competing needs and constraints on capabilities, availabilities of resource, time and cost constraints
- Proactively maintaining an up-to-date CPD record whilst developing a professional network
Requirements
- A degree in a relevant engineering discipline
- Chartered status with a relevant professional body, or can demonstrate in a position to achieve Chartered status within the near future
- Post degree experience in delivering systems integration in a rail environment
- Experience in applying various systems engineering tools (e.g. DOORS) and techniques (e.g. MBSE)
- Experience in identifying and defining the appropriate approach to systems engineering on projects
- Experience in identifying and defining the appropriate application of systems engineering tools on projects
- Ideally experience in leading others in delivering systems engineering projects and/or tasks
- A background in in client facing roles, and/or experience in stakeholder engagement
- Experience across different lifecycle stages and/or a clear understanding of the Systems Engineering challenges across different stages
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
- Innovative Ideas for development of systems engineering services
Skills
- Systems engineering
- Systems integration
- DOORS
- MBSE
- Client facing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Interpersonal skills
- Presentation skills
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Part-time
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Post degree experience
Education Level
- Degree in a relevant engineering discipline
- Chartered status
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- Hybrid working policy
- Flexibility to work from home two days a week
- Opportunities to collaborate in modern offices
- Inclusivity & Belonging initiatives
- Employee resource groups
- Health & Wellbeing support
- Thrive programme
- Virtual GP service
- Reasonable workplace adjustments
- Gymflex scheme (up to 40% off annual gym memberships)
- Comprehensive menopause support package
- WSP My Hour (one hour each day for personal activities)
- Option to purchase additional leave
- Ability to use bank holiday entitlement to suit you
- Supportive environment for development and training
- Mentoring
- Chartership support
About the Company
- WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms.
- Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
- With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.