Job Description

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. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives enabling you to do the best work of your life. You can experience a world of opportunities to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact—one project and community at a time.

Associate Director Structures - Wellington

We are looking for a people leader who can drive local client engagement, be active in business development, and champion project delivery. You’ll be an existing or emerging leader.

• Provide leadership to the Building Structures Team within the Property and Buildings Sector.
• Support the Head of Structures in the delivery of the business plan and wider strategic goals of the Property and Buildings Sector.
• Have a passion for client engagement, develop and maintain strong client relationships, pursue and secure new business opportunities.
• Assist with the technical development of Structural Engineers based primarily in Auckland though extended to other offices including Regional Business offices when required.
• Act as the Project Manager/Director on projects as assigned, ensuring that all deliverables meet client’s key objectives.
• Provide leadership to project teams, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget and to the required quality to achieve the planned profit.
• Manage projects, including the provision of timely and clear reports to clients, preparation of invoices, and appropriate use of accounting, record, and quality management systems.
• Plan and organise Buildings engineering tasks, coordinate and control activities including those of other groups to achieve technical quality, budget, programme, and client satisfaction.
• Provide advice to the structures group on training requirements, resourcing, quality assurance and deliverables.

About you:

• A tertiary qualification in an area related to Structural Engineering and/or Project Delivery
• Chartered Professional Engineering (CPEng) status or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Buildings engineering, including extensive seismic experience
• Extensive senior project management experience with a strong commercial focus
• Experience developing client pipelines and prospects across the industry/sector
• Proven experience of developing effective relationships with clients.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams

Anticipated that your time/utilisation would be split as follows:

• Project and technical delivery – 60%
• People Management – 20%
• Client and business development – 20%

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

We will review applications as they come in, so if this opportunity sounds like you, don’t wait to apply!

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

Join us.

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here