As our Technical Director/Executive – Geotechnical, you will enhance your capabilities and the reputation of WSP's renowned national Geotechnical and Tunnels team. Based in our offices in Perth, you will be one of our senior leaders in geotechnical team, collaborating with a wealth of talented professionals, whilst working on iconic projects. You are already an industry leader who uses their knowledge and passion in the successful delivery and outcomes that benefit both clients and communities.
Geotechnical & Tunnels: Across Australia WSP employs a 400+ strong team of geotechnical, geological and tunneling consultants. Our WA Geotechnical team is the state's largest geotechnical team and consists of passionate and experienced geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and geoscientists, operating from offices in Perth CBD.
You will also work alongside industry leading in-house Perth based capabilities in geophysics, environmental services and in-house geotechnical laboratories.
As part of the national Geotechnical and Tunnels team, you have the both of both worlds – solving client's technical challenges (large and small) on geotechnically led projects, as well as the ability to work on major projects with one of Australia's largest multi-disciplinary firms in the transport, mining and property and buildings sectors.
What you'll do: You will be taking a leading technical role for our WA Geotechnical team and will be providing strong technical guidance and oversight to projects within the local team.
You believe in striving to offer best practice geotechnical consulting services to clients, throughout Western Australia, nationally and with opportunities to lead and collaborate on international projects.
Your passion and technical expertise will be deployed across a number of diverse projects, and will expose you to a variety of industries, such as transport, ports, mining, renewable energy, property and buildings, and also government sectors to further continue the growth of an already successful and reputable local geotechnical capability.
You will also be tasked in mentoring and the development of more junior engineers, ensuring that we are cultivating and supporting our fantastic Engineers of tomorrow.
A full position description is available on request, but a snapshot of your day to day will look like (but not be limited to): Being a passionate and influential leader in Geotechics, proactively maintain effective networks and relevant industry relationships to gain cooperation in meeting business and client outcomes.Embracing and leading our strong HSSE culture, providing safety leadership in identifying and alleviating/eliminating high priority safety hazardsProviding technical advice on complex geotechnical issues to clients and internal staffManaging key clients developing strategy, technical service offerings and significant business opportunitiesManaging and maintaining key client relationshipsBuilding a reputation as Technical Leader/Lead Consultant with leadership of project teams on consulting assignmentsUndertaking peer review, expert opinion, and forensic engineering assignmentsDeveloping a profile as a leading consultant within the Australian geotechnical consulting marketAbout You: You're likely to be a proven and known leader in Geotechnical, and possess extensive years of proven experience at Principal level at a minimum. Influential and with exceptional people skills, you will also have genuine market and industry presence with your peers.
A civil engineering or Geotechnical degree, or related degreePosses Post graduate qualifications in a geotechnical related fieldTypically, a Chartered ProfessionalA successful track record in leading project teams to success within major projectsA proven track record of promoting innovation in the field of geotechnical engineering to create value for our clients and projects.A strong work ethic and ability to work autonomously and in a team environmentAbout WSP: WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you'll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.
We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you'll imagine a better future for you.
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