Associate - Building Structures

A little more about your role…

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team in Leeds, as a full-time Associate, with responsibility for the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept, for a huge range of challenging UK and international multi-disciplinary design projects, ranging from high-rise, stadia / arenas, urban regeneration, healthcare, commercial & mixed use, major refurbishment, data centres, all with international, national and local architects
• Take a key technical leadership role on multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants.
• Participate / lead in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise
• Participate in fee agreements and manage the commercial position on projects
• Exercise independent judgement and resolve technical issues
• Have access to a world leading network of industry experts
• Mentor and develop junior members of the team working towards their Chartership

You’ll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals that work together to:

• Own and lead the design process, encouraging yours and wider teams to deliver the right solutions to the agreed programme, and support those less experienced by technical review, mentoring and advice
• Take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural led concept designs
• Form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients
• Manage processes to ensure technical issues and risks are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Provide sustainable structural solutions from concept through to detailed design and construction
• Provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the UK and internationally.