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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.\nA little more about the role...\nThe Associate Director will play a key leadership role within the Façade Engineering team, responsible for leading the design and delivery of façade projects, developing client relationships, winning new work, and contributing to the growth and reputation of the business. The role requires a highly capable technical leader who can successfully manage multidisciplinary project delivery, provide strategic advice to clients, develop future leaders within the team, and actively contribute to achieving business objectives through work winning, market engagement, and client account development. The Associate Director will act as a trusted adviser to clients and a role model for technical excellence, collaboration, and commercial awareness.\nLead the delivery of façade engineering projects from concept through construction. Lead client meetings, presentations, workshops and design reviews.\n\nAct as Project Director, Project Manager or Discipline Lead on complex and high-profile projects. Manage project risks, programme, resources and commercial performance. Ensure compliance with WSP quality, governance and project delivery procedures.\n\nOversee technical quality and compliance with relevant standards, regulations and project requirements. Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces including architecture, structures, MEP, fire, sustainability, acoustics and access maintenance.\n\nProvide technical direction, design reviews and mentoring to project teams. Mentor and develop engineers, senior engineers, associates and future leaders. Promote a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team culture. Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the team.\n\nDevelop and maintain strong relationships with clients, architects, developers, contractors and key stakeholders. Act as a trusted adviser, providing strategic and commercially focused façade engineering advice.\n\nIdentify opportunities to add value and expand services within existing client accounts. Participate in strategic client engagement activities including networking events, roundtables and industry forums. Support client satisfaction initiatives and proactively seek feedback.\n\nLead or support bids, proposals, fee submissions and interview presentations. Represent WSP during key project negotiations and technical discussions.\n\nContribute to strategic business planning and annual revenue targets. Actively identify and pursue new business opportunities with both existing and prospective clients. Promote cross-selling opportunities across WSP disciplines. Collaborate with sector leaders and multidisciplinary teams to strengthen client relationships across WSP.\n\nMonitor market trends and competitor activity to identify emerging opportunities.\n\nLead by example in demonstrating WSP values and behaviours.\n\nRaise the profile of WSP within the façade engineering industry. Contribute to technical publications, conference presentations and industry working groups. Enhance WSP's reputation as a trusted market-leading façade engineering consultant.\n\nParticipate in design meetings, contributing to discussions and presenting scheme calculations and sketches.\n\nConduct research on potential cladding materials.\n\nPrepare design reports for various stages of the project, including concept, scheme, and detail.\n\nCollaborate with architects, structural engineers, environmental engineers, fire engineers, acousticians, and contractors.\n\nParticipate in site inspections and assist in writing/reviewing reports.\n\nCarry out project delivery reviews, identify areas of improvements and feed back to the whole team via lessons learnt sessions.\n\nWhat we will be looking for you to demonstrate\n\nA recognised degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) in built environment discipline (Façade Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture or similar area)\n\nProven experience in a façade design/engineering role or other relevant industry experience in building physics and sustainability design\n\nA willingness to progress towards Chartered Engineer status with a recognized professional institution.\n\nIn-depth technical and design skills related to building envelope design and detailing, construction techniques, procurement routes and risk assessment\n\nAbility to maintain personal effectiveness particularly during periods of higher-than-normal workload\n\nAbility to communicate with people at all levels in both technical and non-technical environments and to develop and maintain successful client relationships.\n\nPlanning and organizational skills with excellent communications skills (both written and verbal).\n\nUnderstanding of and some ability to use analysis software tools (structural or thermal) such as Strand7, ANSYS, Solid Works, Mepla, Vitrages, Bisco, Trisco, Builddeskor Flixowill be an advantage.\n\nFamiliarity with international codes including European standards will be a plus.\n\nImagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.\nJoin 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.\nWith us, you can. 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