**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 to do the best work of your life. 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. **A little more about your role…** The WSP Client Engineering and Advisory Services group sits within our UK Rail team. The group provides systemic and integrated rail solutions which are user focused, operationally driven, grounded in engineering and commercially sound. Teams within the Client Engineering and Advisory Services group include: Rolling Stock, Rail Planning & Operations, Rail Strategy & Feasibility, Digital Rail, New Technology and Client Engineering. Our Operations Advisory team is exploring how some of the most cutting edge technologies and operational approaches and practices can be harnessed and used on our rail network. Depots and Stabling forms a core part of rail operations and we have an exciting role to join our team providing operational advice in this area. We are a team of engineers, strategic planners and project managers, with experience across the rail industry. We can think technically, commercially and operationally. We collaborate with each other, other parts of WSP and external organisations to understand how we can make new technology a reality in the industry. This role will require the ability to co-ordinate across all of these areas to provide a single voice around depots and stabling to our clients and ensure they have a single expert to guide and advise them as they look to change and modernise their operational approaches in this area. We work on a broad range of early-stage strategic and development projects with a range of public and private sector clients including: working out optimised depot and stabling solutions, modelling depot operations using cutting edge digital twin modelling software and ensuring that depot and stabling operations are intrinsically linked with the wider concept of operations and timetables for the wider system. We work globally and the UK is one of the leading groups providing depots and stabling strategic advice to support our colleagues and clients across the world particularly for new rail systems. To find out more about our Rail and Advisory business by clicking on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/hubs/transit **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + Extensive experience across a range of depot and stabling subject areas including rolling stock, infrastructure, depot operations, maintenance, overhaul and repair activities and optimising depot processes to drive efficiency and optimisation. + With a significant number of new trains expected over the coming decade experience introducing or developing proposals for new depots or rail maintenance facilities would be desirable. + An ability to think strategically, able to see the “big picture” and keep an eye on details when needed. + A career focused professional with a pro-active approach and a collaborative style. + Being able to use contacts and networking to keep up to date and identify work opportunities and sell both your skills and the wider skills of the Rail Operations and Maintenance Advisory team. + Organisational skills, able to plan and manage tasks using a project management approach and lead and co-ordinate other technical experts to develop a common approach and single integrated output. + Microsoft proficiency. Experience with rail operational modelling tools (particularly focused on Depots and Stabling) would be desirable but not essential + Chartered or working towards chartership. Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. **Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.** Join 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. **With us, you can.** **Apply today.** **\#LI-MA1** **We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!** In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world. When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. To find out more about our business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Who We Are | WSP (https://www.wsp.com/en-gb/who-we-are) **WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU** **Work-life balance?** WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself. Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK. **Inclusivity & Diversity?** We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential. **Health & Wellbeing?** We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation. **Flex your time?** For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you. **Your development?** We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring. **APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP!** **\#WeAreWSP** _Here at WSP 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._ _Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date._