**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. Our **Building Services Technical Centre** is dedicated to supporting our UK and iCRC(integrated Complementary Resource Centre)-based engineering / BIM (Business Information Modelling) delivery teams, to ensure they can foresee and eliminate an issue before it has the potential to jeopardise safety, programme, budget, quality, and most importantly, Client satisfaction. Our vision is to enhance a technical-led culture, that prioritises innovation, expertise and decision making grounded in technical insights. Through our Technical Centre, we provide tailored advice and continuously develop an efficient, dynamic and interactive knowledge sharing platform. This platform supports seamless access to best practices, actionable insights and expert guidance, helping teams to excel in their day-to-day design delivery workflows. We are currently recruiting for a Director/Technical Director to act as Technical Centre Leader. The role can be based in any of our UK offices, and applicants can be mechanically- or electrically-biased. The role is full-time. **A little more about your role…** As Technical Centre Leader, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our engineering team towards achieving technical excellence. The aim of your role will be to work with the Technical Centre Deputy Leader to: + Drive a Technical-Led culture throughout the Services discipline that prioritises innovation, expertise and decision making grounded in technical insights. + Be an integral part of the building services team’s day-to-day management, vision, values and leadership. + Work with senior leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives in the team and across the wider business. + Become part of the wider WSP business by sharing knowledge and technical skills with colleagues from around the globe. + Develop roll out/staff engagement plans to help launch new initiatives and seek feedback/capture lessons learned to convert into action plans for continuous improvement. + Foster a culture of autonomy, encouraging team members to take initiative and contribute to the overall need for technical betterment **Collaborate and share** + Provide guidance and advice related to project technical issues. This may involve undertaking relevant research at short notice to meet project time constraints, to assist colleagues and clients in trouble-shooting technical issues. + Take part in project technical reviews and act as a Subject Matter Expert in areas of expertise. + Actively promote and support the WSP Practice Area Networks (PAN), including acting as a moderator where required. + Provide support to, but not lead, the WSP graduate training programme. + Chair the Discipline Technical Leadership Group for Building Services. **Manage** + Be responsible for technical knowledge management through the dedicated Building Services Technical Hub and by chairing knowledge sharing workshops. + Develop and maintain general guidance documents on current and emerging statutory requirements and standards, as well as design trends to inform WSP colleagues and to help clients understand key issues influencing our designs. + Provide training for colleagues as necessary, on technical issues, changes in statutory requirements, associated standards and design direction. + Manage and develop the WSP specification. + Develop and maintain the building services-specific Safety in Design Course for all building services colleagues. + Assist in the management and implementation of WSP safety, health, quality assurance and environment impact policies and procedures. + Provide software support for engineering colleagues and act as the point of contact for software choices and procurement for WSP’s in-house IT teams. **Innovate** + Research, prepare and collate project-specific guidance for staff and clients on developing or changing statutory requirements, standards, technologies and engineering approaches. + Identify gaps in our knowledge in the face of emerging technologies and practices, and define and execute initiatives to fill these gaps. + Drive the team forward with cutting-edge technical leadership. **Promote** + Act as an external ambassador for WSP, by participating in industry bodies such as CIBSE, IMechE, IET, BSRIA etc, and take part in the development of industry guidance. + Promote the advantages of professional registration. **Your team** + We make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our industry because this is what makes us great. + You will work closely with like-minded individuals on exciting and challenging initiatives or projects. + Building Services consists of mechanical, electrical, and public health engineers along with our sustainability and BIM experts. + We put the highest ethical standards at the centre of all we do, and professionalism is inherent in our offering. + We are humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, treat everyone with respect and embrace diversity. **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + A track record in the technical elements of mechanical or electrical building design, from the concept design to construction stages. + An ability to collaborate with, and provide leadership to, a team of MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) professionals located across the UK. + An ability to engage with clients, contractors and design team members in technical discussions. + An ability to communicate technical detail effectively and have organisational skills. + An understanding of BIM, Net Zero Carbon design, Building Technology and Building Performance. 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-CH1 **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._