Principal/Associate – Battery Train Implementation in United Kingdom

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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 New Technology team is exploring how some of the most cutting edge technologies can be harnessed and used on our rail network and battery trains are becoming an increasingly large piece of the puzzle when it comes to getting rid of diesel from our railways. 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.

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 how and where battery train technology is best suited to be deployed, evaluating and quantifying the introduction of new battery powered passenger and potentially freight rail services onto the network, and supporting clients with technical and operational rail advice as they look to deploy battery trains. We work globally and the UK is one of the leading groups providing battery train strategic advice to support our colleagues and clients across the world.

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Responsibilities

We are looking for consultants to join the New Technology team at WSP. The team provides strategic rail advice around new technology to our clients. You will be responsible for providing advice to external and internal clients around battery train technology, battery trains and charging systems and battery train operations. You will be involved in multi-disciplinary projects and you will often take a central coordinating role.

You will be responsible for planning, managing and delivering tasks that contribute to wider projects, and you may take responsibility for planning, managing and delivering smaller direct projects. You will have the opportunity to be involved with bidding for new work.

We engage with our clients and we take a pro-active role in the WSP UK and global communities. We will expect you to build and use your network both externally and internally to solve problems and generate new work.

Qualifications

• Experience across a range of rail areas including rolling stock and battery trains with a focus on stakeholder management and engagement.

• 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.

• Organisational skills, able to plan and manage tasks using a project management approach.

• Microsoft proficiency.

• Chartered or working towards chartership.

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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

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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.

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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.