ASSOCIATE – STRUCTURES (BUILDING STRUCTURES)

ASSOCIATE – STRUCTURES (BUILDING STRUCTURES)

Organisation: WSP
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh / Mumbai, Maharashtra / Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Requirement: Typically 15+ years
Education: BEng, MEng, or MSc in Civil or Structural Engineering

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services and engineering consultancy organisations, with operations across transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, energy, resources, environmental services, and industrial engineering.

The organisation brings together engineers, architects, planners, technical specialists, scientists, and project management professionals to deliver complex projects across international markets.

WSP has approximately 4,000 employees across its Indian operations in Noida, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, alongside a global workforce of more than 73,000 professionals.

This opportunity sits within its building structures engineering business and involves supporting UK-based building projects through WSP's Indian engineering operations.

Role Overview and Scope

As Associate – Structures, the successful candidate will lead and manage the delivery of structural engineering projects involving medium and large-scale buildings.

The role combines technical engineering leadership, project management, client engagement, team development, and commercial responsibilities.

It offers the opportunity to move beyond individual engineering design responsibilities and assume broader ownership of structural engineering delivery, technical quality, project performance, and team development.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Engineering Delivery

Lead structural design activities for medium and large building projects.

Oversee structural engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical reports.

Review technical designs to ensure compliance with applicable Eurocodes and UK engineering practices.

Develop safe, innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective structural engineering solutions.

Ensure engineering quality and compliance with established project standards.

Oversee digital engineering and structural BIM workflows, including Revit and Tekla.

Project and Engineering Management

Manage structural engineering projects from concept development through construction.

Establish project scopes, technical deliverables, programmes, and fee proposals.

Monitor project schedules, budgets, risks, and engineering performance.

Coordinate with architecture, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering teams.

Ensure timely delivery of engineering information to clients and contractors.

Manage technical challenges and support project delivery decisions.

Client Management and Business Development

Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clients.

Represent the engineering team in technical meetings, presentations, and design reviews.

Support technical proposals, bids, and new project opportunities.

Contribute to the development and expansion of WSP's structural engineering capabilities.

Maintain effective communication with clients and senior project stakeholders.

Team Leadership and Development

Lead, mentor, and develop structural engineers and graduate engineers.

Manage team resources, engineering workloads, and project assignments.

Review and guide the technical work of engineering personnel.

Encourage technical knowledge-sharing and professional development.

Support team capability development and engineering performance.

Construction and Technical Support

Respond to contractor technical queries and requests for information.

Participate in site inspections and technical audits.

Support the resolution of construction-stage engineering challenges.

Evaluate value-engineering opportunities and design optimisation.

Ensure that construction activities remain aligned with approved engineering designs.

Leadership Expectations

This position requires an individual capable of taking ownership of structural engineering delivery, guiding technical teams, managing client expectations, and maintaining strong engineering standards.

The Associate will act as an important connection between clients, project teams, and senior leadership, helping ensure that projects are delivered efficiently, commercially responsibly, and to the required technical standards.

Technical Requirements

Strong knowledge of structural engineering involving steel, reinforced concrete, masonry, and timber.

Experience with structural design software such as ETABS, STAAD, Robot, Tekla Structural Designer, SAFE, or RAM.

Familiarity with BIM-enabled engineering environments, particularly Revit.

Knowledge of Eurocodes and UK engineering practices.

Ability to independently lead technically complex structural engineering projects.

A Civil or Structural Engineering degree at BEng, MEng, or MSc level.

Chartered Engineer status through IStructE or ICE is highly desirable.

Experience managing multidisciplinary building engineering projects.

Strong communication, commercial awareness, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Strategic Priorities

The position supports WSP's delivery of high-quality structural engineering solutions across major building projects.

Its strategic priorities include technical excellence, sustainable design, digital engineering, efficient project delivery, client satisfaction, team development, and strengthening the organisation's structural engineering capabilities.