Team Leader - Structures

Role overview

Leadership and project delivery

• Lead structural engineers, technicians, and BIM professionals; allocate resources, monitor workloads, and ensure timely project delivery.
• Mentor team members, conduct performance reviews, support career development, and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Deliver projects to client requirements, quality standards, and schedules; coordinate with regional project managers, discipline leads, and design teams.
• Monitor project progress, risks, budgets, and resource utilization; ensure compliance with design codes and company procedures.

Technical and stakeholder responsibilities

• Provide guidance on reinforced concrete, steel, composite, and foundation design; review calculations, reports, drawings, and BIM models.
• Support innovation, standardization, digital engineering, and best practices in structural analysis and design.
• Act as the primary GCC contact for the UK Structures team; participate in project reviews, technical discussions, and client meetings.
• Support business development and capability presentations when required.

Capability development

• Develop GCC capability in building structures, including steel and high-rise building design.
• Identify training needs, implement structured learning, and support recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning.
• Drive continuous improvement, knowledge-sharing, and professional development.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 15+ years of structural engineering and project delivery experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a GCC, consultancy, or design environment.
• Strong knowledge of international design codes, including Eurocodes, British Standards, ACI, and IBC.
• Chartered Engineer status or progress toward professional accreditation is preferred.

Technical skills and competencies

• Structural analysis and design of concrete and steel buildings; BIM workflows and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Software examples include ETABS, SAFE, Tekla Structural Designer, Robot Structural Analysis, and Revit.
• Key competencies include leadership, strategic decision-making, stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, risk management, commercial awareness, and project planning.

Success measures

Background verification

• Employment with WSP India is subject to successful background verification by a third-party agency; candidates should ensure submitted information and documents are accurate and complete.

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