Description
WSP is looking for a Vertical Transport Engineer to join our Building Services team in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
This is an opportunity to build your career within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, working across a diverse portfolio of building and infrastructure projects. You'll contribute to the design, specification, and delivery of vertical transportation systems, including lifts, escalators, and moving walks, while working alongside experienced engineers and specialists across WSP.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver vertical transport engineering and design across a range of building and infrastructure projects.
- Undertake passenger traffic analysis and lift simulation modelling using Elevate or equivalent software.
- Develop lift, escalator, and moving walk designs, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Conduct site inspections, condition assessments, and performance reviews of existing vertical transport systems.
- Support asset management, refurbishment, modernisation, and upgrade projects.
- Work closely with architects, developers, contractors, suppliers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop coordinated solutions.
- Prepare technical reports, specifications, and design documentation in accordance with relevant Australian Standards, codes, and client requirements.
- Contribute to technical reviews, design coordination, and project delivery, taking increasing ownership of projects as your experience develops.
- Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders and contribute to WSP's growing Vertical Transport capability.
Requirements:
- Qualifications in electrical, mechanical, mechatronic, building services engineering, or another relevant technical discipline.
- Experience or exposure to lifts, escalators, moving walks, or associated vertical transport systems.
- Experience in engineering consultancy, lift design, lift contracting, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, modernisation, or technical services would all be relevant.
- An understanding of vertical transport design, specification, coordination, and technical review.
- Experience with passenger traffic analysis or lift simulation software such as Elevate would be advantageous.
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary Building Services project teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage with clients and project stakeholders.
- Knowledge of relevant Australian Standards, NCC requirements, and industry guidance, or the ability to develop this knowledge.
- Progress toward professional accreditation with Engineers Australia, including Chartered status, would be highly regarded.
Benefits:
No specific benefits mentioned.