# Associate / Associate Director - Power Systems (Energy)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an Associate/Associate Director and Birmingham Team Lead for Power Systems to take ownership of the local team's performance, development, and growth while contributing to the wider UK Power Systems practice.

**Technical Leadership & Delivery**

- Lead and oversee the delivery of power systems studies and analysis across the Birmingham team, ensuring quality, programme, and commercial targets are met

- Act as Project Director on a portfolio of projects, providing technical assurance and strategic oversight

- Drive the development of new methodologies, tools, and scripts to improve delivery efficiency

- Champion software excellence, including building business cases for new platforms and capabilities

- Support resourcing decisions and workload allocation across the team

**Commercial & Strategic Growth**

- Develop and execute a clear business plan for growing the Birmingham power systems offering, aligned with the wider UK strategy

- Build and maintain senior-level client relationships to position services and secure pipeline

- Identify and pursue multi-disciplinary opportunities to expand service offerings

- Drive income generation and profitability against defined performance metrics

**People & Team Leadership**

- Lead the Birmingham Power Systems team day-to-day, taking responsibility for staff development, mentoring, and performance management

- Drive recruitment to build a high-performing, diverse team

- Foster a collaborative culture across offices and with the wider UK and international teams

**Requirements**

- Degree in Electrical Engineering with Power Systems specialisation (postgraduate qualification preferred)

- Solid experience in power systems, with a demonstrable track record of leading teams and delivering complex projects

- Established network of industry contacts and client relationships within the UK energy sector

- Proven commercial experience , winning work, managing budgets, and growing revenue

- Experience acting as Project Director or equivalent senior delivery role

- Strong understanding of UK transmission and distribution networks, grid connection processes, and relevant industry standards

- Proactive, self-directed, and comfortable operating at pace across multiple projects and proposals simultaneously

- A genuine drive to build and grow a team

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Power Systems
- Project Director
- Commercial experience
- Team leadership

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