# Senior Engineer – Vertical Transportation (VT)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Dubai
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP Middle East is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer – Vertical Transportation (VT) to join us in UAE. This role will play a key part in the design, specification, coordination, and delivery of vertical transportation systems across a diverse portfolio of projects, including commercial, residential, mixed-use, aviation, hospitality, and major infrastructure developments.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and clients, providing technical leadership and contributing to high-quality, compliant, and innovative VT solutions.

## Responsibilities

- Lead and deliver the design and specification of vertical transportation systems, including lifts, escalators, moving walks, and specialist systems

- Prepare technical reports, drawings, schedules, and specifications in line with project requirements and relevant standards

- Review VT designs prepared by others, ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and best practice

- Coordinate with internal disciplines (MEP, Architecture, Structures, BIM) and external stakeholders

- Liaise with clients, architects, contractors, and VT suppliers throughout the project lifecycle

- Support tender evaluations, technical submissions, and contractor clarifications

- Provide site support, including inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover activities

- Contribute to mentoring and technical development of junior team members

- Support business development activities where required, including proposals and client presentations

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

- Minimum 8+ years’ professional experience in Vertical Transportation (VT) design and consultancy, preferably within the Middle East market

- Proven track record delivering VT systems on large-scale, complex developments, including high-rise, mixed-use, commercial, hospitality, and infrastructure projects

- Strong working knowledge of international and regional codes and standards, including EN, ISO, BS, and relevant local authority and civil defence requirements across the Middle East

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting programme, quality, and commercial expectations

- Effective client, authority, and stakeholder-management skills, with experience working within multidisciplinary consultancy teams

- Chartered Engineer status or active progress toward professional accreditation is highly desirable

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Vertical Transportation
- EN
- ISO
- BS

### Nice to have
- Chartered Engineer

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