Description
WSP is seeking a Fire Protection Engineering Team Lead to join our Sydney Property & Buildings team. This leadership role will drive the delivery of major projects across commercial, health, education, defence, transport, mission critical and mixed-use sectors, while growing our fire protection capability and developing our people.
Responsibilities:
- Lead fire protection design and documentation for major projects.
- Provide technical leadership from concept through construction.
- Mentor and develop engineers, graduates and designers.
- Manage project scope, quality, programme, risk and budgets.
- Review designs, reports and specifications for compliance and quality.
- Build strong client and stakeholder relationships.
- Support business development, proposals and market engagement.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across WSP.
- Contribute to team growth, resourcing and capability development.
- Champion innovation, safety in design and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
- 10+ years' experience in fire protection or building services.
- Expertise in wet and dry fire systems.
- Experience delivering major Australian building projects.
- Strong knowledge of Australian Standards, NCC and fire codes.
- Proven project leadership and commercial management skills.
- Experience mentoring and developing technical staff.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Exposure to bids, proposals and business development.
- Familiarity with Revit MEP, Navisworks and BIM workflows.
- Consulting, contractor or D&C leadership experience.
Benefits:
- Lead and grow a specialist fire protection team.
- Work on complex, high-profile projects.
- Collaborate with local and global experts.
- Access leadership and career development opportunities.
- Enjoy a flexible and inclusive workplace.
- Participate in WSP's employee benefits and share plan.
- Help deliver safe, sustainable and practical engineering solutions.