Description
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life.
As the premier design, engineering and environmental consultancy in Aotearoa New Zealand, WSP exists to future-proof our cities and environment.
Team Leader - Water - Auckland
We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader - Water to join our Auckland Water team. In this role, you will lead and develop a team of water professionals to deliver safe, high-quality outcomes for our clients, while contributing strongly to technical delivery across water infrastructure projects.
You will build and sustain a high-performance, inclusive team culture aligned to the Water Sector strategy and WSP’s Guiding Principles. Balancing project delivery with people leadership, you will help grow capability, support wellbeing, manage resourcing, and maintain a strong commercial, technical and client-centric focus.
About you:
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Industry recognised professional qualification, or working towards this, is preferred.
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years of professional experience as a Designer and/or Project Manager.
- Proven people leadership capability, with the ability to coach, develop and support high-performing teams.
- Strong technical delivery and assurance experience across water infrastructure projects.
- Commercial acumen, client focus, and the ability to contribute to project financial health, resourcing and utilisation.
- Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder relationship skills.
- Current, clean Driver Licence.
Benefits: WSP NZ has proudly earned its place among the top five employers to work for in Aotearoa New Zealand, as recognised in Randstad's latest employer survey. In addition, WSP has been listed as one of TIME’s 2023 top 100 companies globally for employees.