What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
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. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Open to WSP office locations Australia wide
Opportunity to work in the Defence sector
Opportunity to work on top-tier projects
Flexible working hours with supportive working from home environment
The Opportunity
The Design Consultant has the primary responsibility for coordinating all the design work and outputs for a project.
The Design Consultant is responsible for managing the development of technical documentation, drawings and plans for the project. Design Consultants bring together architects, structural and services engineers, along with specialist designers and BIM technicians to create coordinated designs which are used during the build and aid maintenance of the structure/s once complete.
As a Design Consultant, you will be responsible for looking after teams of designers to ensure project documentation is produced on time to the appropriate level of detail and technical completeness for the design milestone.
What you will do
This is a challenging role that will see you lead the delivery of best-practice consulting services to Defence clients throughout Australia and collaborate with other discipline leaders to deliver multi-disciplinary projects in the Defence sector.
You will be part of our accomplished Property & Buildings section and will work alongside our established team of Engineering technical experts, assisting in bidding and delivering successful projects. Your role will also be well supported across our business, with skilled resources in other sections.
Key responsibilities
- Overall design responsibility on a variety of Defence Projects.
- Deliver best practice consulting services to clients, focusing on Defence projects across Australia.
- Client relationship management including managing key Defence infrastructure contractor client relationships.
- Support for proposal submission / preparation in the pursuit of Defence sector opportunities.
- Leadership of project teams and project management including budgetary and quality control for consulting assignments.
- Leverage the strength and depth of the team across Australia to deliver efficient, practical and innovative solutions to clients in the Defence sector.
- Liaising with technical specialists from other disciplines or offices, building relationships with key internal stakeholders working in Defence both geographically and across various services lines.
Participation in the national and global communities within projects and Defence industry groups.
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About you
At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 80,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success. To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.
- Develop your professional network (locally, nationally and globally) through various initiatives.
- Develop your personal brand through targeted training.
- Develop your business understanding and awareness through various procedures.
WSP prioritises the health and wellbeing of our people by offering flexible working, 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine.
We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a ‘Stretch’ level Reconciliation Action Plan. Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LGBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.
With us, you can. Apply today.
