Associate Director – Property & Building, HK

In line with our strategy for growth and improve the quality of what we do we are looking to strengthen our Global Capability Centre (GCC) HK P&B leadership team in India through the appointment of an Associate Director to help manage and drive the business forward.

We are looking for an individual with proven experience and results in establishing, growing, and leading an offshoring centre and the functions within it. We are looking for a well-rounded individual with experience across several Business leadership roles and leading large multidisciplinary teams across the P&B sector.

The Associate Director is expected to demonstrate effective & visible leadership across the business unit, focusing on the ongoing engagement and building high performing teams.

• Work with the HK P&B and India team to ensure Technical, People & Culture strategies support the overall strategic plan with a focus on project delivery and operational excellence, diversity in talent acquisition, high employee engagement and effective talent management development.
• Ensure visible leadership in support of the WSP guiding principles and best in class workplace culture and operational excellence.
• Develop and implement a GCC Strategy (aligned to the HK P&B Strategy) and work with Business Unit leaders, to identify areas where we can expand our services and improve the output.
• Imbibe regional culture and mindset in terms of our “Way of Working”, “Focus on client satisfaction” & “Quality Mindset” in the GCC team.
• Establishing and monitoring service performance levels, pre-empting operational service issues and intervening as necessary to implement corrective actions
• Establishing a strong relationship with the internal client – the regional support functions and operational business – to understand future needs and address any perceived or actual issues
• Driving continual improvement of the teams, processes and systems forming the GCC, delivering year on year efficiency savings and/or other demonstrable value to the business
• Define, monitor and report KPIs around - quality, resource planning, utilisation, operational issues, talent management, etc.

Key Competencies / Skills / Qualifications

• Leadership – acknowledged leader with a positive external market profile. Demonstrates the desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others; lead and implement change programmes; inspiring colleagues and drives an innovative and supportive culture. Acts as a catalyst for change

• Strategic thinking and direction – forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term. Designs, communicates, engages, and drives the implementation of design and technical initiatives and strategies

• Technical skills – Electrical or Structural Engineering background with experience of leading and working with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Communication - demonstrates an ability to communicate effectively and uses own knowledge to support and coach others as required. Actively champions sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence. Strong presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning. Influential and persuasive internally and externally

• Innovation – researching and developing new techniques; challenges the status quo

• Team leadership and player - works collaboratively and consultatively; leads and develops a culture of team working across the ME business

• Relationship Building - able to establish, build, sustain, and share strong, professional relationships with relevant internal and external groups. Driven to exceed client expectations

• Problem Solving – able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions; is proactive in responding to problems; able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and employs problem solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.

Qualifications

• Candidate with 8+ years in a leadership role with experience of leading large and diversified teams in a multi-location setup.

• Experience of 5+ years working with Asia (China & HK) would be an added advantage

• Professional qualification: The applicant should ideally have obtained British Chartered Engineer status or equivalent, possess a degree in Electrical or Structural Engineering and possess membership to an accredited engineering body.

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.

• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.