Description

Act as the Project Director/ Lead for UK Mining projects

- Health & safety, welfare, risk, information security, and assessment/compliance
- Project, programme, design, contracts and financial management
- Promote WSP Vision and Values
- Actively promote the UK Global Capability Centre (GCC) culture within the team and ensure that the staff deliver on promises
- Interfacing with multidisciplinary project teams
- Manage the team and processes to ensure the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs/deliverables from a variety of Mining-related disciplines meet internal and client requirements and quality assurance standards.
- Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC UK Mining team, ensuring that it is aligned with the wider UK business.
- Mentoring team members towards skilled accreditation or equivalent
- Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews
- Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes, software tools, and, with technical colleagues, identify training required
- Identify opportunities to upskill existing technical resources or recruit new capabilities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones
- Identify further skills that could be brought into the GCC India, to deliver additional services or enhancements to various businesses
- Ensuring that the Business Management System is implemented and maintained
- Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement
- Develop/maintain excellent relationships, ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally
- Contribution to bids and marketing material
- Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes, and achievement of KPIs
- Ensure process and governance such that all projects comply with Health and Safety, and Quality Assurance Standards.
- Carry out audits of adherence to WSP Management and Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required

Responsibilities

People

- Inclusively lead people,



clearly articulating the vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively and providing constructive feedback
- Inspire and motivate departmental staff towards technical progression
- Be self-motivated to take on a leadership role in project work with a clear focus on timeliness, quality and technical excellence.
- Manage people through change and develop succession plans
- Create and support innovation
- Deal with conflict appropriately
- Work across cultures (e.g. international and/or multidisciplinary projects), embracing diverse points of view

Strategic Leadership & Delivery

- Support and Lead to deliver framework/ contract projects to the highest quality standards.
- Set clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations for all team members
- Develop and implement strategies that align with organizational and framework objectives.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

- Act as the primary point of contact for the relevant GCC Teams and other framework leads.
- Build and maintain solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including clients, to ensure alignment and satisfaction.
- Facilitate cross-regional and multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Manage projects with fluctuating priorities, periods of uncertainty, and complex delivery conditions while maintaining delivery focus and team alignment.

Change Leadership & Innovation

- Champion the adoption of new technologies, tools, and processes to enhance framework delivery.
- Lead change initiatives and foster a culture of innovation and adaptability.

Qualifications

- Years of Experience: 15–25 years of experience managing or directing complex cross-regional, multidisciplinary projects, preferably valued at GBP 5 million or more.




- PMP/APM Certification(preferable)
- Experienced in managing mining projects related to feasibility studies, mine infrastructure, tailings, water, geotechnical, environmental interfaces, mineral processing / materials handling, safety and regulatory compliance in mining projects(preferable)

Mandatory Skills

- Demonstrate proven working knowledge of UK design standards and experience applying them to complex Mining or multidiscipline infrastructure projects.
- Track record of design management and project management experience in multidisciplinary Projects.
- Excellent communication, internal client handling, interpersonal skills and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people
- Comfortable leading internal engineering discussions and the experience and ability to understand, evaluate and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals
- Technical manager with management acumen and strong leadership skills
- Open-minded and intellectually agile
- A hard-working self-starter with initiative and ability to work within a team environment
- Understand own strengths and impact, adapting behaviour according to different situations and individuals
- Able to work effectively under pressure
- Act ethically with fairness, honesty, and integrity
- Successful track record of delivery of large detail multidisciplinary design projects within the context of a professional services provider
- The candidate should have demonstrable experience in resource and project management
- Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Effective time management and strong organisational skills

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.

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