Your Opportunity:

Due to the continued success of our Asia Pacific operations and the strong pipeline of work forecast in WA, we are lookign for a Senior to Principal Track Engineer - Permanent Way - to join our Rail team in Perth.

Provide high quality engineering design and consultancy services to the rail industry in Western Australia. This position requires the candidate to prepare overhead wiring designs from feasibility, through concept and ultimately to full detail design.

The candidate will be required to undertake layout design, sectioning, allocation design and provide technical support to construction teams.

• Develop, review, approve and manage complex investigations, and field studies
• Manage field work involving coordination of teams and undertake field work without supervision
• Manage environmental risk on complex projects
• Review or verify and interpret engineering drawings and reports and provide technical input into a diverse range of projects and ensure that work produced complies with quality system and client requirements
• Monitor and manage the scope of multiple projects of varying complexity and size
• Assist in winning proposals and pursuits
• Deliver best client outcomes/options which have save the client costs/time
• Apply legislation, standards, guidelines and project specifications
• Communicate complex technical issues to clients and guide the client through regulatory processes
• Seek information to understand client needs and effectively anticipate and meet client needs and encourage client focus in colleagues
• Define and implement action plans to respond to client feedback and exceed client expectations whilst taking responsibility for client satisfaction and loyalty

Your new colleagues:

We promote a highly connected team culture and positive working environment. We strive to be a diverse, supportive team aiming to be the best we can be, by encouraging you to bring your whole self to work. We welcome to the table all perspectives, strengths, skills, creeds, and genders because we know that diverse ideas breed extraordinary results.

Your new colleagues understand the need for on-the-job training, mentoring and leadership to help bring out the best in you.

What we will love about you:

• Proven years’ experience working in the Rail sector
• Typically, 6 to 10+ years’ experience in rail and general transport infrastructure
• Bachelors Degree (Engineering) or Equivalent
• Proven ability to prepare technical reports and review large project reports. Plan, review and approval of major reports and assessments
• Experienced in winning job from a job
• Demonstrated competence in providing technical expertise across a broad range of projects
• High level skills in applying safety in design practices and processes.
• Demonstrated multiple instances of delivering best client outcomes/options which have saved the client costs/time

Inspired by Diversity, Driven by Inclusion...

Discover a forward-thinking culture that incorporates some conventional yet non-negotiable qualities - like respect, integrity and trust. We welcome to the table all perspectives, strengths, skills, creeds and genders because we know that diverse ideas breed extraordinary results.

What we will offer you:

At WSP we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many personal and professional development opportunities that are aimed to help you deliver your best self to the role whilst managing your personal life in balance. We have been recognised for the second consecutive year as a Great Place to Work® with year-on-year increases in employee engagement.

Some of the many benefits we offer our employees include:

• Flexible working hours and working from home
• Global mobility
• Parental leave & purchased additional annual leave
• Corporate employee discounts and offers
• Salary continuance insurance
• Wellness at work & social club
• Workplace giving /volunteering
• Employee reward & recognition program
• Professional and technical development opportunities

About us:

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, bringing together approximately 4,300 talented people across 14 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions, and future ready engineering projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. wsp.com/au

WSP supports a diverse and inclusive work environment as well as equal employment opportunities. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people of culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.