Principal​/Associate Systems Consultant - Rail

Job Description

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.

• Supporting project teams to solve complex integration problems for our clients on major infrastructure programmes
• Leading tasks within a project environment, leading other resources on larger projects, or having sole accountability for small projects
• As a professional in systems engineering and integration, you will demonstrate a willingness and openness to challenge and learn from our clients and your colleagues, with a commitment to mentoring Early Career Professionals
• Working in challenging and exciting projects environments, where you will need to help define those projects, adding value and reducing risk for our clients by applying pragmatic systems thinking and collaborative behaviours as part of a team on big systems engineering projects
• Supporting interval team development activities focused on business and/or technical development
• Gaining commercial responsibility of your project and awareness of the wider business while working in a consultancy environment
• Proactively seeking knowledge and learning opportunities from within our team or via external sources to develop capability to determine the right approach to a problem, considering the competing needs and constraints on capabilities, availability of resources, time and cost constraints
• Proactively maintaining an up-to-date CPD record whilst developing a professional network

• A degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Chartered status with a relevant professional body, or can demonstrate a position to achieve Chartered status within the near future
• Post‑degree experience in delivering systems integration in a rail environment
• Experience in applying various systems engineering tools (e.g. DOORS) and techniques (e.g. MBSE)
• Experience in identifying and defining the appropriate approach to systems engineering on projects
• Experience in identifying and defining the appropriate application of systems engineering tools on projects
• Ideally experience in leading others in delivering systems engineering projects and/or tasks
• A background in client‑facing roles, and/or experience in stakeholder engagement
• Experience across different lifecycle stages and/or a clear understanding of the Systems Engineering challenges across different stages
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Innovative ideas for development of systems engineering services

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 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. With us, you can. Apply today.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

Work‑life balance At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Belonging We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of…