Design & CAD Lead - Plant & Layout; Energy

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.

You will lead and support a multidisciplinary team of CAD technicians and designers, helping them develop into a capability that contributes directly to:

• Plant layout and equipment arrangement
• Integrated 2D/3D design delivery
• Modularisation and constructability
• Digital engineering and BIM workflows

Working alongside engineering, project and delivery teams, you will help ensure that designs are coordinated, practical to build, and aligned with modern digital approaches.

• Lead and support a team of CAD technicians and designers
• Create clear development pathways from drawing production to design ownership
• Help build capability through coaching, recruitment and team development

• Contribute to the development of plant layouts, general arrangements and spatial coordination
• Ensure designs align with engineering intent and support safe construction and operation
• Embed Safety in Design, including access, maintainability and constructability considerations

• Support the integration of modular and offsite construction approaches
• Work with engineering and delivery teams to improve buildability, safety and programme outcomes

• Develop and maintain CAD/BIM standards, tools and workflows
• Support delivery of accurate, coordinated models and data aligned to project requirements
• Contribute to digital and data-driven design approaches

• Work with project teams to plan workload and deploy design resources
• Support delivery of design packages in line with programme and quality expectations
• Help identify and resolve delivery or capability challenges early

• CAD, design or layout roles within engineering, EPC or consultancy environments
• Plant layout, piping, mechanical or related disciplines
• Multidisciplinary design coordination
• Digital design tools such as Autodesk platforms (Plant 3D, Revit, Navisworks or similar)
• BIM, digital workflows or data-driven design approaches

Experience in modularisation or constructability is beneficial, but not essential.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 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 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

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.

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 society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need and a comprehensive menopause support package.

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