Technical Director, Building Services (Healthcare)

What if you could make a lasting impact that serves the needs of our rapidly expanding communities? 

With us, you can. 

Building on the growth of our Healthcare sector nationally and globally and with successful delivery of healthcare projects nationwide, which includes the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, we are expanding our Healthcare sector team with key roles within our building engineering services team in Australia. We are seeking experienced and dynamic technical and project delivery leaders to play a crucial role in the execution of major projects. We currently have three positions available: 

• Technical Director (Healthcare) – Adelaide 
• Technical Director (Healthcare) - National Role
• Market Sector Leader - Healthcare Major Projects Executive - National Role 

These newly created positions support our growth plans as we continue to deliver transformative projects in the health and life sciences industry. The role in Adelaide is particularly integral, offering a hands-on opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital and ongoing support to a growing local team. 

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life. 

Our Property and Buildings (Building Services) team is a community of built environment experts, driven by a passion to create sustainable, accessible, and resilient communities. Through powerful partnerships and multidisciplinary collaboration, we design places to deliver social, environmental and financial value for clients around our changing world. 

As a Technical Executive and Market Sector Lead in Healthcare, you will play a pivotal role in driving technical excellence and managing the successful delivery of major healthcare projects. You will also possess strong people leadership skills and have a reputable presence within the Health & Life Sciences industry. 

We seek candidates with demonstrable project experience across a range of disciplines (Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulics, Fire, ESD, and/or Specialist Services), established connections, and proven experience managing complex designs across various healthcare projects. 

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading and overseeing the technical delivery of multidisciplinary healthcare projects 
• Collaborating with other Buildings & Property Technical Executives to provide strong technical and project delivery leadership for our national Building Services team, including strategic planning, resourcing, staff development and growth 
• Ensuring compliance with relevant design codes, legislation, and standards, and supporting engineers in developing their skills. 
• Engaging in a high level of collaboration with colleagues in the wider Australian and global Building Services teams, as well as with the broader business. 
• Working with the Healthcare National Executive to facilitate collaboration across the business, including Structural, Civil, and Specialist Services as required. 
• Actively participating, along with other leaders, in creating growth and business strategy, including involvement in key pursuits and projects 
• Driving client relationships and project outcomes through a deep understanding of market needs and a proven ability to achieve successful project management and delivery 
• Contributing to the growth of WSP’s complementary global resourcing centres in Manila for use on healthcare projects. 

As a natural leader, you will set a high calibre of technical and project management standard for our team, championing a robust safety culture and ensuring strict adherence to our policies and procedures. Your role will also entail cultivating, maintaining, and expanding client relationships while actively seeking new opportunities for growth. 

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in professional service delivery, advisory or engineering field 
• Possess extensive experience in consulting within the Building Services industry, demonstrating a track record of successful technical leadership, project coordination and management and business development across large multidisciplinary projects, particular in healthcare, life sciences and pharmaceuticals. 
• Hold Chartered Engineer status with CPEng and/or state-based accreditation. 
• Excellent leadership skills and existing relationships with key health clients, contractors, and industry stakeholders 
• Proactive collaboration skills and a proven ability to work cross business to drive outstanding results. 
• Experience in driving business profit and loss outcomes as well as successful commercial positions on projects. 
• A commitment to growing and fostering a diverse and inclusive team. 

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. 

Some of the many benefits we offer our employees include: 

• Flexible working location and hours 
• 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 

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Benefits page.

WSP. With us, you can.

***Please note that we are not engaging recruitment agencies for these vacancies***