Team Lead

2 weeks ago


Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa WSP Africa Full time

Company Description
We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready

Think bigger scale. Think higher profile. Think ground-breaking.

Join WSP, and you'll be at the heart of a team of international experts all dedicated to growing and sharing their expertise, and working on projects that transform society for all of us.

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa, and the largest environmental consulting firm globally.

To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders who share our guiding principles - we value our people and our reputation; we are locally dedicated with international scale; we are future-focused and challenge the status quo; we foster collaboration; we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.


Key Responsibilities:
Leadership

  • Provide team leadership and guidance to the Africa EPA team. This includes the South Africa, Mozambique and Ghana EPA Teams.
  • Contribute to and drive the annual business strategy for the Africa EPA team with the support of the EPA senior leadership team.
  • Manage and be accountable for meeting the annual revenue target for the EPA team.
  • Collaborate with other P&A team leads.
  • Convene and chair team coordination meetings to discuss weekly resourcing pressures, opportunities and business administration aspects.
  • Convene and chair Africa EPA team meetings quarterly to provide feedback on financial performance, opportunities, projects and people aspects.
  • Convene and chair senior resource planning monthly meeting where capacities are addressed for month.
  • Input into wider WSP business policies.
  • Assist with business administration and removal of roadblocks where needed.
  • Crisis control and management.
  • Drive and conduct recruitment as required by the team.
  • The role requires strong interpersonal skills and provision of mentorship and guidance to all team members.
Commercial

  • Responsible for financial performance for EPA team (RSA, Moz, Ghana) and reaching financial targets for EPA Africa.
  • Manage and interrogate Project Forecasting Tool (PFT) and provide guidance to the team on financial system.
  • Monitoring work in progress (WIP) and invoicing progress.
  • Conduct Debt review and follow up on relevant significant debts where required.
Business Development

  • Key client/account relationship management, participation in marketing and business development activities, and development of proposals.
  • Tender Go-NoGo decisions.
  • Technical and financial signoff of proposal in accordance to Authority Matrix.
Technical

  • Lead / prominent role in delivering local and international (Africa) projects.
  • Offer technical guidance and support on projects where required.
  • Maintain professional registration and technical capabilities.
  • Engagement with Clients and other stakeholders at the senior executive level and providing support and guidance on critical E&S aspects affecting their projects.

Health and Safety:

  • Role model standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company's health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you.
  • Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
  • Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

Qualifications
An Honours or higher degree in a relevant environmental and/or social discipline.

Key Competencies and Generic Skills:

  • 12 years or more experience as an environmental and/or social specialist leading and delivering local and international (Africa) ESIA and/or ESDD consulting assignments, with 5 years in a leadership role.
  • Registered Pr. Sci. Nat is a requirement.
  • Demonstrable project experience across the following sectors: conventional and renewable power generation and transmission, road and rail infrastructure, ports and marine infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, and industrial manufacturing facilities.
  • Knowledgeable in a wide range of environmental and social subdisciplines (i.e. air quality, ecological impact, occupational health and safety, resettlement planning, labour practices etc.)
  • Experience in Sub Sahara Africa (outside of South Africa) and ability to travel.
  • Strong technical report writing skills, producing professional reports in fluent English.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Comfortable to engage in clientfacing business development.
  • Significant commercial acumen.

Additional Information
What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP - we can


As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.


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