Job Description

What if your next role wasn’t just another project, but a defining chapter in Australia’s infrastructure story? At WSP, we are shaping the transport networks that connect cities, unlock economic growth and leave a lasting legacy. From complex motorway upgrades and city‑shaping interchanges, to nationally significant aviation infrastructure and bridge programs, our Major Projects team is trusted to deliver some of the most challenging infrastructure projects in the country.

Opportunity

As an Executive Design Manager, you will take end‑to‑end accountability for the delivery of large, complex transport infrastructure projects across their full lifecycle. You will operate as a trusted advisor to clients and partners, providing explicit leadership through design development, approvals, construction interface, and delivery. You will work alongside recognised industry leaders within WSP, drawing on our national and global capability to solve complex problems, manage risk and deliver outcomes in highly regulated, high‑profile environments. This role is not focused on one discipline or one phase; it is about leadership, judgement, and the ability to bring together multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional outcomes across roads, bridges, and aviation infrastructure.

What You Will Be Responsible For

- Provide strong leadership across design, project management and construction interface, ensuring scope, cost, programme, quality, and safety outcomes are achieved.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client representatives,



contractors, regulators, and internal stakeholders, acting as a calm and credible point of leadership throughout delivery.
- Establish and oversee robust project governance, commercial management, and risk mitigation processes from project inception through to completion.
- Mentor and develop senior project managers and technical leaders, strengthening capability and succession within the major projects team.
- Contribute to work‑winning activities, helping shape pursuit strategies and delivery models for future major projects, drawing on your delivery experience to influence how WSP positions and executes work.

About You

You are a senior infrastructure professional with at least 15 years of experience delivering major road, bridge, or aviation projects in Australia, either in consultancy, contractor, or client‑side environments.

Your Success In This Role Will Depend On

- Significant experience managing large, multidisciplinary teams and complex interfaces across design and construction.
- Sound commercial judgement, with experience managing large project budgets, programme risk, and contractual arrangements.
- Leadership style: calm under pressure, decisive when required, and collaborative by default.
- Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.

Benefits

We offer flexible working arrangements, a strong focus on wellbeing, and an employee Share Purchase Plan that allows you to invest in WSP’s collective success.

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📌 Executive Design Manager - Bridges, Aviation & Roads NSW (City of Sydney)
🏢 WSP in Australia
📍 City of Sydney