WSP

3 weeks ago

Design & CAD Lead - Plant & Layout (Energy)

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Job Summary

Lead and support a multidisciplinary CAD team to build a design capability focused on energy plant layout and integrated 2D/3D delivery. Drive modularisation and constructability, ensure designs align with engineering intent and safety-in-design principles, and maintain CAD/BIM standards and digital workflows. Partner with engineering, project, and delivery teams to coordinate models and data, plan design resource workloads, and resolve capability or delivery challenges early.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead and support a team of CAD technicians and designers, creating development pathways and building capability through coaching and recruitment.
•Contribute to development of plant layouts, general arrangements, and spatial coordination while embedding safety in design considerations.
•Support modularisation and offsite construction integration to improve buildability, safety, and programme outcomes.
•Develop and maintain CAD/BIM standards, tools, and workflows, and support accurate coordinated models and data delivery.
•Work with project teams to plan design workload, deliver design packages to quality and programme expectations, and resolve delivery/capability challenges early.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym Membership

Key Requirements

•Experience in CAD, design, or layout roles within engineering, EPC, or consultancy environments.
•Experience with plant layout and related disciplines such as piping or mechanical engineering.
•Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary design and ensure practical, buildable outcomes aligned with engineering intent.
•Working knowledge of digital design tools, including Autodesk platforms such as Plant 3D, Revit, and Navisworks (or similar).
•Experience with BIM, digital workflows, or data-driven design approaches; modularisation/constructability experience is beneficial.

Experience:EngineeringEPCConsultancy

Skills:LeadershipCoachingMultidisciplinary coordinationProblem-solvingStakeholder collaboration

Tech Stack:CADBIMAutodesk Plant 3DAutodesk RevitNavisworks

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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