Technical Business AnalystWork From Anywhere

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.

WSP Digital is a team of innovators within WSP Australia that uses future ready Digital Technologies to enhance our customers' engineering, infrastructure, building, and environmental projects.

By joining our innovative Digital team, as part of our analytics team, you will be part of our integral Data champions based at our offices in either Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

In this role, you will liaise with clients to gain a thorough understanding of the project requirements and the needs of their end users. Documenting and translating project scopes, this will see you take ownership of quality control and technical excellence, identify innovation opportunities, plus ensure our technical teams are empowered to deliver projects to timelines and budget.   

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on major projects, nationally, as well as positively impact the lives of the communities and generations to come! Plus, you will also have the chance to work with some of the brightest subject matter experts in the world!

WSP Australia is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across more than 50 offices in Australia and New Zealand. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineering projects to help societies grow for lifetimes. 

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 Digital team applies the latest technological innovations to our client’s complex problems across sectors and projects.

Our integrated service combines not only GIS, but a full suite of Digital solutions including software development, data analytics, visualisation, digital engineering, and cloud technologies to deliver information and efficiency that supports decision-making, time and cost savings, and improved community outcomes.

Our Location Intelligence Team are spread over the east coast of Australia, with a wide variety of skills from application development, spatial analysis, map production, modelling, reporting and data manipulation and acquisition.

As a GIS Consultant, you will support the continued development of geospatial solutions across the WSP Australian business and the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects nationwide.

You will also be working with a range of government and commercial clients to enhance the operation and maintenance of many critical infrastructure systems that keep our world moving - Many of our clients operate large-scale, network-based systems such as road, rail, and water supply networks, with tangible outcomes that affect us all.

Some of the exciting projects the team have worked on, have included:

Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) - TMR have tested and deployed Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in real-world, large-scale deployments in Queensland. WSP has been working with TMR to provide technical expert support, including centralised application development and the Integration and DevOps of AWS Cloud Infrastructure.

Sydney Water - In response to high-volume breakdown maintenance activities, the DevOps team designed and implemented a new approach to planning and scheduling mechanical and electrical asset maintenance. 

Telstra Digital Workflow - We developed an online forms service that allows NSW Family and Community Services (FACS) applicants to fill out, submit, and manage applications and responsible parties to be notified and contribute to the application workflow.

Energy Rating – We built a website that facilitates evaluatiing and issuing of energy ratings for electrical appliances for sale in Australia and New Zealand.

If you would like to see more of the cool things that our Digital team at WSP get up to, please do check out their dedicated website, here - https://www.wspdigital.com/

What you’ll do:

You would have already had proven extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst, ideally gained in a consulting/advisory environment.  a typical day would look like (but not limited to): 

• Eliciting and facilitating the gathering of complex business requirements from various key stakeholders via workshops, interviews or other contact methods.
• Analysing, model and document business requirements (e.g. confirm functional and non-functional requirements, support clients in defining business requirements and functional design, business process modelling, etc.) 
• Working as an intermediary between our software development team and our clients to ensure a shared vision of our projects 
• Performing business analysis activities during all phases of the system development lifecycle (incl. design, development, testing and implementation) 
• Developing detailed functional and user experience test scenarios  
• Project manage your own workflow to achieve exceptional outcomes on time/budget 
• Driving yourself to learn and grow, so we can achieve our goals as a business and create an abundance of opportunities 

You will also bring: 

• Formal education in a STEM or Communication driven field  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A sense of empathy and an ability to walk in your clients’ shoes 
• Ability to create technical specs, identify business needs, elicit requirements and map out processes  
• A logical approach to organising detailed and complex systems
• Experience managing multiple clients and projects  
• A positive can-do attitude and passion for learning  
• Knowledge of different project management methodologies (Waterfall (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP) and Agile (e.g. Scrum)

In addition, you will bring the following skills and attributes:

• Natural connector
• Problem solver with a powerful team spirit
• Open
• Curious
• Passionate
• Adaptable
• Someone ready to do the kind of work the world needs

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success. 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 Employee Benefits page.

With us, you can. Apply today.