Senior Planning Advisor - Dry Utilities Engineer

Job Description — Senior Dry Utilities Planning Advisor Role Overview We are seeking a Dry Utilities Planning Advisor to provide strategic leadership in the planning and integration of electrical power and telecommunications infrastructure for complex, large-scale developments, including city-scale masterplans, industrial zones, corridors, mixed-use and giga-project programs. The role requires deep experience across electrical and telecommunication network planning and design, including primary/secondary substations, distribution networks, and grid interface/tie-in strategies, as well as strong capability in demand forecasting, renewable energy integration, and energy modelling. This is India based role and will be supporting the Middle East advisory business – mainly KSA and UAE projects. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, coordinate across multidisciplinary teams, and produce decision grade technical outputs from early feasibility and optioneering to enable robust, policy aligned, and future ready infrastructure outcomes, including preparation of indicative dry utilities layout plans and spatial schemes at strategic planning and master planning levels of detail. Qualifications and Experience • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s preferred). • 10+ years’ experience in electrical spatial planning and utility master planning, including city-scale or large development programs (mixed-use, industrial, infrastructure corridors). • Demonstrated capability across HV/MV/LV planning and design, including substations, distribution networks, and grid interfaces. • Experience preparing and reviewing master planning level utility layouts, spatial diagrams, and concept schematics to support master planning and early design decision making. • Proven experience delivering feasibility studies, demand forecasting, and planning-level assessments. • Strong client-facing track record and experience leading multidisciplinary teams/workstreams. • Middle East experience is preferred Personal Skills • Clear, structured communicator with strong technical report writing and presentation skills • Confident advisor capable of guiding clients through uncertainty and early-stage decision-making • Strong integrator, comfortable coordinating across disciplines and balancing competing objectives • Detailed-oriented with a robust QA/QC mindset, while maintaining focus on strategic outcomes rather than design mandates. BGV: Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India. Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.