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At WSP, you’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and society.
WSP has a large, highly experienced and professional Acoustics team who get involved with a diverse range of interesting projects across a number of sectors within the UK for both private and public sector clients. The team pride themselves on the integrated support offered by working alongside our in-house environmental and sustainability specialists, as well as our structural and mechanical engineers, to deliver commercially balanced, innovative and integrated solutions.
This role will be based in our Manchester office on a part time basis of approximately one day per week, and we are flexible whether this is a single day per week or two half-days.
- Managing equipment calibration, ensuring that our equipment is calibrated at regular intervals and sending it out when calibration is due
- Undertaking basic repairs to equipment (battery wiring, crimping, soldering)
- Making new cables and connections
- Liaison with equipment suppliers to manage more complex repairs, order spare parts and new items of equipment
YOUR TEAM
“Working in the WSP Acoustics team for the last six years has allowed me to realise my goals and ambitions. The team are really friendly and helpful, supporting me towards achieving chartership as well as my ongoing professional and personal development.” – WSP Senior Acoustic Consultant, IEng MIOA
“A position at WSP gives the right candidate the chance to work on some of the most challenging engineering projects in the world today, backed by a world class team of acoustics engineers.” – WSP Acoustics Technical Director
The WSP acoustics team is amongst the largest and most well respected in the UK. We are regular recipients of industry awards and our leading experts regularly present at conferences and produce cutting edge research papers and guidance documents.
The WSP Acoustics team are the winners of the 2020 ANC Award for Vibration Control and Prediction. The judges praised the creative and innovative approach to using Findwave to give the client the information they needed to proceed with a time critical project, with good collaboration demonstrated throughout.
The WSP Acoustics team were highly commended in the 2022 ANC Awards in the ‘Environmental Noise: Non Infrastructure’ category for Eden Project North, for undertaking a novel approach for this new mixed use leisure development in Morecambe to allow the
Client flexibility on the number of permissible events whilst giving the EHO confidence thatsignificant adverse effects would be avoided.
We are proud of our wide-ranging knowledge and expertise covering environmental acoustics, architectural acoustics and complex vibration assessments. Equally important to us is nurturing an inclusive team with a true family-feel, which is supportive of your technical progression and personal and professional development. Being an integral part of a multi-disciplinary and global organisation, will provide excellent opportunities for you to flourish within a team of motivated individuals.
- Are studying Acoustics or a related course
- Are enthusiastic and driven
- Have a basic understanding of electronics/electrics and have an electronics/electrics related qualification
- Are able to use a soldering iron and other electronics maintenance tools
- Are well organised and effective
- Have a social and team-spirited attitude, and work well as part of a team.
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