WSP in Africa

🌍 Exciting Times at WSP in Africa! 🌍  This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming André-Martin Bouchard for his first-ever visit to our African business, WSP in Africa! As the Global Director of our Earth & Environment business and our Global Executive Director for ESG, his visit was a significant milestone for us.  André-Martin's focus was to immerse himself in our African business, meet our incredible people, and understand the unique markets we operate in. One of the standout moments was the Town Hall meeting, where he shared WSP’s ESG journey and our ambitious goals for 2025-2027, emphasizing Technical Excellence & Innovation.  He also toured our Advanced Tailings Laboratory, where he was impressed by the high complexity laboratory testing capacities. Equally, he was inspired by our multidisciplinary and diverse team at WSP in Africa.  We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to showcase our expertise and look forward to continuing our journey towards excellence together! 🚀  #WSPinAfrica #ESG #TechnicalExcellence #Innovation #TeamWSP #Sustainability #LeadershipVisit 

Meet Pretty Sibiya, The Industry Meets Community Involvement Changemaker and one of the WSP in Africa bursary students when in her final year of studying! Pretty’s inspiring journey from humble beginnings in a small village in Mpumalanga to where she is today, as a civil engineer for a multinational multidisciplinary professional services firm, is a testament that obstacles need not deter one from accomplishing their goals, no matter how improbable they may seem. Applying for a bursary is what led Pretty to WSP in her final year of studies. While her internship coincided with the height of the global pandemic, the physical limitations of the pandemic also prepared Pretty further for a permanent position with WSP and come to grips with working within the digital environment, as WSP uses digitalisation extensively to be innovative. Pretty also represents WSP in industry involvement with Consulting Engineers South Africa Youth Professional Forum (CESA YPF) and passionately participates in WSP's #CSR outreach initiatives. If you'd like to follow in Pretty's footsteps then our bursary scheme is now accepting applications👇 Click the jobs tab on the WSP in Africa Linkedln page to access the bursaries #WSPChangemakers

We’re thrilled to share that WSP in Africa and MPAMOT Africa won the award for projects valued between R250 million and R1 billion at last night's prestigious 2024 CESA AON Engineering Excellence Awards Gala! The award recognizes the exceptional work done on the Southern Corridor Farm 694 Kosovo Housing Development project located in Cape Town. WSP in Africa would like to also extend our congratulations to the Western Cape Government Department of Infrastructure and the City of Cape Town for their tremendous support during the project. We also received a commendation for our technical excellence on the MediMix Ancillary building project in the category for projects valued between R50 million and R250 million. The recognition by CESA reflects the continued innovation and dedication of our people, from leading key infrastructure projects and state-of-the-art initiatives to delivering outstanding advisory services for clients. Well done team WSP! Thank you to everyone who contributed to these remarkable wins. #2024CESAAONAWARDS #WeAreWSP #WSPAfrica #CESA

WSP in Africa provide insights on their entry in the ‘Projects with a value between R50 million and R250 million’ category at the upcoming CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards! Watch now: https://lnkd.in/dU2uBSNc #2024CESAAonAwards #EngineeringExcellence #Partnership

“Question the ordinary. Imagine the extraordinary. Create the enduring.” A phrase that echoes through the halls and that the people at WSP in Africa live by. ✍️♻️ Entering the Top 500 publication as a Top 5 Company in the Consulting, Engineering, Mining & Infrastructure Sector, they are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms and are united across the globe by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities they serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. WSP’s efforts were recently celebrated at this year’s Environment Analyst's Sustainability Delivery Awards - where they took home four prestigious accolades. Managing Director, Paul Grota and Marketing & Communications Senior Manager, Zulfa Taibi accepted their Top 500 certificate on behalf of the organisation. Well done to WSP Africa on this incredible achievement! 👏🏆 #WSP #Africa #Sustainability #Top500 #Publication #TopcoMedia

well done to the WSP in Africa team!

Today WSP in Africa , hosted representatives from the SAICE National Office at our African HQ in Midrand. The purpose of this Lunch and Learn engagement was to host a cross collaboration information session for all our staff and share an overview of SAICE, the value of one’s professional network and how SAICE supports its members in their professional development. SAICE also shared details on a few initiatives they are running that our WSP Teams, as members or none-members, may find useful. At WSP, we prioritise investing in the development and growth of professionally registered engineers, scientists, and sustainability consultants and all staff. A BIG THANK YOU to our hosts: @MarshallMuthen, @JohnRammutla, @KerishaGovender, @NomfundoVilakazi, @HlologeloManthose, @DevinaChinniah, @ZulfaTaibi And the SAICE National Office team for making this inspired session possible: @SekadiPhayane-Shakhane, @NthabelengLentsoane, @MerriamMolefe #WeAreWSP #Africa #industry #collaboration #professionaldevelopment

Meet Shaniel Lakhoo, The Power Player Changemaker 👋 Like many engineers, Shaniel Lakhoo's path towards the profession began with an insatiable curiosity about how things worked. Following his undergrad graduation, he joined WSP as an electronic engineer under the Property and Buildings (P&B) services division and designing extra low voltage services for projects in different sectors. In his current role, Shaniel has been involved in a mix of both local and international projects. From designing building management systems, electronic access control, camera surveillance, and audio-visual systems for a hospitality client in the Seychelles, to implementing electronic services and an environmental monitoring system in a laboratory for pharmaceutical company Roche. The most recent feather in Shaniel’s cap was presenting a conference paper based on his master's degree project at the 2024 EEEIC International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering that took place in Rome. Learn more about Shaniel and his role as a senior electronic engineer at WSP in Africa 👇 https://lnkd.in/dPx4X4KG #WSPChangemakers

At WSP we take our client promises seriously. With this in mind, our African professional growth network – PiGeoN – members flocked together this week for the launch of an exciting internal collaborative challenge that will inform our business’ client centric culture well into the future. As a voluntary programme, PiGeoN is a WSP platform that supports individuals and teams to expand their horizons and networks in Africa and across the globe. PiGeoN has three aims: Accelerate skills transfer and development Encourage interdisciplinary, geographical and hierarchical collaboration through connecting our people, and Empowering our future leaders as representatives of a shared voice for their teams as recognised key stakeholders within the business. And these aims are underpinned by our business guiding principles: We value our people and our reputation We are locally dedicated with an international scale We are future focused and challenge the status quo We foster collaboration in everything we do We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable WSP in Africa is hiring! Find out more and how you too could become a PiGeoN by apply via the Careers page on our website. #WeAreWSP #Africa #withusyoucan #peoplecentric #clientcentric #collaboration #professionaldevelopment #futureleaders

We are very excited to share that WSP in Africa has ranked as the 2nd Best Managed Company for South Africa in the Consulting Engineering Mining and Infrastructure sector in the annual Topco TOP 500 companies listing.   This prestigious accolade is a testament to our business’ standing in the local market and we are honoured by this recognition.   A BIG THANK YOU for the continued commitment and passion by our incredible teams, as well as the support from clients, partners and peers in the industry, without whom achieving such recognition would not be possible.   #WeAreWSP #Top500 #bestinclass #consulting #engineering #innovation #leadership