Location
Bristol or Cardiff, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Associate Director to join our Environmental Consents nationwide team. This role is strategically significant and offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity to identify, win, and deliver multi-disciplinary inputs to a range of energy projects for a wide client base. Our current portfolio includes some of the UK’s most important and transformational infrastructure projects, supporting the UK’s Net Zero commitments.

As an Associate Director, you will work with technical environmental specialists and design teams across multiple sectors to lead environmental teams and inputs to project designs and assessments. You will improve environmental performance across diverse projects and sectors. The role involves directing and leading projects, including recruitment, bidding, project team management, delivery, and financial oversight.

You will play a key role in expanding our water sector offering, working alongside sector leads and client account managers to provide thought leadership and win new business. You will provide environmental advice and support to clients, project managers, and colleagues, promoting sustainable design and environmental enhancement.

Responsibilities include leading large, complex projects, overseeing technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety performance, building client relationships, identifying new opportunities, and contributing to business development through proposals, bids, and marketing activities. You will also lead innovation initiatives such as Digital EIA and Technical Excellence, drive performance improvement and career advancement within your team, and promote an inclusive workplace culture aligned with WSP’s health, safety, and wellbeing values.

This role requires a self-motivated individual who contributes to the success of WSP’s business strategy while supporting team and project goals.

Experience
- Relevant environmental or planning degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable experience in EIA delivery for major water schemes
- Familiarity with consenting processes such as Habitats Regulations Assessments and SSSI Assents
- Thorough knowledge of a diverse range of environmental issues
- Proven line management experience
- Track record of developing and upskilling internal teams
- Evidence of successfully driving business growth
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About you
An enthusiastic and dedicated individual with a creative spirit and solid grounding in environmental design, assessment, and management. You are motivated to influence, lead, and deliver environmental elements of engineering projects, with strong leadership and business development capabilities. You promote an inclusive workplace and demonstrate a commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing culture.

Qualifications
Relevant environmental or planning degree or equivalent experience is required. Additional qualifications related to environmental assessment and consenting processes are advantageous.