Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons. Following recent client successes and increasing demand across major infrastructure programmes, we have an opportunity for an environmental construction consultant delivery lead to join our Environmental Management & Assessment team. This role will focus on helping clients move from primary consent into delivery: identifying, planning, managing and assuring the environmental licences, permits, approvals, planning requirements and environmental commitments needed to enable construction and ensure compliance. This includes secondary consents, permits and licensing, and the discharge of planning conditions/DCO requirements. This role would suit someone with experience in environmental construction management who's interested in moving into an advisory role; shaping decisions, improving outcomes, and getting involved in projects from design through to delivery. This is a role of real significance for our business. Clients increasingly need clear, credible and proactive support through the post-consent and construction stages. In addition to our technical advice, our clients need delivery leadership, programme awareness, structured governance, risk management and the ability to bring multiple disciplines together around a single plan. You will work with a diverse team of environmental planners, consent managers, technical specialists, project managers and construction-facing teams to lead and coordinate post-consent and secondary consents delivery across a range of major infrastructure projects such as the Great Grid Upgrade. You will be expected to bring structure to complex delivery environments, provide clear advice to clients and project teams, manage risks and dependencies, and help WSP grow a consistent and high-quality environmental construction delivery capability. Key responsibilities include leading the growth of WSP's environmental construction and secondary consents capability, overseeing the identification, scoping and programming of environmental construction and secondary consent requirements, acting as a recognised internal and external focal point for delivery, and serving as Project Director or senior strategic lead on key post-consent and construction commissions. You will advise on the discharge of environmental planning conditions and/or DCO requirements, develop and implement environmental compliance processes throughout design development stages, integrate secondary consent activities into project programmes, forecast demand and resource constraints, and promote a positive, inclusive and safe working culture with a strong understanding of health, safety and wellbeing requirements in construction-facing and site-related environments. You will also contribute to WSP’s business strategy by helping build a scalable, consistent and commercially robust post-consent and construction offering.

Experience
Experience in pre-construction and construction environmental management and delivery, secondary consents, and DCO/TCPA implementation. Strong understanding of the transition from primary consent to construction, including discharge of requirements/conditions, environmental management plans, contractor interfaces and compliance assurance. Experience working client-side, consultant-side or contractor-side during pre-construction and construction phases, including management of contractor interfaces and delivery risks. Proven ability to establish governance, reporting and assurance processes to manage environmental commitments, consent compliance and construction-stage risks. Experience coordinating secondary permits, licences, authorisations, notifications and consents across major infrastructure projects. Strong programme awareness with the ability to understand dependencies, determination periods, seasonal constraints, delivery milestones and project-critical risks. Demonstrated problem-solving and conflict resolution skills. Knowledge of project controls tools and programme logic, ideally including P6 or equivalent programme management approaches. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex consenting requirements into clear actions for clients, contractors and project teams. Proven leadership in ambiguous or fast-moving delivery environments, bringing clarity, structure and momentum. Strong commercial awareness including scoping commissions, supporting proposals, managing budgets and understanding resource requirements. Proven ability to mentor and lead junior colleagues, helping build capability and resilience across teams.

About you
Proactive and strategic thinker with strong leadership skills. Able to work collaboratively across disciplines and with clients to deliver high-quality outcomes. Committed to promoting a positive, inclusive and safe working culture. Strong understanding of health, safety and wellbeing requirements in construction-facing and site-related environments. Motivated to contribute to business growth and capability development.

Qualifications
Chartered status or working towards chartership with a relevant professional body would be beneficial.