Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join the minerals and waste specialists in our successful and growing nationwide team. This role offers a challenging and rewarding chance to contribute, manage and deliver planning and environmental inputs to a diverse range of projects for a wide client base. Projects include those consented under both the Town and Country Planning Act regime and the Planning Act 2008. Our projects are varied and at the forefront of professional practice, providing an excellent opportunity to use your experience to develop your career and help shape our continued growth.

This position is strategically significant for our business and involves identifying, winning, and delivering multi-disciplinary inputs that influence the performance of minerals and waste development management and spatial planning projects. We seek individuals with a creative spirit, dedication, and a solid grounding in environmental design, assessment, and management at any stage of the development project lifecycle. You will be passionate about delivering effective advice and positively influencing minerals and waste development management and planning projects.

As a Consultant or Senior Consultant, you will collaborate with a diverse team of technical environmental specialists and design professionals to deliver inputs across project lifecycles—from early strategy development, through feasibility and optioneering, to detailed design and assessment. The role suits an enthusiastic individual looking to influence, manage, and deliver environmental elements across a range of projects.

You will be responsible for managing projects including bidding, project team management, project delivery, and financial management. You will support colleagues across WSP in providing clients with appropriate technical and consenting advice related to minerals and waste elements of our portfolio. Additionally, you will assist with minerals/materials and waste impact assessments for various development projects such as residential and major infrastructure projects.

Key responsibilities include managing projects and budgets to deliver high-quality outputs that meet internal and client requirements, interfacing with wider project stakeholders including clients’ engineering teams, consultation leads, and lawyers, and representing WSP and its clients to key stakeholders, regulators, and industry as required.

Experience
- Proven experience contributing to the delivery of minerals and waste projects in the UK.
- Strong understanding of the UK planning system.
- Knowledge of the Environmental Impact Assessment process.
- Experience managing projects, including bidding, team coordination, delivery, and financial oversight.

About you
- Enthusiastic and proactive with a creative and dedicated approach.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients, suppliers, and industry.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver carefully considered, high-quality solutions.
- Passionate about delivering effective advice and positively influencing minerals and waste development management and planning projects.

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Town Planning or a relevant discipline.
- Membership of the RTPI or other relevant professional bodies such as the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) or the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).