Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, with flexibility to work from any WSP office, preferably London, Basingstoke, or Newcastle.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you will find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Join the Ports & Maritime team in the UK as a Port Planner and work alongside some of the world’s leading port and maritime experts. This role involves delivering complex multi-cargo port masterplans, feasibility studies, operational audits, and due diligence assignments globally. You will collaborate closely with in-house maritime advisory, engineering, and environmental teams to produce comprehensive masterplan layouts, reports, and business plans for greenfield and brownfield developments across various commodity sectors including containers, breakbulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, and marine facilities dedicated to the energy transition.
You will be trained in the use of WSP’s proprietary master planning tool PRIME to efficiently assess phased land use plans and associated CapEx and OpEx. Experience with port planning and/or simulation tools is desirable. Your role will be office based with opportunities for UK and international site visits. You will work in a highly inclusive and dynamic environment where collaboration, enthusiasm, and empathy are valued. With support from the team, you will broaden your skills and knowledge to support your career path at WSP.
Your responsibilities will include collaborating with client organisations to deliver projects and achieve goals, coordinating between disciplines and stakeholders, delivering master planning and terminal planning projects, undertaking port capacity studies and operational audits, driving digitalisation and innovation through PRIME, supporting client relationship development, contributing to continuous improvement, and fostering a positive safety culture. You will also demonstrate commitment to collaboration, learning, and mentorship within the team.

Experience
Extensive experience in a ports and maritime environment. Prior experience in planning container terminals, offshore wind ports, and/or bulk facilities is highly desirable.

About you
Strong analytical abilities with a proactive approach to collaboration and innovation. Commitment to learning, mentorship, and contributing to a positive safety culture. Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and engage with clients to deliver successful outcomes.

Qualifications
BEng/MEng in Civil Engineering or a similar/related qualification. Chartered status with a professional association or an advanced project, programme, or portfolio management qualification such as ChPP (APM), PMP (PMI), or equivalent.