Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£50,000 to £65,000 plus benefits

About the Role
Ricardo Energy & Environment, a member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company with over 100 years of engineering excellence. Employing close to 3,000 people across more than 20 countries, we deliver innovative, cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Consultant with a strong technical background in the water sector and the ability to manage projects throughout their lifecycle. This role focuses on water and environmental solutions alongside a wider array of consultancy services. You will be instrumental in helping our customers solve complex challenges to achieve sustainability.

You will join a diverse and inclusive workplace where every voice matters. We support flexible working arrangements including home, office, or hybrid working. Wellbeing is central to our culture, enabling employees to flourish and reach their full potential.

Our benefits include 25 days' annual leave plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive pension scheme, life assurance, professional subscriptions reimbursement, and a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Experience
- Significant experience in a relevant water-related environmental technical discipline such as water quality (marine and freshwater), surface water management, and hydro-ecology.
- Competence in water quality chemistry and understanding of links between water quality and aquatic ecology.
- Experience with environmental discharge permitting and knowledge of pollutant sources, fates, effects, and assessment.
- Understanding of remediation techniques for contaminated ground and surface water.
- Proven ability to present complex technical information clearly, both visually and orally.
- Experience engaging with UK environmental regulators.
- Excellent understanding of the UK water industry and its regulation.
- Strong project and programme management skills, including managing technically complex large water environmental projects.
- Experience managing proposals and winning work of significant value.
- People management experience with mentoring and staff development.

About you
- Excellent organisational, communication, and presentation skills.
- Collaborative people manager with the ability to develop and support others.
- Effective resource management and ability to prioritise workloads.
- Skilled in multi-stakeholder management internally and externally.
- Comfortable managing significant operational demands and pressures.
- Client-facing, opportunistic, and proactive in developing new work.
- Keen to develop and own segments of the service offering.

Qualifications
- Environmentally related degree, ideally with a post-graduate qualification.
- Clean full UK driving licence.