Location
Liverpool

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Consultant to support our regional Development Team in Liverpool, specialising in Transport / Civil Engineering for Development Planning. You will work within a team providing sustainable development solutions from site selection through to planning approvals and implementation.

The development planning transport work involves providing specialist advice to private sector and some local authority clients on residential and mixed-use development led and masterplanning projects, including on access, transportation and infrastructure issues, and supporting development proposals through the planning process. The team takes a strategic lead role on many large multi-disciplinary projects, working closely with planning, infrastructure design, structures, transport and environmental teams.

The team also collaborates with other WSP disciplines on high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the north of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and supports international projects. You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time, reporting to a senior member of the Development Team.

Your responsibilities will include day-to-day support in delivering concept studies and strategies, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Parking Studies, Access Studies, Movement and Access Studies with a hands-on role leading to planning applications, post-permission and discharge of planning condition works. You will provide proactive management and leadership to secure collaborative, cooperative and harmonious working relationships with clients, colleagues, and staff.

You will establish and maintain effective working relationships with key clients based on excellence in service provision, technical competence and client satisfaction. Keeping up-to-date with relevant standards and policies, raising WSP’s profile by networking and attending conferences is expected.

You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will provide guidance and support as appropriate. Your role will involve high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management.

Depending on experience, you will be responsible or actively engaged in ensuring projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.

Your Team
The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.

Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients promote, implement and manage sustainable development from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility and needs will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.

We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include site appraisal, due diligence, strategic planning advice, concept studies and strategies, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Parking Demand Studies, Access Studies, and Movement and Access Studies.

Experience
- A numerate first degree in Transport, Mathematics, Geography, Civil Engineering, Planning or a related subject.
- Experience operating as a lead client contact for consultancy services and fostering excellent relationships with clients and co-professionals.
- Proven communication skills with a clear track record of presenting compelling written work in support of development proposals.
- Knowledge of appropriate transport planning guidance and best practice.
- Significant experience delivering a wide range of transport planning projects across specialist areas including development planning, scheme delivery, sustainable transport and active travel, junction design (priority, roundabout, signals).
- Working knowledge of junction modelling software such as Junctions 9 (PICADY & ARCADY) and Linsig, with experience mentoring others and interpreting results.
- High level of numeracy with problem-solving skills and innovative thinking.
- Significant experience and capability in financially and programme managing projects using appropriate business tools.
- Experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations.
- Robust knowledge of financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.
- Postgraduate experience and nearing Chartership or equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.

About you
Enthusiastic and proactive with strong leadership skills. You are able to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with clients, colleagues and stakeholders. You are committed to continuous professional development and keeping up-to-date with industry standards and policies. You thrive in a multi-disciplinary environment and enjoy managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualifications
- A relevant first degree in a related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualifications preferred.
- Nearing Chartered status or equivalent commercial experience.
- Proficiency in relevant transport planning software and tools.