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 post represents a challenging and exciting opportunity to contribute, manage and deliver planning and environmental inputs to a range of projects for a wide client base. This includes projects to be consented under both the Town and Country Planning Act regime, as well as the Planning Act 2008. Our projects are varied in nature and at the leading edge of professional practice, offering a great opportunity to use your experience to develop your career and help guide and shape our continued growth.

This role is of strategic significance for our business and represents a challenging opportunity to identify, win and deliver multi-disciplinary inputs influencing the performance of minerals and waste development management and spatial planning projects. We seek individuals with a creative spirit, a dedicated approach 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 the performance of minerals and waste development management and planning projects.

As a Senior Consultant or Principal 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 have responsibility for managing projects including bidding, project team management, project delivery, and financial management. You will support colleagues across the WSP business in providing clients with appropriate technical and consenting advice related to minerals and waste elements of our portfolio. Additionally, you will support minerals and waste aspects of other projects such as residential and major infrastructure developments, including minerals/materials and waste impact assessments.

Management of projects and budgets to deliver high quality outputs meeting both internal and client requirements is essential. You will interface with wider project stakeholders including clients’ engineering teams, consultation leads, lawyers and others. Representing WSP and its clients to key stakeholders, regulators and industry as required will also be part of your role.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Work on landmark projects around the world and embrace opportunities to make an even bigger impact in the communities you care about. What if you could do the best work of your life and create a legacy for yourself? With us, you can. Apply today.

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

About you
Enthusiastic and motivated individual with a creative spirit and a dedicated approach. Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients, suppliers, and industry. Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to deliver carefully considered, high quality solutions.

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