Location
Bristol

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.

As a Principal, Associate or Associate Director in the Infrastructure Planning and Environmental Assessment team, you will collaborate with a diverse team of technical specialists and professionals to lead and coordinate the delivery of key environmental and sustainability assessment projects. Your work will support our clients to address long-term strategic challenges such as achieving net zero, providing sustainable water resources, delivering homes and disposing of radioactive waste. You will help ensure that sustainability is embedded into plan-making and decision-taking.

You will be instrumental in growing opportunities and the team, driving improvements and enhancing our client offer. The role suits an enthusiastic individual looking to influence, lead and deliver environmental and sustainability appraisal and assessment projects. You will have responsibility for leading project delivery, sector business development, service innovation and team development.

You will:
- Play a leading role in growing our assessment and appraisal offer, working with sector leads and client account managers to drive thought leadership and win new business.
- Build strong client relationships and identify opportunities to support project strategy, resourcing and delivery.
- Take responsibility for defining medium and long-term market opportunities and contribute towards developing appropriate business plans.
- Scope individual commissions, prepare proposals and win work.
- Provide project/task management to multi-disciplinary teams working on projects across the UK and overseas.
- Engage in client-facing activity and manage projects and subcontractors.
- Work with colleagues, environmental specialists and clients to promote and deliver evidence-led outcomes from assessment and appraisal work, ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Collaborate to design and implement new assessment tools, considering emerging practices including digitisation and assessment automation.
- Drive performance improvement and career advancement opportunities across the team.
- Promote an inclusive and positive team environment, acting as a trusted advisor and mentor.
- Demonstrate understanding of Health and Safety and live the values of our health, safety and wellbeing culture.
- Undertake actions that contribute towards the success of the WSP business strategy, being self-motivated towards goals relevant to the role, team and projects.

Experience
- Proven leadership in the successful delivery of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and/or Sustainability Appraisal (SA) to clients in public and private sectors.
- Detailed understanding of SEA regulatory requirements, case law, guidance and Environmental Outcome Reporting (EOR).
- Experience with Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessment, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA).
- Familiarity with project and scheme development impacts across sectors such as housing, water, waste and resources, and energy.
- Proven people management experience with a track record of developing and upskilling internal teams.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic planning, win new work through bids and proposals, and enhance reputation in the assessment and appraisal sector.
- Ability to work across multiple technical disciplines and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent understanding of GIS software use in SEA/SA, including opportunities for automation of assessment outputs.
- Confidence engaging with clients, regulators and stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

About you
- Enthusiastic and motivated to influence and lead environmental and sustainability projects.
- Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, attention to detail and focus on quality assurance.
- Able to promote an inclusive workplace and act as a trusted advisor and mentor.
- Self-motivated and aligned with business strategy and team goals.
- Committed to health, safety and wellbeing culture.

Qualifications
- Relevant environmental or planning degree (or equivalent experience).
- Chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
- Knowledge of emerging environmental and planning policy trends.