Location
Manchester

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.

WSP is an award-winning consultancy employing the largest number of chartered town planners across the UK, operating within both the infrastructure and property markets. In December 2025, WSP won the RTPI’s Planning Consultancy of the Year, with judges commending the team for excellence in uniting diverse disciplines to achieve outstanding results and strong community engagement.

It has never been a more exciting time to join WSP’s market-leading Infrastructure Planning Team. Our success is built on employing highly skilled consenting specialists with experience serving a diverse portfolio of clients in energy, renewables, nuclear, net zero, water, rail, transportation, and aviation sectors. We work at all stages of the consenting process from early feasibility, application preparation, and delivery of consents through construction across a variety of projects.

With notable contract and framework awards from National Grid as part of the Great Grid Partnership and many other clients, we have a strong foundation for growth in 2026. Our key clients include National Grid, National Gas, Nuclear Waste Services, EET Fuels, Eni UK, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables, Severn Trent Water, Southern Water, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, and more.

To continue sustainable growth, we are seeking an experienced Senior Consultant to support town planning and consenting inputs on major and nationally significant infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience working within multi-disciplinary teams to secure consent and approvals for major infrastructure projects via the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Planning Act 2008, and Transport and Works Act Order.

Experience
Proven experience preparing Town & Country Planning Act applications for infrastructure projects across the UK. Experience providing consenting inputs on major infrastructure projects such as Development Consent Orders (DCOs), Development Non-Material Changes (DNSs), Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAOs). Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams to secure consents and approvals for major or nationally significant infrastructure projects.

Experience securing consents under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, or the Electricity Act is also of interest.

About you
Ability to engage effectively with teams across a variety of disciplines, building positive relationships within the team. Strong communication skills to support liaison with statutory bodies and stakeholders on behalf of clients. Proactive in developing your own knowledge and skills to build personal ability and contribute to the team’s internal knowledge base. Able to provide technical advice to project managers to support client requirements.

Qualifications
Degree level qualification in town planning or equivalent. Member of, or eligible for, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).