Description
Nuclear power plays a crucial role in the UK's clean energy mix, essential for achieving net zero and securing a resilient energy future. As part of the UK government's vision for a revitalised nuclear industry, WSP is proud to be one of the leading consultancies driving progress across the UK nuclear sector.
You will contribute to some of the UK's most significant and transformative nuclear infrastructure projects, delivering services such as planning applications, EIAs, permitting and compliance, feasibility studies, and support for DCO examinations and planning inquiries.
This is a post of strategic significance for our business and represents a challenging and exciting opportunity to identify, win, and deliver multi-disciplinary inputs for nuclear projects. We need people with curiosity and creative spirit, a dedicated approach, and a solid grounding in environmental design, assessment, and management at any stage of the development project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in growing our nuclear sector offering, working with sector leads and client account managers to strengthen our market position, drive thought leadership, and secure new opportunities.
- Provide high-quality environmental advice and strategic guidance to clients, project managers, and colleagues.
- Collaborate with environmental specialists, clients, and engineering teams to embed sustainable design and environmental enhancement across our projects.
- Lead large, complex, and multidisciplinary projects, taking responsibility for technical quality, commercial performance, delivery, and health and safety.
- Build trusted client relationships, understanding their priorities and identifying opportunities to support project strategy, resourcing, and successful delivery.
- Help secure new work through strategic business development, leading complex proposals, bids, and framework opportunities.
- Champion innovation and technical excellence through approaches including Digital EIA, Technical Excellence, and Future Ready.
- Support continuous improvement, capability building, and career development across the team.
- Create an inclusive, collaborative, and positive working environment, acting as a trusted advisor, leader, and mentor to colleagues.
- Champion our health, safety, and wellbeing culture, ensuring this is embedded in how we work and deliver for our clients.
- Contribute to the wider success of the business, taking ownership and accountability for delivering against your goals, project priorities, and our broader business strategy.
Requirements
- Relevant environmental or planning degree (or equivalent experience), with chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for nuclear projects, including under a range of UK planning regimes such as the Town and Country Planning Act, EIADR, and the Planning Act 2008.
- Capable of leading client communications and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, regulators, and the public, with a solid understanding of public consultation and stakeholder engagement processes.
- Knowledge of emerging environmental and planning policy trends.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong report writing and review capabilities, attention to detail, and a focus on quality assurance.
- Proven line management experience and 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 nuclear sector.