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Senior / Principal EIA (Rail and Road)

WSP senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Senior or Principal EIA consultant to join our team in the UK. As a Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant, you will collaborate with a diverse team of technical specialists and design professionals to lead and coordinate environmental contributions across project designs and assessments.

You will contribute to some of the UK's most significant and transformative transport infrastructure projects, delivering services such as planning applications, EIA, GRIP Stages, and support for DCO examinations and planning inquiries.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Managing the delivery of a diverse range of environmental inputs into transport projects
  • Building relationships with clients and identifying opportunities to provide support
  • Undertaking activities to secure new work, including preparing proposals and participating in business development opportunities
  • Supporting the development of innovative techniques to shape the way we do our business
  • Inspiring and upskilling junior colleagues to support their career development

Requirements:

  • A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar
  • Achieved or demonstrably working towards Practitioner or Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or similar qualification with a relevant professional body
  • Demonstrates the ability to apply programme knowledge to effectively coordinate tasks across technical teams, external clients, stakeholders, and partner organisations
  • Ability to lead and contribute to meetings with the wider technical team and external clients and stakeholders
  • Experience in coordinating a suite of environmental surveys required to support an EIA for transport schemes
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong report writing and review capabilities

Skills

Required

  • EIA
  • environmental design
  • assessment and management
  • planning applications
  • GRIP Stages
  • DCO examinations
  • project delivery
  • financial management

Nice to have

  • HS2
  • Transport for London (TfL)
  • Pathway
  • WebTAG
  • Network Rail
  • London Underground

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93230

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