# Ground & Water EIA Lead

**Company**: WSP
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Ground & Water EIA Lead to strengthen the connection between our Ground & Water and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) teams across the UK.

As the Ground & Water EIA Lead, you will be responsible for coordinating the contribution of Ground & Water specialists to EIA projects across the business.

You will work closely with EIA Project Managers, Technical Directors and Market Leaders to identify opportunities, plan resources and ensure that Ground & Water services are effectively integrated into project delivery.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Acting as the primary liaison between the Ground & Water and EIA teams across the UK.

- Coordinating Ground & Water support for EIA projects from bid stage through to project completion.

- Working with EIA Project Managers to identify resource requirements and secure appropriately qualified specialists.

- Supporting the development of scopes of work, fee proposals and project programmes.

- Providing technical oversight and quality assurance of Ground & Water inputs to Environmental Statements and supporting assessments.

- Promoting consistency in assessment methodologies, significance criteria and mitigation strategies across projects.

- Maintaining visibility of future EIA opportunities and supporting resource forecasting.

- Working with regional leaders to optimise utilisation and balance workloads across the Ground & Water business.

- Supporting strategic bids and major pursuits requiring significant environmental assessment input.

- Facilitating knowledge sharing, lessons learned and best practice between Ground & Water and EIA communities.

- Helping develop technical capability through mentoring, training and professional development initiatives.

- Identifying opportunities to grow Ground & Water involvement in major environmental assessment programmes.

Requirements:

- Degree qualified in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Earth Sciences or a related discipline.

- Chartered status (or working towards chartership) with a relevant professional institution.

- Strong understanding of the UK EIA process and environmental planning framework.

- Significant experience in one or more Ground & Water disciplines, including contaminated land, hydrogeology, geology, groundwater, water environment or environmental permitting.

- Experience working on multidisciplinary infrastructure or development projects.

- Strong understanding of how Ground & Water assessments support environmental assessment and planning processes.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Proven ability to coordinate technical teams across multiple offices and disciplines.

- Strong commercial awareness and project delivery experience.

- Ability to build networks, influence stakeholders and foster collaboration across the business.

## Skills

### Required
- Geology
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- UK EIA process
- environmental planning framework
- Ground & Water disciplines
- multidisciplinary infrastructure projects
- communication
- stakeholder management
- project delivery
- commercial awareness

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