Description
We are looking for Principal level environmental professionals to support our Environmental Management and Assessment Team across our UK offices. As a Principal EIA Consultant within WSP's Environmental Assessment and Management team, you will work with a range of technical environmental specialists and design teams across multiple sectors to lead environmental teams and inputs to project designs and assessments.
Responsibilities:
- Provide environmental advice and support to clients, project managers, and colleagues
- Work with colleagues, diverse environmental specialists, clients, and engineering teams to promote sustainable design and environmental enhancement
- Lead large, multiple, and complex projects, overseeing performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety aspects
- Build relationships with clients and identify opportunities to provide support in areas such as resourcing, programming, strategy development, and project delivery
- Proactively seek to develop new client relationships and actively seek opportunities for marketing services and cross-selling
- Undertake activities to secure new work, including developing proposals for complex opportunities, delivering strategic level bids and framework opportunities, and undertaking business development opportunities
- Lead on and contribute to the development of innovative techniques to shape the way we do our business
- Drive performance improvement and career advancement opportunities across the team
- Promote and build team culture and be identified as a ‘go-to’ person within the wider team
- Promote an inclusive workplace, demonstrating an understanding of Health and Safety whilst living the values of our health, safety, and wellbeing culture
Requirements:
- Relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar
- Achieved or demonstrably working towards Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or similar qualification with a relevant professional body
- Excellent experience of EIA and EIA processes and working with limited supervision within multi-disciplinary teams
- Sound knowledge and experience of relevant environmental and planning legislation
- Verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and reviewing with attention to detail
- Experience in large-scale infrastructure projects, for example, rail, highways, energy, commercial/residential
- Comprehensive project management skills, including commercial and risk aspects, forecasting, and quality assurance