WSP

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Principal or Senior Consultant / Engineer: Local Government Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Drainage

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Job Summary

Join WSP’s Sustainable Water Management team to deliver flood risk management projects for Local Authorities. You’ll take technical lead roles on flood investigations, flood strategy development, flood alleviation solutions, natural flood management, and sustainable drainage master-planning. The role blends technical review, planning inputs for programme/budget/quality, and client engagement as a trusted advisor, while mentoring junior colleagues within a national team of water science and engineering professionals.

Location: Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol, London

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Consulting & Advisory

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Deliver high-quality technical deliverables for clients, often as a technical reviewer.
•Support and mentor junior colleagues and oversee small project teams.
•Manage workload and project delivery with minimal supervision.
•Contribute to task/project planning, providing input to programme, budget, and quality requirements.
•Engage professionally with clients and grow a trusted advisor network, including helping secure small projects and extensions.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym MembershipPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Experience working in flood risk management with local authorities or a combination of public and private sector flood risk management experience.
•Demonstrable experience understanding budgets and leading delivery of projects or technical outputs related to flood risk management or sustainable drainage.
•Knowledge of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, Land Drainage Act, and Planning Practice Guidance: Flood Risk and Coastal Change for Local Authorities in the UK.
•Knowledge and understanding of surface water drainage modelling and Sustainable Drainage Systems.
•A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline; chartered status (C.WEM, CEnv, CSci, or CEng) is desired for Principal or evidence of working towards chartership for Senior.

Experience:Flood risk managementSustainable drainageLocal AuthoritiesPublic sectorPrivate sector

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationInterpersonal skillsClient engagementMentoringTechnical report writingMeeting leadershipHealth and safety leadership

Certifications:C.WEMCEnvCSciCEng

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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