Principal Engagement Consultant (North)

WSP
Manchester
Full timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Written communication","Verbal communication","Organization","Adaptability","Multitasking"]

Join WSP’s UK Engagement team to support major infrastructure programs by managing public consultation and delivering stakeholder engagement. You’ll draft and deliver engagement strategies, create clear public-facing communications, and run events and surveys. Using consultation feedback and data, you’ll report themes and key issues to help projects develop responsibly. You’ll advise clients across the UK and internationally while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and managing timelines, budgets, and resources.

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Principal Engagement Consultant (North)

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Job Summary

Join WSP’s UK Engagement team to support major infrastructure programs by managing public consultation and delivering stakeholder engagement. You’ll draft and deliver engagement strategies, create clear public-facing communications, and run events and surveys. Using consultation feedback and data, you’ll report themes and key issues to help projects develop responsibly. You’ll advise clients across the UK and internationally while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and managing timelines, budgets, and resources.
Location: Manchester
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver meaningful communication and stakeholder engagement to help clients run infrastructure projects across the UK through drafting and delivering engagement strategies.
  • •Help communities and stakeholders understand projects and impacts by writing clear communications and managing design and print processes.
  • •Create opportunities for questions and feedback through publishing communications, organising events, and running surveys.
  • •Present feedback by understanding and interpreting data, identifying themes and key issues, and managing the reporting process.
  • •Support clients with communication and engagement advice and activities (e.g., developing virtual consultation rooms, posters, banners, public-facing maps, and community engagement events), collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and managing timelines, budget, and resources.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience delivering communications and stakeholder engagement on complex infrastructure projects, ideally in a consultancy environment.
  • •Degree-qualified (or equivalent) with relevant experience in communications, engagement, or a related advisory role.
  • •Sector experience in transport, utilities, water, environment, or energy is desirable.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills for reports and engagement materials.
  • •Ability to manage multiple priorities and stay well-organised, adaptable, and effective across competing needs.
Experience:ConsultingInfrastructureTransportUtilitiesWaterEnvironmentEnergy
Skills:CollaborationStakeholder managementWritten communicationVerbal communicationOrganizationAdaptabilityMultitasking

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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