WSP

4 months ago

Principal / Associate / Associate Director (Sustainability/ Strategic Environmental Assessment)

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Job Summary

Lead and coordinate delivery of environmental and sustainability assessment projects within the Infrastructure Planning and Environmental Assessment team, across the UK and overseas. Drive SEA/SA engagements, develop business opportunities, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and advance assessment tools with digitisation and automation. Build client relationships, contribute to strategic planning, and mentor staff while delivering high-quality outputs.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Environmental & Sustainability

Key Responsibilities

•Lead growth of assessment and appraisal offerings, working with sector leads and client account managers to drive thought leadership and win new business.
•Build strong client relationships and identify opportunities to support project strategy, resourcing and delivery.
•Take responsibility for defining medium and long-term market opportunities, and contribute towards developing appropriate business plans.
•Take responsibility for scoping individual commissions, prepare proposals and winning work.
•Provide project/task management to our multi-disciplinary teams working on projects across the UK and overseas. Work will involve client facing activity and managing projects and subcontractors.

Key Requirements

•Experience of leading the successful delivery of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and/or Sustainability Appraisal (SA) to clients in the public and private sector.
•A detailed understanding of SEA regulatory requirements, case law and guidance and the implications of Environmental Outcome Reporting (EOR).
•Experience of working with Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessment, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA).
•Environmental or planning degree (or equivalent experience), with chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong report writing and review capabilities, attention to detail, and a focus on quality assurance.

Experience:Environmental planningSustainabilityInfrastructure

Skills:LeadershipClient managementReport writingCommunicationTeam management

Certifications:Chartered status

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GISMicrosoft WordExcelDigitisationAutomation

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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