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WSP

2 days ago

Senior Consultant: Local Government - Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Drainage

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Job Summary

Deliver flood risk assessments and sustainable drainage strategy solutions for Local Authority clients, supporting technically complex projects across flood investigations, flood strategy development, natural flood management, and sustainable drainage master-planning. Lead or review technical deliverables as a reviewer/approver, manage projects across programme, budget, and quality, and mentor junior colleagues. Work with Local Authority teams and stakeholders to achieve planning-consent outcomes for developments in energy, highway, and rail sectors.

Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Cambridge

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Consulting & Advisory

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Contribute to or lead delivery of high-quality technical deliverables to clients, often as a technical reviewer and approver.
•Work with Local Authority flood management teams on projects including flood investigations, flood strategies, solutions for flood alleviation, natural flood management, sustainable drainage master-planning, and planning process support.
•Deliver flood risk assessments and sustainable drainage strategy solutions to support developments in the energy, highway, and rail sectors to secure planning consent.
•Manage and direct projects effectively, balancing programme, budget, and quality requirements, while supporting opportunities for project extensions.
•Mentor junior colleagues and oversee small project teams, including technical report writing and checking, and lead/present at internal and client meetings while championing positive H&S behaviours.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym Membership

Key Requirements

•Experience delivering local authority flood risk services, including Sustainable Drainage Systems, Flood Risk Management Plans, Strategic Flood Risk Assessments, flood investigations, and planning review support.
•Experience delivering Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategies to support planning applications for new development.
•Demonstrable experience understanding budgets and leading delivery of projects and technical outputs related to flood risk management, flood risk assessment, or sustainable drainage.
•Understanding of key UK legislation and guidance including Flood Risk Management Act, National Planning Framework 4, SEPA guidance, and local authority policies (desirable wider regulatory knowledge for UK planning).
•A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline, plus chartered status with C.WEM, CEnv, CSci or CEng or evidence of working towards this.

Experience:Local authority servicesFlood risk managementSustainable drainageStrategic flood risk assessmentPlanning review support

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:MentoringTechnical report writingClient-facing communicationMeeting facilitationHealth 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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