Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Responsibilities
We are seeking to recruit a Consultant or Assistant Consultant to join the Future Mobility team (part of Mobility Planning). The team is virtual, but we would like the new joiner to ideally be based in an office that we have a presence in (
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Cardiff, Manchester or London). The typical responsibilities include the following:
- Providing day-to-day support in the delivery of a range of projects, which may be across one, or more of the following areas:
- Zero emission mobility, helping clients switch to electric, hydrogen and alternative fuelled vehicles.
- New modes and services, supporting clients to harness new technologies and business models in transport – from e-scooters and demand responsive transport, to cargo bikes and Mobility as a Service.
- Accessibility and inclusion, working to make transport more accessible for all by taking a human centred approach.
- Policy and futures, using a range of techniques to horizon scan and built future mobility into new policies and strategies.
- Supporting a broad range of mobility projects, including budgeting, programming and technical excellence.
- Supporting teams in the preparation of bids, fee proposals and project programmes.
- Take on official Bid Manager and Deputy PM roles on projects, where feasible.
- Making an active contribution to the team through sharing knowledge, taking part in discussions and contributing to team events.
- Working as part of a team, supporting the growth of Future Mobility offer in your office, and nationally.
- Being present in the office (hybrid working) alongside colleagues
- Working with or buddying with colleagues in our India office.
Your Team
The Future Mobility team includes a wide range of specialists. We are town planners, economists, accountants, behavioural scientists, and, of course, transport planners. We have an extensive portfolio of multi-disciplinary and cross sector projects for a range of public and private sector clients in the UK and abroad.
You will be supported by senior members of the Future Mobility team, including industry leading experts. We embrace a flexible approach to working that aligns with people’s lifestyles and wider commitments and the wellbeing of our employees is of upmost importance to us.
We offer a variety of expertise, approaches and skills to support our clients with their Futures challenges, in the mobility sector and beyond. For example, we have applied our human centred design approach to projects that look at suicide prevention or improving air quality. We have worked on expanding the uptake of EVs and even worked with Autonomous Vehicles and e-scooters.
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- Enthusiastic and passionate about the future of mobility, improving transport options, and delivering high quality work for our clients
- Curious, and with past experience of using critical thinking and analytical skills to deeply understand transportation related problems before identifying solutions
- Comfortable developing bespoke approaches to support individual projects or solving specific challenges
- Can become immersed in understanding the key trends for future mobility and those in wider but connected sectors
- Comfortable working across a range of subject areas concurrently and being able to quickly context switch
- Excels in report writing, delivering a high-quality output using your attention to detail, and grammatical and presentation skills
- Responsive and agile - when asked to deliver a task you will ask for the details needed, adapting to changing priorities and raising concerns early
- Depending on your experience, you may also be confident in managing projects directly as a Project Manager, including experience in a client facing role.
- The candidate will be expected to work towards professional accreditation.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
With us, you can. Apply today.
