Consultant/Senior Environmental Planner

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant / Senior Planner to join our successful and growing Environment Planning team based in one of our Newcastle upon Tyne, West Midlands or Bristol offices.

Your new role, what's involved?

clients and are proud to be involved in leading some of the UK’s largest and most high-profile projects. These span from regeneration sites to wind farms (onshore/offshore), hydrogen and energy generation/transmission, minerals, waste, and transport. Current clients include Cadent, Shell, SGN Gas Distribution, EDF and numerous others.

You will be supported by a local People Manager, with regular access to a wider team across the UK. WSP offers internal mentorship for those progressing through their Chartership with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

The candidate will have demonstratable experience across the planning and EIA spectrum, a proven ability to deliver to a high standard, strong communication skills, passion to share their knowledge and a desire to learn and contribute to the on-going success of our team. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude who, ideally, has experience of working on infrastructure development in the UK.

As one of the world’s leading engineering, professional services and technical consultancy firms, at WSP, we’re passionate about the big questions. And big answers, naturally. For us that’s all about reaching beyond the expected, to do work that’ll make a profound impact felt long into the future.

The role will involve:

• Key activities will include desk-based research, data management, managing environmental teams and report writing;
• Providing clients with the appropriate technical and consenting advice in relation to TCPA Planning Permissions, Development Consent Orders and Electricity Act consents;
• This will be across project lifecycles from early strategy development, through feasibility/optioneering to detailed design and assessment, including the production of documents for pre-application, planning application and EIA purposes;
• Representing our clients to key stakeholders, regulators and the public.
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Sound knowledge and experience of the UK planning system
• Excellent reporting and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, to deliver carefully considered solutions to produce high quality work
• The ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients, suppliers, and industry
• An RTPI accredited undergraduate or masters degree in Town Planning
• Working towards or having achieved Chartership with RTPI
• A full driving licence
• Work-life balance?
  
  

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

• Inclusivity & Diversity?
  
  

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

• Health & Wellbeing?
  
  

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

• Flex your time?
  
  

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

• Your development?
  
  

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.