Hybrid Senior Arboricultural Consultant: Lead Projects

WSP USA; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Training budget

Flexible hours

Pension

Wellbeing program

Job summary

WSP invites an experienced Principal Arboricultural Consultant to lead complex arboricultural commissions across the UK, providing expert advice to clients and project teams while driving delivery standards.

You will mentor professionals, shape strategy, support work-winning activities and help ensure high-quality, consistent outcomes across regions, with hybrid working and career progression.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in arboricultural consultancy, planning and project delivery.
• Strong BS5837 knowledge and reporting experience.
• Experience advising multidisciplinary design and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and technically review Arboricultural Impact Assessments, Arboricultural Method Statements, Tree Protection Plans, EIA inputs and other specialist arboricultural advice.
• Deliver arboricultural services on NSIPs and other complex developments.
• Manage client relationships, project programmes, budgets, scopes and delivery risks.
• Provide strategic arboricultural advice to multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders.
• Support recruitment, mentoring, career development and succession planning within the team.
• Manage and develop consultants and senior consultants, acting as a coach and trusted mentor.
• Support and advise the senior leadership team on technical and operational matters.
• Lead the preparation of tenders, fee proposals, scopes of work, assumptions and commercial reviews.
• Provide specialist advice relating to veteran and ancient trees, woodland constraints, statutory protections and mitigation strategies.
• Drive quality, consistency and technical excellence across project delivery.

Skills

Arboriculture consulting

BS5837 knowledge

Project management

Client relationships

Mentoring

Job description

WSP invites an experienced Principal Arboricultural Consultant to lead complex arboricultural commissions across the UK, providing expert advice to clients and project teams while driving delivery standards.

You will mentor professionals, shape strategy, support work-winning activities and help ensure high-quality, consistent outcomes across regions, with hybrid working and career progression.