Senior Aviation EIA Consultant (Environmental Consents)

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Thrive programme

Gymflex scheme

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland in London is seeking a Senior or Principal Consultant to lead environmental consents work for aviation projects. You will deliver planning applications, EIA work, and airspace change proposals, guiding multi-disciplinary teams and advising clients.

Join a global engineering firm that supports career development, Chartership, and flexible working, with opportunities to shape sustainable aviation infrastructure across the UK.

Qualifications

• A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar.
• Practitioner or Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or similar qualification with a relevant professional body.
• Experience of undertaking EIA for aviation schemes with limited supervision, including under UK planning regimes.
• Ability to coordinate tasks across technical teams, external clients, stakeholders, and partner organisations, delivering on time and within budget.
• Ability to lead meetings with the wider technical team and external clients and stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating environmental surveys required to support an EIA for aviation schemes, with knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.
• Experience in bid preparation and responding to client change requests with appropriate fee adjustments for aviation projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong report writing and review capabilities, attention to detail, and QA.

Responsibilities

• Managing the delivery of a diverse range of environmental inputs into aviation projects including planning applications, EIA, airspace change proposals, and support for DCO examinations and/or planning inquiries.
• Awareness of and experience in the delivery of environmental inputs into projects including EIA screening requests and scoping reports, environmental constraints studies, environmental management plans and Environmental Statements.
• Building relationships with clients and identifying opportunities to provide support in areas such as resourcing, programming, strategy development and project delivery.
• Undertaking activities to secure new work, including preparing proposals, contributing to strategic-bid preparation, and participating in business development opportunities.
• Supporting the development of innovative techniques to shape the way we do our business whether through Digital EIA, Technical Excellence, Future Ready EIA etc.
• Inspiring and upskilling junior colleagues to support their career development.
• Promoting an inclusive workplace, demonstrating an understanding of Health and Safety whilst living the values of our health, safety, and wellbeing culture.
• Undertaking actions that contribute towards the success of the WSP business strategy, whilst being self-motivated towards goals relevant to the role, team, and your projects.

Skills

Programme coordination

Stakeholder management

Client meetings

Education

Environmental degree (EIA)

Job description

WSP in the UK & Ireland in London is seeking a Senior or Principal Consultant to lead environmental consents work for aviation projects. You will deliver planning applications, EIA work, and airspace change proposals, guiding multi-disciplinary teams and advising clients.

Join a global engineering firm that supports career development, Chartership, and flexible working, with opportunities to shape sustainable aviation infrastructure across the UK.