Senior EIA Consultant — Lead Environmental Strategy & Impact

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a senior environmental professional to join our Environmental Management and Assessment Team in the UK. You will support clients across energy, aviation, rail, and local government, applying environmental design, assessment and management across the project lifecycle.

You will lead environmental inputs, coordinate EIA processes, manage risk and quality, and help secure new work while mentoring junior colleagues and promoting health and safety.

Qualifications

• A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA or similar.
• Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or equivalent.
• Experience of EIA processes and working with limited supervision within multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of relevant environmental and planning legislation.
• Post-qualified experience coordinating environmental assessments on multiple projects.
• Understanding of project management activities: commercial and risk forecasting and quality assurance.
• Experience in work winning and bid preparation activities.
• Experience liaising with cross‑discipline teams, clients and external bodies.
• Verbal and written report writing with attention to detail.
• Promotion of a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture.

Responsibilities

• Providing environmental advice and support to clients, project managers and colleagues.
• Working with colleagues, diverse environmental specialists, clients and engineering teams to promote sustainable design and environmental enhancement.
• Managing the delivery of a diverse range of environmental inputs into projects including EIA screening requests and scoping reports, environmental constraints studies, environmental management plans and Environmental Statements.
• Managing projects, overseeing performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety.
• 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, while being self‑motivated towards goals relevant to the role, team, and projects.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Bid and business development

Team mentoring

Health and safety culture

Education

Environmental degree (EIA or similar)

Chartered Environmental Status / IEMA membership

Job description

WSP is seeking a senior environmental professional to join our Environmental Management and Assessment Team in the UK. You will support clients across energy, aviation, rail, and local government, applying environmental design, assessment and management across the project lifecycle.

You will lead environmental inputs, coordinate EIA processes, manage risk and quality, and help secure new work while mentoring junior colleagues and promoting health and safety.