Senior Offshore Wind Consultant – Project Leader

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy with UK offices

Thrive wellbeing program

Gymflex scheme

Job summary

WSP, a leading global engineering and professional services firm, is seeking a Senior Consultant – Offshore within its Renewable Power Generation team in the UK. The role focuses on delivering offshore wind consultancy projects, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs and engaging clients to drive revenue and growth.

You will own project outputs, maintain high technical quality, mentor junior colleagues and support business development across offshore wind, subsea, and broader renewables.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in renewable energy, with demonstrable experience of offshore wind projects and increasing responsibility for project or work-package delivery.
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science or another relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• The ability to deliver standard technical and consultancy tasks autonomously, with sound judgement on when specialist or senior input is required.
• Strong project management and commercial skills, including experience managing scope, programme, budgets, risks and multidisciplinary inputs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Experience developing client relationships and contributing to proposals, bids and business-development opportunities.
• The ability to mentor and coordinate junior colleagues and contribute positively to an inclusive, collaborative and accountable team culture.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders across the offshore wind industry and an interest in developing WSP’s client and industry relationships
• Professional accreditation, chartership or equivalent where relevant, or demonstrable progress towards an appropriate professional qualification.
• A commitment to health, safety, technical quality, professional development and WSP governance requirements.
• Willingness to travel, including internationally based on project and client requirements.

Responsibilities

• Project delivery: Manage and deliver offshore wind consultancy projects, work packages and tasks safely, efficiently and to agreed scope, programme, budget and quality requirements.
• Technical quality: Take ownership of technical outputs, applying appropriate checking and review processes and producing clear, well-reasoned reports and advice. Review work produced by more junior colleagues where appropriate.
• Client relationships: Build trusted client relationships, respond proactively to client needs and act as a day-to-day point of contact for allocated projects and tasks.
• Commercial management: Demonstrate strong commercial awareness by developing scopes, programmes and budgets; monitoring project performance; supporting invoicing; and actively managing project risks and opportunities.
• Business development: Identify and develop opportunities, contribute to and coordinate proposals, support client-care activities and represent WSP appropriately in industry discussions and events.
• Technical expertise: Apply a good level of offshore wind knowledge across project development, advisory, engineering and operations, while continuing to develop specialist expertise relevant to the team’s strategy and client needs.
• People and collaboration: Mentor and support junior colleagues, provide constructive feedback and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across WSP to achieve project objectives.
• Operational management: Maintain oversight of workload and resource requirements, use WSP systems and governance processes effectively, and support the Renewables Lead with resource, pipeline and operational planning as required.
• Continuous improvement: Promote effective ways of working, knowledge sharing, digital tools and lessons learned to improve quality and efficiency across the team.

Skills

Offshore wind

Project management

Client relations

Business development

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Environmental Science

Job description

WSP, a leading global engineering and professional services firm, is seeking a Senior Consultant – Offshore within its Renewable Power Generation team in the UK. The role focuses on delivering offshore wind consultancy projects, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs and engaging clients to drive revenue and growth.

You will own project outputs, maintain high technical quality, mentor junior colleagues and support business development across offshore wind, subsea, and broader renewables.