Senior or Principal Consultant, EIA - Aviation (London & South East)

WSP USA; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in London seeks a Senior or Principal Consultant to support major aviation projects. Your role will involve managing environmental assessments, delivering planning applications, and contributing to strategic planning for airport expansion. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in environmental design and project management skills. This position offers a challenging opportunity to shape future aviation infrastructure in the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in environmental design, assessment, and management.
• Experience in project delivery and financial management.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary inputs for aviation projects.

Responsibilities

• Support airport expansion through strategic planning and environmental advice.
• Deliver planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Manage projects including bidding, project team management, and delivery.

Skills

Project management

Environmental design and assessment

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

Air transport is vital to the economy and the daily lives of millions—regionally, nationally, and globally. At WSP, we draw on experience from working on over 8,000 aviation projects for over 350 national and international airports in over 40 countries. We are also proud administrators of ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, reinforcing our commitment to sustainable aviation.

As one of the largest environmental consultancies in the UK, you’ll get the opportunity to contribute to landmark aviation projects and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. You’ll be encouraged to explore new ideas in a culture that values curiosity and diverse perspectives.

With the continued growth of the UK aviation sector comes increased scrutiny and a more complex consenting environment. As a Senior or Principal Consultant in our Environmental Consents team in London, you’ll play a role in navigating this landscape—supporting airport expansion through strategic planning, environmental advice, and technical studies.

You’ll contribute to some of the UK’s most significant and transformative aviation infrastructure projects, delivering services such as planning applications, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), airspace change proposals, and support for DCO examinations and planning inquiries to name a few.

This is a post which is of strategic significance for our business and represents a challenging and exciting opportunity to identify, win and deliver multi-disciplinary inputs for aviation projects. We need people with creative spirit, a dedicated approach and a solid grounding in environmental design, assessment and management at any stage of the development project lifecycle.

Join a great organisation

As a Senior or Principal Consultant, you will collaborate with a diverse team of technical specialists and design professionals to manage environmental contributions across project designs and assessments. You will be instrumental in improving the environmental performance for a range of aviation projects.

The role would suit an enthusiastic individual looking to influence, manage and deliver environmental elements of aviation projects. You will have responsibility for managing projects including tasks relating to bidding, project team management, project delivery, and financial management.