Senior or Principal Consultant, EIA - Onshore Renewables (UK Wide)

WSP Global Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. in the UK seeks a Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant to lead environmental consents for onshore renewables. You will deliver planning applications, EIA work, and support DCO examinations, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and engaging with clients and stakeholders to shape outcomes.

You will also contribute to bids, drive business development, and promote health and safety while mentoring junior colleagues in a diverse technical environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant environmental degree in EIA or similar.
• Practitioner or Chartered Environmental Status with IEMA or equivalent.
• Experience undertaking EIA for onshore renewables under UK regimes.
• Ability to coordinate tasks across teams, clients, stakeholders and partners.
• Lead and contribute to meetings with technical teams and clients.
• Experience coordinating environmental surveys with Health and Safety awareness.
• Bid preparation experience with client change requests and fee adjustments.
• Strong written and verbal communication, reporting, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Deliver environmental inputs into onshore renewables projects including planning applications and EIA.
• Provide support for DCO examinations and planning inquiries.
• Identify opportunities to provide support in resourcing, programming, strategy development and project delivery.
• Support development of innovative techniques (Digital EIA, Technical Excellence, Future Ready EIA).
• Inspire and upskill junior colleagues and promote health and safety.
• Manage projects and bids, contributing to business development and successful delivery.

Skills

Programme coordination

Meeting leadership

Bid management

Environmental reporting

Communication skills

Education

Environmental degree (EIA or similar)

Job description

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…

Onshore renewable energy technologies play a leading role in meeting the rising demand for power, maintaining secure and reliable energy supplies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and delivering future energy schemes to help create a sustainable world.

WSP helps clients plan and execute large-scale renewable energy projects, including solar photovoltaic, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems. Armed with a workforce of highly skilled engineers, scientists and technicians, we partner with clients to meet their clean energy objectives.

As one of the largest environmental consultancies in the UK, you’ll get the opportunity to contribute to major onshore renewable energy projects and support the energy transition towards Net Zero. You’ll be encouraged to explore new ideas in a culture that values curiosity and diverse perspectives.

With increased support at Governmental level across the UK for onshore renewables, the continued growth of this sector will bring increased scrutiny and challenges. As either a Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant in our Environmental Consents team, you’ll play a key role in navigating this landscape—supporting the development of onshore renewables projects through strategic planning, environmental advice, and technical studies.

You’ll contribute to some of the UK’s most significant and transformative onshore renewables projects, delivering services such as planning applications and EIA, 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 onshore renewables 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 either a Senior Consultant pr 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 onshore renewables 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.

• Managing the delivery of a diverse range of environmental inputs into onshore renewables projects including planning applications, EIA, and support for DCO examinations and/or planning inquiries.

• An 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.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar.
• Achieved or demonstrably working towards Practitioner or Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or similar qualification with a relevant professional body.
• Demonstratable experience of undertaking EIA for onshore renewables schemes with limited supervision, including under a range of UK planning regimes such as the Town and Country Planning Act and the Planning Act 2008.
• Demonstrates the ability to apply programme knowledge to effectively coordinate tasks across technical teams, external clients, stakeholders, and partner organisations, while consistently delivering projects or tasks on time and within budget, in full compliance with business management procedures.
• Ability to lead and contribute to meetings with the wider technical team and external clients and stakeholders.
• Experience in coordinating a suite of environmental surveys required to support an EIA for renewables schemes, with knowledge of the associated Health and Safety requirements.
• Experience in bid preparation and responding to client change requests with appropriate fee adjustments for renewables projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong report writing and review capabilities, attention to detail, and a focus on quality assurance.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

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