Solutions Consultant

WSP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join WSP as a Solutions Consultant in the Intelligent Infrastructure team, where you'll lead technical delivery for public sector clients. You'll work on innovative projects using technology to enhance transport services. This role offers professional growth and a chance to make a real-world impact.

Qualifications

• Experience with building enterprise-level web applications or services.
• Strong experience in Agile delivery and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical lead during client engagements.
• Estimate, design, build, and deliver software solutions.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of project documentation.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Mathematics

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Economics

Degree in Social Sciences

Tools

ASP .Net

Azure

Python

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.

WSP is looking for an experienced Solutions Consultant to join our industry-leading Intelligent Infrastructure team. We provide technical professional services to transport clients throughout the UK and overseas to deliver tangible value through technology enabled change.

Join us and make a real-world difference by helping to deliver crucial projects for public sector clients, such as using big data to help the DfT provide better rail services, helping road safety officers visualise accident data geospatially, or gathering vital transport planning data using AI-enabled traffic cameras that distinguish and count the different modes of transport.

As a WSP Software Developer, you will play a key role in technical delivery while also leading tasks within a team to provide quality assurance, consultancy, and advisory services on client-facing projects. In addition to challenging and stimulating projects, you will be able to access a range of benefits, including targeted professional development and training to help you grow and develop at WSP.

YOUR TEAM

• This role sits within the Intelligent Infrastructure business and will form a key part of the growing Data, Architecture and Solutions Capability, which is our centre of excellence for digital skills. The Capability team provides a community of colleagues working in and around technology to help you deliver effectively and support your professional development through training, mentoring and opportunities to really stretch your capabilities.
• You’ll work as part of an Agile team with specialist developers, testers, analysts, and transport subject matter experts to design, develop, deliver and maintain software applications and systems using the latest technologies to deliver innovative solutions across the property and infrastructure sectors and help to make people’s journeys greener, safer, cheaper, and faster.
• We operate a hybrid working policy and expect colleagues to spend time on client sites and collaborating with colleagues face-to-face, as well as working from a local office. We have offices across the UK.

A little more about your role…

• Act as a technical lead during client engagements, providing credible insights and demonstrating practical experience in solving complex software and data challenges
• Estimate, Design, Build and Deliver software solutions using industry best practice
• Perform quality assurance reviews of project documentation or consultancy deliverables, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with best practices and client requirements
• Help to support and maintain new and legacy software systems, ensuring timely and effective resolutions while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
• Provide consultancy and advisory services, guiding clients on best practices for cloud data architecture and software solutions
• Input to the continuous improvement of practice and standards within the team
• Provide contributions to the future technical strategy of the team

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience with building enterprise-level web applications or services, predominantly using ASP .Net and Azure supported by relevant certifications and qualifications.
• Experience working with Python would be extremely beneficial.
• Excellent analytical skills and a proven ability to think creatively to solve problems
• Strong experience of working in an Agile delivery team and developing and deploying applications using DevOps practises in a production environment through a CI/CD pipeline .
• Demonstrable experience of testing across e2e lifecycle, including ETL, Unit, Regression
• Strong technical leadership skills, demonstrating the ability to effectively lead and collaborate with other developers and teams to solve technical problems and achieve project goals
• Excellent communications skills and experience working directly with clients and customers, to provide credible insights and guidance
• Expertise in carrying out quality assurance activities and offering guidance on best practices for cloud data architecture and software solutions.
• A degree in an analytical discipline such as engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, social sciences, or equivalent industry experience.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

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About the company

WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.