Assistant Soil Science Consultant / Soil Science Consultant

Assistant Soil Science Consultant / Soil Science Consultant

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.

Our work involves infrastructure and development projects in most sectors, in particular energy transition, nuclear, rail, highways, and residential/commercial development. You will be working on delivering a broad range of projects at various stages with the responsibility for managing projects (with appropriate supervision) including tasks relating to bidding, project team management, project delivery, and financial management.

Soils are an important finite resource which underpin the majority of environmental services but are poorly understood. WSP is looking for an experienced Assistant Consultant or Consultant Soil Scientist to support the growth of our soil team, particularly working with colleagues in Ground & Water, Nature Advisory, Landscape, Environmental Planning, and Sustainability Policy & Compliance.

The role will be both office and site based. It is anticipated that there would be significant periods of site work required throughout the year with a roughly 50/50 split between site and office averaged across the year. You will be someone who is an excellent relationship builder, highly organised, and adaptable with an awareness of commercial demands of consultancy work.

You will undertake fieldwork/site visits and support on the production of written reports for Agricultural Land Classification (ALC), Soil Resource Assessment, and tailored assessments for inclusion in Environmental Statements and work with our Nature Advisory and Landscape teams supporting their Landscape and Ecological Management Plans.

A typical week would include:

• Preparing for and undertaking soil surveys or supporting in delivery of reports for DCOs, EIAs and other assessments with the wider environmental teams.
• Supporting colleagues across the UK with project delivery, assisting in data management, survey coordination and risk assessment for site works.
• Learning and being supported by a team of experienced technical staff of various grades and sharing your knowledge with others.

We will be looking for you to demonstrate:

• Degree level qualification in Soil Science, or similar (physical geology, environmental science) with 3-5 years relevant practical experience;
• Experience in completing Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) surveys, Soil Resource Surveys and site supervision during construction works (ideally to BSSS competency standards);
• A thorough grounding in H&S procedures for site work;
• A team player, happy and able to work with geographically spread team;
• Be able to demonstrate excellent communication and report writing skills;
• Registered with a relevant professional body (e.g. British Society Soil Science);
• A working knowledge of applied GIS; and
• A full driving license and enjoy working outdoors.

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WSP is a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.