Operations and Safety (Intelligent Infrastructure) Speculative Opportunities

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.

The Operations & Safety (O&S) group of II provides high value advisory services enabling the delivery of sustainable and safe operating solutions for public and private sector clients in support of both Net Zero carbon and Vision Zero safety objectives.

The O&S Group Specialises In Six Technical Areas:

• Operational safety – helping clients understand and mitigate safety risks in designs, operations and technologies.
• Transport network operations – helping clients focus on development and assessment of operational models/concepts and associated standards and procedures.
• Human centred design – applying evidence‑based principles of human factors, ergonomics and behavioural science to design environments, systems, products and services.
• Strategy development – advise clients on creation of sustainable, resilient and people focused strategies using business cases and innovation techniques.
• Policy monitoring and evaluation – providing specialist multi‑discipline monitoring and evaluation in line with Treasury requirements, through design and execution of evaluation framework.
• Tunnel systems & operations – support clients in design, operation and management of tunnels in the highway and utility sectors.

We are seeking enthusiastic consultants of all levels to provide support to our capabilities above. We also have a number of specific current vacancies open – search for ‘Intelligent Infrastructure’.

We'd Love To Hear From You If You Have:

• Technical background with relevant qualifications (degree or similar higher education qualification) in any of the technical areas listed above, including experiences in consulting projects aligned with one of the six technical areas.
• Proven ability to analyse and interpret information from various sources and communicate findings effectively.
• Experience working as a client, consultant or contractor, ideally within a transport, public sector or high‑risk environment.

Please submit your CV for this position, and it will be reviewed against all current and anticipated vacancies.

About Us: We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms, with over 72,800 passionate people united by a common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts through innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

What’s In It For You?

• Work‑life balance – hybrid working policy, flex and WSP My Hour.
• Inclusivity & belonging – respectful culture, employee resource groups.
• Health & wellbeing – Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, workplace adjustments, Gymflex, menopause support package.
• Development – training, mentoring, chartership.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY STATEMENT: Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As 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.