Senior / Principal Technical Lead - WINEP Water Resources in Reading

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A Little More About Your Role… Are you ready for the next step in your career? You will develop and help deliver and grow our portfolio of high-profile projects, solving environmental and water resources challenges faced by the water industry. Our water and aquatic ecology teams support water companies in England and Wales with these challenges. Due to the scale of work required for AMP8, we are looking for experienced individuals to join our water team as technical experts and managers in WINEP water resources projects. Your role will sit within the Catchment Science team in our Sustainable Water Management Consulting group, and will involve working with multi-disciplinary teams including hydrogeologists, hydrologists, geomorphologists and hydro-ecologists.

The role will be varied and include the following responsibilities:

• Providing a technical expert role in the delivery of WINEP water resources projects, ideally with expertise in hydro-ecology.
• Lead delivery of robust technical assessments and high-quality reporting in collaboration with Sustainable Water Management and Aquatic Ecology teams.
• Leading day-to-day client and regulator engagement for delivery of WINEP investigations.
• Working with Service Area leads to support development and delivery of the pipeline of WINEP projects, and develop and expand technical capabilities.
• Generating high quality bid proposals and developing innovative solutions to meet client needs.
• Project management including financial and change control and quality assurance.
• Display and promote a safety-first attitude in line with WSP's health and safety policy and procedures.

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic self-starters who can work independently and as part of a team. You will be highly motivated with excellent communication skills and able to apply technical knowledge, while working with others to maximise collective expertise and solve new challenges. We encourage cross-disciplinary work on wider projects such as water resources, hydrogeology, water quality, flood risk management, biodiversity net gain and environmental impact assessment. There is opportunity to shape this role and related seniority to suit the right candidate.

Your Team: Our Catchment Science team works across water resources and security, hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, hydro-ecology and hydrogeology, providing high-quality technical services and advice to customers in the UK and overseas, including government departments and agencies, the water industry, and others in power, transport, nuclear, mining, commercial and oil and gas sectors. We are expanding to meet AMP8 demand and recruit Senior/Principal level technical and Project Management specialists. We offer a dynamic but supportive environment for motivated individuals to fulfil their potential and recognise that our people are central to our success.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate:

• Experience of technical leadership and/or management of water resources WINEP investigations or similar, with the ability to bring together multi-disciplinary teams of experts to deliver robust technical assessments.
• A clear understanding of regulatory requirements and expectations of WINEP investigations, particularly regarding the Water Framework Directive.
• Experience in projects involving assessing impacts of abstraction on the water environment, ideally including hydro-ecology expertise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.
• Strong commercial awareness, client needs understanding, and experience identifying and developing business opportunities and preparing winning proposals.
• Excellent report-writing and technical review skills.

We have multiple roles to fulfill and can consider a range of skills and experience to strengthen our team’s capacity and project management capabilities.

Qualifications:

• MSc and/or BSc in a relevant discipline (e.g. earth sciences, environmental science, geography, aquatic ecology).
• Working towards or gained chartership with a relevant professional body.

What’s In It For You:

• Work on landmark projects around the world and make a larger impact in the communities you care about.
• We offer work-life balance, including a hybrid working policy with options to work from home two days a week and engage in modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences, encourage people to bring their whole selves to work, and promote a culture of inclusion and belonging. Employee resource groups support this culture.
• Health & Wellbeing: We support your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme, Virtual GP, workplace adjustments, a Gymflex scheme, and menopause support.
• Flex your time: Our “WSP My Hour” allows one daily hour for personal activities with flexible time in lieu. We offer part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and bank holiday entitlement flexibility.
• Your development: We invest in training, mentoring, and Chartership to support your growth.

EEO Statement: Here at WSP we encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria and we will provide workplace adjustments on request.