Senior / Principal Technical Lead - WINEP Water Resources

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A little more about your role… Are you ready for the next step in your career? Are you eager to 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 have a proud track record of supporting water companies in England and Wales with these challenges. Due to the scale of work required for AMP8, we are looking for experienced and committed individuals to join our water team to take technical expert and management roles in our 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 our multi-disciplinary teams of technical experts including hydrogeologists, hydrologists, geomorphologists and hydro-ecologists. The role will be varied and will include:

• Providing a technical expert role in the delivery of WINEP water resources projects, ideally with expertise in hydro-ecology.
• Working collaboratively across our Sustainable Water Management and Aquatic Ecology teams to lead the delivery of robust technical assessments and high quality reporting.
• Leading day-to-day client and regulator engagement for delivery of WINEP investigations.
• Working with Service Area leads to support development and delivery of our pipeline of WINEP projects, and develop and expand our technical capabilities.
• Generating high quality bid proposals and developing innovative solutions to meet our clients' needs.
• Project management including financial and change control and quality assurance.
• Displaying and promoting 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 are capable of both independent work and working as part of a team. You will be a highly motivated candidate with excellent communication skills. You will have the ability to both apply your own technical knowledge, and work with others to maximise collective expertise, to analyse problems and find solutions to new challenges.

We encourage our teams to work across disciplines so there will be opportunities to work on wider projects such as water resources, hydrogeology, water quality, flood risk management, biodiversity net gain and environmental impact assessment. As such we would welcome applications from those with wider skillsets and experience. There is opportunity to shape this role and related seniority to suit the right candidate.

Your Team: Our Catchment Science team works across a wide spectrum of services covering water resources and security, hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, hydro-ecology and hydrogeology. Through our projects we provide high quality technical services and advice to high-profile customers in the UK and overseas, including government departments and agencies, the water industry, and a wide range of other industrial sectors, including power, transport, nuclear, mining, commercial and oil and gas.

Over the course of AMP7 we have seen a significant growth in demand for our skills and experience across the UK Water Company Sector and associated Regulators. As this demand is forecast to increase further during AMP8, we are looking to recruit additional Senior/Principal level technical and Project Management specialists.

We offer a dynamic but supportive environment for motivated and talented individuals to fulfil their potential. We recognise that our people are central to our success as a business.

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 effectively bring together multi-disciplinary teams of experts to deliver robust technical assessments.
• A clear understanding of regulatory requirements and expectations of WINEP investigations, particularly in relation to the Water Framework Directive.
• Experience in projects involving assessing impacts of abstraction on the water environment, ideally including some hydro-ecology expertise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the potential to engage and influence at all levels.
• A sound understanding of client needs and strong commercial awareness.
• Experience of identifying and developing business opportunities as well as the preparation of winning proposals.
• Excellent report-writing and technical review skills.

We have multiple roles to fulfil, and therefore are able to consider a range of skills and experience, to collectively strengthen our team's capacity and technical and applied project management capabilities.

Qualifications: MSc and/or BSc degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. earth sciences, environmental science, geography, aquatic ecology). You will have gained, or be working towards, chartership with a relevant professional body.

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What’s in it for you?

• Work-life balance: At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
• Health & Wellbeing: We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time: To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
• Your development: We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

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.