Overview In this senior leadership role, you steer environmental programmes within major infrastructure and development projects. You’ll shape delivery by leading multidisciplinary teams, embedding environmental thinking early, and strengthening governance and client engagements. You’ll mentor future leaders, raise delivery standards, and position WSP as a trusted partner on complex programmes. This is a high-impact, cross-sector role that blends environmental insight with commercial leadership to deliver meaningful outcomes for communities and clients. You’ll work in a collaborative, supportive UK-wide environment with mentoring and career development opportunities.
Pay / Benefits - work-life balance
- hybrid working policy
- inclusivity and belonging
- Thrive wellbeing programme
- Virtual GP service
- flexible benefits like Gymflex
Responsibilities - Provide leadership across major infrastructure and environmental programmes, setting direction and delivering high-quality outcomes
- Lead integration of multidisciplinary teams with robust project management and clear accountability
- Oversee assurance, governance and compliance to keep projects aligned with the brief
- Influence client, project and stakeholder decisions, driving engagement and shaping strategy
- Strengthen client relationships and grow opportunities by positioning WSP as a trusted delivery partner
- Mentor future leaders, build capability, and raise delivery standards across the EPM team
Key requirements - Proven experience leading environmental projects or workstreams within complex infrastructure, development or multidisciplinary programmes
- Strong environmental background across areas such as EIA, contaminated land or similar environmental specialisms
- Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and integrating environmental inputs to deliver high-quality outcomes
- Solid project leadership capability across governance, planning, risk, programme and delivery management
- Confident, collaborative leader with experience in client engagement and stakeholder management
- Chartered, or working towards chartership, with a relevant professional institution
- Collaborative leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Mentoring and development of others
- Environmental project management
- EIA and environmental specialty areas (e.g., contaminated land)
- Governance, risk and delivery management
