Associate Environmental Permitting Consultant

Overview

As an Associate Environmental Permitting Consultant, you will lead major permitting and compliance programmes for clients across energy, nuclear, industrial, manufacturing, waste and utilities sectors. You’ll provide strategic regulatory advice, oversee complex technical work, and help expand our national environmental permitting offering. A key part of the role is building and maintaining client relationships and supporting business growth. You will mentor junior staff and collaborate across WSP’s Sustainability and Environmental teams. This opportunity offers flexible location and cross‑border collaboration, with a meaningful impact on UK sustainability and regulatory outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working policy
• Thrive health and wellbeing programme and virtual GP
• Gymflex part of benefits
• Flexible working arrangements including part-time and leave purchase
• Inclusive culture and wellbeing support
• Career development and mentoring opportunities

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of major permitting and compliance programmes for multiple sectors
• Provide strategic environmental and regulatory advice to clients
• Oversee delivery of complex technical work
• Support development and expansion of the national environmental permitting offering
• Win work and build client relationships to grow the team
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to business planning
• Collaborate across WSP’s Sustainability and Environmental businesses
• Operate with flexibility to collaborate nationally and internationally

Key requirements

• Significant experience in environmental permitting, compliance and regulatory strategy
• Expert knowledge of Environmental Permitting Regulations and related frameworks
• Proven track record delivering complex, high-value projects across regulated sectors
• Experience developing and maintaining strategic client relationships
• Commercial awareness with experience supporting business development and winning work
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing and developing teams
• Professional accreditation and recognised expertise in environmental permitting

• Leadership
• Client relationship management
• Mentoring and people development
• Environmental Permitting Regulations knowledge
• Regulatory strategy and advisory
• Project delivery of permitting/compliance programmes

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