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Your new role what's involved
WSP is looking for a number of consultants to join its industry-leading Intelligent Transport Services team. We provide consultancy and engineering services to transport clients throughout the UK and overseas.
As a key part of our team you will be able to access a range of benefits, from targeted professional development, the opportunity to contribute to the direction of our business and to help us improve the way we do things.
We are continuing to secure exciting new projects and are therefore looking to grow our team by recruiting a range of consultants – from recent graduates to individuals with extensive consultancy experience.
Working within the Operations and Safety Group, our consultants work with clients to explore challenges and trends in the transport and mobility space, identify. develop and advise on solutions to transport issues. We work across the whole lifecycle of projects providing expertise in areas including: safety risk assessment, transport operations, emerging mobility trends and future transport, feasibility studies, project appraisal, business cases, safe systems approach, traffic and safety analysis, stakeholder management, customer impacts, digital design, digital customer, data driven operations, sustainability and decarbonisation of transport and a range of future ready initiatives.
Our current projects include trials of connected and autonomous vehicles, a large range of tasks providing specialist consultancy skills in policy, technical support and assurance, several smart motorways schemes, management of Highways England’s CHARM (Next generation strategic traffic management control system) and TOC (Technology Operational Capability) programmes.
Responsibilities include
- Scoping issues and developing methodologies for addressing them
- Strategy development and planning
- Researching and gathering evidence
- Carrying out qualitative and quantitative data analysis
- Identifying scheme risks and mitigations
We'd love to hear from you if you have
- A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. engineering, transport studies, geography, psychology, liberal arts) or are a technician with BTEC, HNC/HND and an appropriate level of experience
- A proven track record in a consultancy role or can demonstrate the aptitude and skills required to provide excellent consultancy support
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to undertake qualitative and quantitative data analysis
What's in it for you
Work-life balance?
WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.
Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity?
We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.
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.
Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.
Flex your time?
For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development?
We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.
Apply now and be the future of WSP
