Assistant or Consultant, Sustainability - Birmingham or Bristol

WSP in the UK

Feb 6

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Sustainability
Birmingham, +1

Requirements

Degree, Post Graduate Diploma or Masters in relevant subject 
Full driving licence 
Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
Experience of the delivery of sustainability, appraisal and/or assessment projects
An ambition and ability to develop new client relationships and assist with the management of existing key client

Responsibilities

The team works with UK and international clients, addressing long term strategic challenges such achieving net zero, providing sustainable water resources, providing homes and disposing of radioactive waste to ensure that sustainability is embedded into decision making, and opportunities for environmental enhancement are taken. To support this, we use a variety of regulatory and non-regulatory qualitative and quantitative assessment tools.
The projects are varied in nature, but all require skills in analysis, communication, reporting, time management and the ability to work collaboratively within a team. Appreciation and experience of policy and proposals and their sustainability effects would be beneficial.
This position represents an excellent opportunity to develop professionally as an individual via the continued growth of our business over the next few years.

WSP in the UK

We exist to future-proof our cities and environments.

Consulting

Industry

5001-10,000

Employees

1885

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

WSP is a leading engineering professional services consulting firm which supports significant projects in both the built and natural environments. We provide engineering and design services to public and private sector clients in the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, earth and environment, power and energy, resources and industry sectors, as well as a strategic advisory offering. We have more than 40 offices across the UK and Ireland. Our team of over 7,000 technical specialists and strategic advisers in the UK is part of a talented family of more than 55,000 global changemakers, transforming what’s possible to build a smarter, greener future for all. Together, we deliver innovative solutions to solve complex problems for our clients and the communities we serve, meeting both the needs of today and addressing the challenges of tomorrow. WSP takes pride in leading the way we collectively tackle the climate emergency and in October 2020 we announced our commitment to halve the carbon footprint of all designs and advice provided to clients by 2030, a first in the engineering consultancy sector. Having since aligned our carbon reduction targets with the SBTI’s science-based Net-Zero Standard, we will achieve carbon neutrality in our UK operations in 2025. Globally, WSP has committed to achieving net zero emissions across its value chain by 2040.