Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives, experience a world of opportunity, and shape a career as unique as you.
You’ll find yourself exploring new opportunities to make the most of your expertise, working with deep technical experts across multiple sectors delivering Operational Safety commissions.
Our work on Operational Safety is to support clients with mitigation of risk to people’s life arising from the operation of plant or equipment or the provision of a service or asset for use. We look at how that risk changes over time, particularly through interventions, e.g. when changing equipment and technology, but also when making changes to processes and organisational roles and responsibilities.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with other specialists across WSP, on commissions which may range from short‑term advisory projects to long‑term multi‑disciplinary engineering design schemes.
About Your Role
Working in our Operations and Safety team, the successful candidate will work alongside senior experts and with other specialists across WSP, matching your operational safety within areas such as roads, rail, energy and active travel to provide a strong and tailored offering for our clients. You will undertake a wide range of operations and safety projects at a central and local government level, resulting in a varied and diverse portfolio. The focus of the role is to undertake high‑quality technical work across the Intelligent Infrastructure discipline, working with industry‑leading experts while supporting junior colleagues.
Typical Week
* Working with our clients to provide expert advice to support their objectives.
* Collaborating with other specialists across WSP to provide subject‑matter expert insight to safety risk assessments, operating procedures, policy and major projects.
* Presenting findings and recommendations to client forums and industry stakeholders.
* Engaging with stakeholders who have relevant insight to specific topics, e.g. emergency services, operational staff, highway authorities and breakdown recovery operators.
* Undertaking lead responsible roles for technical packages of work in terms of time, cost and quality, ultimately ensuring customer satisfaction throughout delivery.
* Supporting the growth of the Operational Safety capability to deliver against its ambitions, helping drive delivery and business sustainability, with a particular focus on supporting the development of early‑career professionals.
Qualifications
* Experience preparing and/or reviewing safety risk assessments, particularly in the transport domain.
* A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. civil engineering, transport studies, geography, psychology, arts) or a technician with BTEC, HNC/HND and an appropriate level of experience.
* A passion for working towards systematic safety integration (e.g. the safe system approach and Vision Zero).
* A proven track record in a consultancy role or 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.
* A conscientious approach with attention to detail and the ability to work under your own initiative.
* Excellent stakeholder relationship and collaboration skills.
* Experience contributing to or developing client proposals.
Imagine a Better Future for You and Us All
Join our close‑knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69 000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
About Us
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72 800 passionate people are united by a common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9 000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
Eligibility Statement
Here at WSP 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.
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