Senior Engagement Consultant

Job Overview

WSP invites an enthusiastic individual to join our growing Engagement team within the Land, Instructure Planning & Engagement unit. The role focuses on public consultation, stakeholder engagement, and the delivery of engaging communications on large infrastructure projects across the water, health, energy and environmental sectors.

• Develop clear, accessible communications to help communities understand project impacts.
• Organise events, publish materials, run surveys and provide feedback channels for stakeholders.
• Analyse engagement data, present themes and key issues in reports that inform responsible project development.
• Support UK and international clients with advice and activities such as virtual consultation rooms, posters, banners, public maps and community engagement events.

• Degree‑qualified or relevant experience in a related field; membership of relevant professional or trade body desirable.
• Experience in road, rail, utilities, water, environment or energy sectors.
• Demonstrated experience leading engagement processes across multidisciplinary projects, including drafting strategies, conducting consultations, providing data coding and analysis, and legislative report writing.
• Line management experience or management of junior team members through project delivery.

• Strong team player with an enthusiastic, motivated attitude.
• Structured, flexible approach to task delivery in a fast‑changing environment.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational skills and capacity to manage a varied workload.
• Great writing skills with a keen eye for detail; ability to work autonomously.
• Demonstrable communication or engagement experience.

Hybrid working policy: work from home two days a week with modern offices across the UK; flexible “WSP My Hour” for personal activities; part‑time and flexible arrangements, additional leave purchase, bank holiday entitlement use.

Health & Wellbeing:
Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex scheme, comprehensive menopause support package.

WSP welcomes applications from candidates irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.