Senior​/Principal Movement Consultant

WSP’s People Movement team is recruiting a Senior or Principal People Movement Consultant to join our growing team. The role can be based from any WSP UK & Ireland office, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of home and in-office working.

• The People Movement team has undergone rapid growth over the last three years, mirroring WSP’s global expansion and our proactive push into new areas.
• The UK team is the largest within WSP for pedestrian movement analysis services, acting as a Centre of Excellence and collaborating worldwide on diverse sectors such as Rail, Sports, Aviation, Cultural, High‑Rise Buildings, Major Event Planning and Master planning.
• We focus on developing new services and require motivated consultants who can think creatively, try new ideas and deliver outstanding client service.

• As an experienced Pedestrian Modeller you will undertake hands‑on modelling and mentor junior colleagues.
• You will attend and sometimes present at project meetings to key stakeholders and clients, supported by senior staff as needed.
• Proactively interface with other disciplines to obtain design and operational inputs and inform them of passenger flow requirements.
• You may input into and manage project scope, programme, financials and progress.
• Responsible for technical task management and delegation, ensuring checks, reviews and approvals of technical work and reports.

• Business Development – networking with colleagues, contributing to marketing material.
• Researching new technologies and trends in people movement data capture and analytics.
• Staff coaching and training – guiding new starters and improving junior staff through constructive feedback.
• Support team growth by encouraging development from within at all levels.

• Excellent pedestrian modelling skills – particularly Bentley Legion; experience in PTV Vis Walk, Mass Motion or CAST is beneficial. Complementary software skills (Pathfinder, VISSIM, S‑Paramics, AIMSUM, ArcGIS, Power BI, coding in any language) are a plus but not essential.
• Experience completing pedestrian modelling projects to a high standard with an understanding of client/project goals and how your work achieved them.
• Some experience in project management tasks (estimating work, budget and time, ensuring on‑time and on‑budget delivery).

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a numerate, transport or planning discipline (e.g. geography).
• Good knowledge of pedestrian planning guidance (LUL Station Planning guidance, The Green Guide, Network Rail Station Capacity Planning Design Manual) and static capacity assessment techniques (e.g. PCL).
• Communication skills – able to present ideas to non‑technical audiences via written reports, technical meetings and formal presentations.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking ability to interpret numerical results.
• Appreciation of commercial project delivery (H&S, programmes, risks, issues, resourcing, budgets).
• Experience in transport planning within a commercial environment is beneficial, e.g. supporting Development Planning applications or knowledge of Airports, Sports/Event Management sectors.

We 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.