Technical Director Land

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. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP Land is seeking a talented Land Consultant or Delivery Manager, at Associate Director level, to provide regional leadership across Manchester and Leeds. This is an exciting opportunity to play a visible leadership role within our Land team, supporting the delivery of land referencing, landowner engagement, consultation management, land access, formal consents, statutory orders, compensation agreements and land acquisition for strategic infrastructure development projects across the North of England and wider UK and Ireland.

We support high-profile infrastructure projects across the Energy, Water, Road, Rail and Local Authority sectors, with particular focus on regional growth, client relationships and delivery capability across Manchester, Leeds and the wider northern market. Many of our projects are critical to the deployment of renewable energy, infrastructure resilience, economic growth and the transition to Net Zero carbon emissions.

We are the largest Land Referencing business in the UK and Ireland, with over 390 Land colleagues. As part of WSP Land, you will work closely with colleagues across Manchester, Leeds and our wider UK and Ireland offices, alongside multidisciplinary teams made up of land consultants, highways engineers, environmental and planning specialists, engagement professionals and water engineers.

Associate Director role – regional leadership in Manchester and Leeds…Lead the delivery of WSP Land business development across Manchester, Leeds and the wider northern region, focusing on electricity, highways, rail, water, telecoms, gas and renewable energy sectors to secure new projects, extensions to projects and new clients.

Work closely with WSP disciplines including Engineering, Engagement, Environmental and Planning teams, to identify multidisciplinary opportunities, strengthen regional collaboration and grow our business.

Raise the profile of WSP Land across Manchester, Leeds and the wider northern market, building visibility with clients, partners, public bodies, target sectors and regional professional  a trusted advisor to clients (externally and internally). Actively engage with client capture teams and Key Client Managers (KCMs)
Lead the writing of bids/tenders to secure opportunities

Manage regional resource strategy, including staff retention, succession planning, recruitment and workload planning, to ensure the Manchester and Leeds teams have the skills, capacity and leadership needed to deliver successful projects and grow the business.

Lead at Project Director level, successful delivery of projects on time, within budget and to the highest standards. Undertake project reviews to support risk and opportunity management as appropriate. Routinely review task/project delivery to ensure alignment with client needs and objectives. Seek client feedback, proactively share it, and ensure feedback is acted on Provide technical direction on Land projects across the North of England and wider UK, including relevant statutory processes to acquire land and land rights such as CPO, DCO, Transport and Works Act Orders, compulsory acquisition, wayleaves and access arrangements.

Contribute to positive team & project outcomes. Engender collective purpose to achieve project/team goals. Excellent team working with other members of senior leadership in WSP Land.

Promote our WSP culture of health, safety & wellbeing (HS&W).Promote our adherence to Quality Assurance and development of our processes.

Promote our adherence to Data Protection and development of our processes.

Act as a regional champion for a core pillar such as sector strategy, client growth, people development, operational excellence or technical leadership.

Regular travel between Manchester, Leeds and other UK offices and…