Senior​/Principal Consultant - Strategy & Feasibility - Rail, Light Rail, Freight, Local Authorities

Senior/ Principal Consultant - Strategy & Feasibility - Rail, Light Rail, Freight, Local Authorities

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.

The WSP Client Engineering and Advisory Services group sits within our UK Rail team. The group provides systemic and integrated rail solutions which are user focused, operationally driven, grounded in engineering and commercially sound. Teams within the Client Engineering and Advisory Services group include Rolling Stock, Rail Planning & Operations, Rail Strategy & Feasibility, Digital Rail, and Client Engineering.

The Strategy and Feasibility team is where it all begins! We are a team of engineers, strategic planners and project managers, with experience across the rail industry. We collaborate with each other, other parts of WSP and external organisations to develop early-stage railway requirements into fundable projects.

• Provide strategic rail advice to external and internal clients on projects including new stations, freight facilities, passenger and freight services.
• Take a central coordinating role on multi-disciplinary projects and lead the development of rail‑focused service offerings in rail, light rail, freight and local authority segments.
• Plan, manage and deliver tasks and projects, support bidding for new work and contribute to winning new deliverables.
• Engage with clients and build strong networks both externally and internally to solve problems and bring value to clients.

• Experience in rail, transport, light rail, freight or within transport for local authorities.
• Understanding of legislative and funding processes relevant to rail scheme development.
• Broad knowledge across rail areas such as operational planning, strategic planning, business case development and engineering feasibility.
• Strategic thinking, attention to detail, proactive and collaborative working style.
• Professional qualifications or working towards professional qualifications.
• Project management approach, stakeholder management and team delivery skills.
• Microsoft proficiency.

Our hybrid working policy offers flexibility to work from home two days a week while providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK. We support inclusive culture, health & wellbeing programmes, flexible working arrangements and development opportunities.

We are a Disability Confident leader. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed and we will provide workplace adjustments where needed. EEO statements as per UK law.