Senior Contaminated Land / Geo-Environmental Consultant

We are seeking to grow our world class team to deliver high-calibre contaminated land assessment and remediation projects. This role is based in Manchester with a flexible and hybrid working environment enabling part‑home and part‑office work.

Overview

Join a team of over 150 professionals providing land contamination management services to private and public sector clients across property, government, industrial, defence and nuclear sectors. We work on projects of regional and national significance in alignment with core UK and global framework projects, with a strong pipeline moving into 2025.

Key Responsibilities

• Project and task management
• Management of site investigations
• Supervision of field work including soil logging and environmental sampling, chemical and geotechnical testing, groundwater sampling and ground gas monitoring
• Data collation, review and interpretation
• Preparation and review of technical reports including desk studies, ground investigation reports, remediation options appraisals and verification reports
• Site investigation design
• Development of client relationships
• Ensuring work is delivered in line with procedures and to high safety, health and environmental standards
• Support to early careers professionals

Experience

• Knowledge of planning, designing and management of site investigations
• CDM Regulations and their application to safe design and implementation of site investigations
• Understanding of the UK land contamination regime and risk-based assessment approaches
• Report writing including presenting complex technical information concisely
• Data handling; GIS experience is desirable
• Awareness of regulatory regimes (e.g., development planning consenting, environmental permitting, due diligence, nuclear end states, GRR, EIA)
• Specialist technical areas such as quantitative risk assessment, waste/material management, radiological characterisation, hydrogeology, remediation

Qualifications

• Relevant technical degree (e.g., chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, environmental science)
• Working towards or prepared to work towards Chartership/Professional Qualification (e.g., QP) with a relevant institution
• Willingness to travel to sites across the UK as required

About Us & Benefits

WSP is a leading engineering and professional services firm with a global team. We offer work-life balance through hybrid working, flexible benefits, and opportunities for training and mentoring, including Chartership support. We support inclusivity, wellbeing, and development for all employees.

What’s in it for you includes: work-life balance with two days a week working from home; access to Virtual GP, gym membership support, menopause support, and flexible benefits; and time-flexible arrangements such as WSP My Hour and additional leave options.

We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds and encourage them to bring their whole selves to work. We are a Disability Confident employer and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, with workplace adjustments available upon request.

If this role aligns with your experience and aspirations, apply today.