Senior Consultant; Operational Safety

Senior Consultant (Operational Safety)

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• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales
• Industries:
  Professional Services

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.

You’ll find yourself exploring new opportunities to make the most of your expertise, work with deep technical experts across multiple sectors delivering Operational Safety commissions.

Our work on Operational Safety is to support clients with mitigation of risk to people’s life arising from the operation of plant or equipment or the provision of a service or asset for use. We look at how that risk changes over time particularly through interventions, e.g. when changing equipment and technology, but also when making changes to processes and organisational roles and responsibilities.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with other specialists across WSP, on commissions which may range from short-term advisory projects to long-term multi-disciplinary engineering design schemes.

• Working with our Clients, to provide expert advice to support their objectives.
• Working collaboratively with other specialists across WSP providing subject matter expert insight to safety risk assessments, operating procedures, policy and major projects etc.
• Presenting findings and recommendations to client forums and industry stakeholders.
• Engaging with stakeholders who have relevant insight to specific topics, e.g. emergency services, operational staff, highway authorities and breakdown recovery operators.
• Undertake lead responsible roles for technical packages of work in terms of time, cost and quality of the output, ultimately ensuring customer satisfaction throughout delivery.
• Supporting the growth of the Operational Safety capability to support delivery against its ambitions, helping drive delivery and business sustainability, with a particular focus on supporting the development of early career professionals.

• Experience preparing and/or reviewing safety risk assessments, particularly in the transport domain.
• A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. civil engineering, transport studies, geography, psychology, arts) or a technician with BTEC, HNC/HND and an appropriate level of experience.
• A passion in working towards systematic safety integration (e.g., the safe system approach and Vision Zero).
• A proven track record in a consultancy role or can demonstrate the aptitude and skills required to provide excellent consultancy support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to undertake qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• A conscientious approach with attention to detail and an ability to work under your own initiative.
• Excellent stakeholder relationships and collaboration skills.
• Experience contributing to or developing client proposals.

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging  have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to…