Undertake statutory assessments within the context of relevant plans and legislations; Assist with and undertake community engagement on behalf of clients.
- Provide input into the planning of infrastructure and civil engineering projects and assist project managers with project scoping with appropriate inputs, outputs and verification activities.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge of resource management planning and formulate advices for clients on resource management plans and policies; Produce innovative and original resource management planning outcomes that are well thought through; Distil information into recommendations regarding next steps.
- Contribute to planning advice and input to Initial and Detailed Business Cases for transport projects, including Multi-Criteria Analysis scoping, plan reviews, and business case writing support.
- Work within multi-disciplinary teams, advising them of potential inter-dependencies and interactions between specialist areas, identifying where a change in one area might impact another (e.g. ecology and air quality).
- Write fact-based reports with objective assessment of proposed developments (and its potential impacts) in relation to government (central and local) policies and plans.
- Have a good appreciation of relevant legislation and maintains knowledge of appropriate technical standards, legislation, codes of practice and New Zealand norms.
- Promote best practice within the team and individual projects; Provide technical and operational support to others within the Environment Team.
Required Skills and Behaviours
- Fluent in spoken and written English and able to present ideas, complex technical information and advice in a way that is understandable to a wide range of audiences.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to collate and comprehend data from multiple disparate sources; Strong GIS skills and able to present complex geo-spatial insights.
- Able to identify mitigation measures that would reduce potential negative impacts and enhance potential beneficial impacts.
- Able to work effectively and competently with people at all levels; within and external to the organisation; Able to work collaboratively and perform effectively as part of a team across a geographically spread matrix structure.
- Model WSP Guiding Principles.
- Client centric and passionate about service excellence.
- Be a team player and consider the views of others.
- Ensures that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times; Consistently demonstrates trustworthiness, integrity, professionalism and honesty.
- Able to optimise and prioritise conflicting demands in a busy environment, to achieve deadlines and see responsibilities through to completion; Resilient, comfortable with change and ambiguity.
- Be results orientated, with a reputation for being focussed on key strategic priorities; Display drive, energy and enthusiasm for getting things done with high levels of motivation and energy; Project credibility demonstrate professionalism and inspire confidence with high emotional intelligence and self-awareness of strengths and potential areas for development; Active commitment to continuous personal improvement.
Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Planning (eg.
from SPAs etc.) or Environmental Engineering/Science (eg. from IITs/NITs/IISc etc.)
- Membership of a SocEnv licensed professional organisation like IEMA, CIEEM etc; Chartered status preferred.
- Experience of working on overseas (UK/AU/NZ) assignments around Stakeholder Engagements, Environmental & Social Impact Assessments, Consenting and Complinace will be given high preference.
Experience
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience post qualification in Environmental & Social Impact Assements and Consenting & Compliance
- Demonstrable experience in using ArcGIS or QGIS and insightful, data-based storytelling using PowerBI or R Studio etc.
- Experience of working on overseas (UK/AU/NZ) assignments preferred. Strong understanding of the UK model will be highly beneficial.
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📌 Senior Consultant Environmental Planning (Noida)
🏢 Wsp
📍 Noida