Strategic Rail Planning Consultant

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom WSP Full time

The Rail Strategy and Feasibility team at WSP provides strategic rail advice to clients. As a consultant, you will be involved in multi-disciplinary projects and take a central coordinating role.

Key responsibilities include planning, managing, and delivering tasks that contribute to large projects. You may also take responsibility for planning, managing, and delivering projects.

We engage with clients and take a proactive role in the WSP UK and global communities. You will be expected to build and use your network both externally and internally to solve problems and generate new work.

Requirements include extensive experience across a range of rail areas, including operational planning and strategic planning, with a focus on stakeholder management and engagement. Experience working in rail freight or early-stage project development is ideal but not essential.

Organisational skills, including the ability to plan and manage tasks using a project management approach, are also required. Microsoft proficiency is necessary.

We offer a hybrid working policy, allowing flexibility to work from home or collaborate in our offices. We also offer part-time and flexible working arrangements, as well as the option to flex bank holiday entitlement.

Our Thrive programme supports employee health and wellbeing, and we invest in development and training opportunities, including chartership, training, and mentoring.



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