Principal Consultant - Geo Environmental

Role Summary

We are looking for an exceptional person to lead our Ground and Water (Contaminated Land) team in our Bengaluru, India office. You will have at least 12 years post-graduate experience working in the Geo-environmental field

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and coaching team members in the CRC Ground Water Team. This will include the day-to-day management of a team, delivery of projects working closely with and being supported by other team members, Project Managers and Directors within the UK team.

The position would suit someone with extensive experience in the UK contaminated land sector who would like to further develop their leadership and technical consultancy skills. The role involves organizational and administrative responsibilities and requiresskills, such as planning, analysis and judgement. The Principal Consultant will be responsible for both the technical and commercial delivery of projects, including effective delegation and checking of work, and willbe responsible for the line management and mentoring of more junior staff ensuring their technical development and career progression.

The Principal Consultant is also expected to ensure that their own professional skills and competencies are continually improved to meet the requirements of the team and any relevant professional bodies.

Responsibilities

The requirements of the Principal Consultant Geo-Environmental include, but are not limited to, the consistent delivery of the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Leadership of projects and line management of staff including supporting career development (technical, professional and personal) goals of junior staff, to encourage training and learning.
• Provision of reliable, effective and efficient delivery of environmental consultancy services and seeks regular feedback on performance.
• To work in an integrated manner with limited supervision where appropriate and to understand the task at hand; what is required, when it is required etc. and to deliver tasks in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Successful and proactive project management of more complex projects / tasks - strong commercial awareness.
• Provides technical direction including robust reviews of technical work prepared by others with constructive and developmental feedback.
• Building strong relationships with the WSP UK teams and to proactively identify the tasks required within a project and confirm their requirements with project managers.
• Supports the UK Team with the preparation of fee proposals for complex and technically challenging projects.
• Is able to successfully manage a number of projects / proposals at one time.
• Promotes the importance of our health, safety and wellbeing culture and demonstrates that they live the values.
• Accurate and efficient preparation of more complex reports - able to convey complex information to others in an understable manner.
• Effective delegation of project tasks with review and feedback.
• Preparation and self-checking of interpretative (non-speacialist) reports.
• Developing specialist skills in line with career aspirations and PDR with input into specialist reports with limited oversight.
• Takes ownership of own training path including achieving further professional qualifications and completing selflearning and proactively seeks self-development and exposure to areas of operations out with existing experience.
• Knows technical limits and seeks help as necessary.

Key Competencies

• Can build rapport and relationships with peers.
• Takes pride in their work and encourages others to do the same.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills and communicates effectively, confidently and professionally. .
• Leads both internal and external meetings
• Has the ability to use your initiative and be self-motivated.
• Has the trust of peers and junior staff so that they feel confident to ask questions to understand objectives and expectations.
• Has the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
• Has the ability to deliver on commitments on time and at the right quality.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Has self-awareness and understands own limitations.
• Is able to effectively manage time.
• Has a strong work ethic.
• Has the ability to work to a defined budget and timescales.
• Can build trust and sustainable support network.
• Engagaes curiosity and seeks solutions reducing upward delegation and drives improvement in processes.