Planning, Property and Advisory
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BA or MA Degrees in Arts
- BA or MA Communication
- BA or MA Public Relations
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc International Business
- BA or MA English
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc History
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Geography
The Engagement team support our clients by helping them demonstrate they’ve engaged with the community and relevant stakeholders, shared their development and future plans, and listened to feedback from the community to inform the development of their schemes.
We are an important part of the process making sure that stakeholders and the community understand what is happening by making technical information easy to understand; that stakeholders have the opportunity to find out more information by creating events, communications and online content that is accessible; creating mechanisms to capture feedback like forms and online questionnaires; and analysing data to create reports to share the stakeholder and community feedback.
The Engagement Team in WSP is an exciting fast paced place to work – we support clients and build relationships with hundreds of stakeholders each day in different ways, no two days are the same.
Our Graduates working in this team, help communities and stakeholders understand projects and how it may impact them by writing easy to understand communications. Giving people opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback through publishing communications. Graduates are involved with the organisation of events logistics and helping to design and run surveys to gather feedback. As well as presenting feedback to help projects develop in a responsible way through understanding and data coding. They also help prepare reports and support the Project and Engagement teams to deliver quality communications and engagement activity.
landDegree backgrounds considered:
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Geography
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Estates and Land Management
As the UK’s largest land referencing and land assembly organisations, with over 200 specialist experts, we pride ourselves on providing the level of diligent inquiry needed for the successful acceptance of planning submissions.
Our land referencing and land assembly team follow a proven methodology, backed by robust data and technology capabilities, to reduce the risk of legal challenges during the planning process. This includes desktop methods, questionnaire analysis, site visits, data management and archival investigations.
In our industry-leading Land team, the largest of its kind in the UK, our Graduates support research and identification of landowners. Assisting in the negotiation to access land, create legal documentation for planning permission and provide support for the landowner engagement required to acquire land. Our Graduates work on projects throughout the UK and Ireland and their input ensures that these projects gain permission to be constructed.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- MEng Civil Engineering
We have one of the largest teams of infrastructure planners and environmental professionals in the UK, enabling us to respond flexibly to the demands of the pre-application, application and statutory process stages of applications. Through careful programme and resource management, and with offices throughout the UK, we can respond quickly to the most challenging programme.
We frequently collaborate within larger, cross-functional teams, delivering a cohesive service that integrates our proficiency in Development Infrastructure and Development Planning. Our commitment to fostering lasting client relationships has led to substantial repeat business opportunities.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BSc, BA, MSc or MA in Transport Planning
- BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering
- BSc, BA, MSc or MA in Geography
The Development Planning team helps a broad range of private and public sector clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development from pre-feasibility through to planning consent and beyond.
Our team of transport planning specialists - one of the largest in the UK - helps to establish plans for how an area and its accessibility will develop over time to guide future development. We develop mobility and servicing solutions for new developments, considering on-site design requirements for active travel users & vehicles, and assessing the off-site transport impact & identifying appropriate mitigation, where necessary.
We work on a mix of UK and international development and master planning projects across a broad range of sectors including residential, local authority, commercial, retail, logistics, sports & leisure, hotels, defence and energy.
We also often work as part of a wider, multi-disciplinary team, and provide a seamless service that encompasses both our Development Planning and Development Infrastructure expertise. We develop long-term, trusted relationships with our clients, and enjoy significant repeat business as a result.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- MSc, MPlan or MA in Planning
- BSc or BA degree in Town Planning (RTPI accredited)
- Other Town Planning qualifications considered if they are RTPI Accredited
Our Graduates support the Infrastructure Planning Team in preparing small, medium, or large planning applications for a variety of consents. This could include consents for power generation and energy transmission connections, new railway, and tramways, highway and active travel improvements, new water infrastructure, airport developments, and other similar infrastructure schemes. We support clients on some of the largest schemes across the UK, including Drax, HS2, Hynet, East West Rail, National Highways, Network Rail, Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and SPEN and offer a real diversity of project type and scale.
We have one of the largest teams of infrastructure planners and environmental professionals in the UK, enabling us to respond flexibly to the demands of the pre-application, application and statutory process stages of applications. Through careful programme and resource management, and with offices throughout the UK, we can respond quickly to the most challenging programme.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- MSc, MPlan or MA in Planning
- BSc or BA degree in Town Planning (RTPI accredited)
- Other Town Planning qualifications considered if they are RTPI Accredited
In Planning Consultancy, we apply our knowledge and expertise to guide clients through the planning process from initial site appraisal and feasibility through to gaining the appropriate consents for achieving their objectives. We add value through solving problems and delivering ingenious solutions to achieve client objectives.
Our Graduates are involved from day one, working on a range of projects for private and public sector clients involving residential, industrial, leisure, retail, commercial, and energy development. They are involved in preparing and submitting various planning applications, planning appraisals, and assisting multidisciplinary teams working on planning projects. Graduates attend site visits as well as undertaking an active role, attending design team, and client meetings with senior colleagues. Graduates are expected to manage smaller projects and support senior colleagues and Directors on larger schemes. This involves collaborating with WSP coworkers, statutory bodies, and public consultees. They are also involved in preparing fee proposals and input to tenders. Client engagement and business development is important, and we encourage new graduates to take an active role in raising their and the team’s profile, getting involved in professional and networking events.
Working as a Graduate in Strategic Advisory will mean working on exciting and innovative projects: you could be identifying issues and researching evidence relevant for sustainable and resilient economic development, industry sectors, spatial planning, property development or infrastructure investment proposals. Or analysing economic, social, real estate, financial and spatial data. Developing models to assess the economic and financial performance of places, industries, or real estate/infrastructure assets not just in the UK but worldwide.
Alternatively, you could be working on economic/industry strategies and regeneration programming. Determining how clients can develop pathways to Net Zero.
Other tasks could include, drafting business cases, due diligence assessments and working with colleagues across the business in a range of sectors including energy, real estate, infrastructure, digital technology, transport & mobility, environment & natural capital.
Degrees backgrounds considered:
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Economics
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Geography
- BSc or MSc Mathematics
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Urban Planning & Regeneration
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Urban Economics
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Sustainable Urban Development
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Real Estate Economics
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc Geographical Information Systems
The Economics Team is focused on changing places and people’s lives for the better, generating long-term shared prosperity and enabling communities to achieve their full economic potential. We specialise in providing economic services internationally, to both public and private sectors, including government, real estate developers and industry. Our project work spans real estate, energy, transport, digital technology, water, environment, urban infrastructure, and urban resilience.
Our core services include economic analysis and data modelling, policy design and evaluation, economic development strategy, economic and social impact assessment, industry, and innovation strategy. Accessing finance and funding, business case development and economic appraisal, project implementation, governance and delivery vehicle design are also core specialisms for us. We have a major focus on the economics of decarbonisation and Net Zero pathways.
We work across regional and local geographies to provide support in making effective, long-term decisions, applying economic tools to understand impacts, incentives, benefits, and none benefits of investment, strategy, and policy decisions.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BSc or MSc Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management
- MSc Building Surveying
- MSc Construction Management
- BSc or MSc Real Estate
- BEng or MEng General Engineering
The team provides front-end advisory and management services to clients that invest into ‘Real Assets’. The team supports infrastructure and real estate investors, both public and private, identify transaction risks, build value, and protect assets at a portfolio level through a dedicated market facing team that draws on the technical expertise from across the wider business.
We are a team of 70 professionals spread across the UK and grouped into 6 market facing service lines: Due Diligence, Technical Advisory, Lifecycle Modelling, FM Advisory, SPV Management and Healthcare Advisory. We have experience across a wide range of infrastructure and property markets with market leading expertise in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). We have acted on many Industry first and market defining transactions including the first acquisition of a listed infrastructure fund by private fund. We are proud to have won multiple industry awards for what we do.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BEng or MEng Civil Engineering
- BEng or MEng Mechanical Engineering
- BEng or MEng General Engineering
- BSc or MSc Business
- BSc or MSc Geography
- All degrees considered
The Investor & Lenders Advisory for infrastructure team provides transaction and consultancy related services in complex multidisciplinary projects. Our capability includes market studies, demand forecasting, technical and financial feasibility assessments, and due diligent assignments (for both lenders and equity). The team has a strong track record of supporting clients at the early stage of developing projects, and a strong focus on advising clients concerning, the strategic development of infrastructure assets, logistics and shipping activities. We differentiate ourselves by combining commercial, financial, technical, and operational expertise in order to provide a fully integrated service to our clients. We are regularly involved from project originations through to completion, as well as during asset optimisation and modernisation and/or expansion of existing facilities.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BSc or MSc Business
- All degrees considered
In Transformation advisory we work hand in hand with clients to change their organisations. A typical project could include building the implementation roadmap to deliver a client’s net zero strategy; delivering the people changes required to implement new digital solutions or designing the best shape and size client organisation to deliver a new direction or performance improvements. Key areas of activity include strategy and visioning, organisation design and adaptation and people led change. No two projects are the same, but they all demand exceptional client experience and a focus on delivering sustainable results.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- MSc Digital Transformation
- BSc Management with Digital Innovation
- BSc or MSc Software Development
- BSc or MSc Geographic Information Science
- BSc Data Analytics
The Digital Advisory team are a team of Digital Experts. The team specialise in supporting clients, both public and private sector throughout the lifecycle of their projects, from inception through to delivery and ‘go live’ by providing expert Digital Advisory Services. They also develop, support and maintain the WSP Data management platform – PinPoint that uses advanced cutting-edge technology to enable digital delivery within a project by providing insightful data output that is accessible by a wealth of in-house developed and 3rd party digital toolkits, reports and interfaces.
We have experts who are involved in all aspects of Digital delivery, from digital consultants who can advise on best practice, digital tools and interfaces and delivery methods through to software developers, 3D visualisers, GIS Consultants, Data Analysts and scientists who understand your client and project vision and make this a reality through the use of PinPoint.
Degree backgrounds considered:
- BSc or MSc Real Estate (RICS accredited)
We provide commercially driven advice through all stages of the asset life cycle, specialising in a variety of sectors including defence, retail, residential, affordable, mixed-use development, commercial office space, healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
Working with a wide range of public and private sector clients, we enhance land and property holdings, working on some of the most complex real estate projects in the UK, making difficult development happen and reducing property occupation costs.
We offer a wide range of specialist professional services from environmental, infrastructure and town and country planning, business rates advice, valuation, and lease advisory. Through to development including land assembly, affordable housing advice and valuation, private sector development management, agency, and consultancy expertise.
Joining our team of experienced real estate professionals will enable you to begin your journey to professional chartership. Our Graduates begin working towards professional chartership upon joining. Graduates could also be working on projects across the UK on behalf of a variety of private and public sector clients.
Graduates also gain exposure working with their own clients, as well as obtaining experience, and training to help develop their skills and knowledge. Enabling them to become a confident and competent property professional, ready to step into a qualified role in the business.