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PFAS Technical Lead – UK
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PFAS Technical Lead – UK
Job Description
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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.
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A Little More About Your Role…
We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven PFAS Lead to shape and grow our UK PFAS service offering. This role will sit within the Contaminated Land business and will report directly to the Contaminated Land Service Lead, ensuring alignment with wider Ground & Water strategy and objectives. The primary focus of the role includes work winning, revenue growth, and market positioning, supported by strong technical leadership.
You will lead the development of a best-in-class PFAS capability, securing major commissions across key sectors including energy, aviation, defence, and industrial infrastructure. Acting as a recognised subject matter expert, you will support clients in managing complex PFAS liabilities across the full project lifecycle, aligned with WSP’s established capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
The PFAS Technical Lead will be responsible for originating, developing, and converting a strong pipeline of PFAS-related opportunities, working closely with sector leads and key account teams to position WSP as the consultant of choice. You will lead major bids and proposals, define winning strategies, and translate technical excellence into compelling client solutions, with clear accountability for revenue growth and work-winning performance.
You will act as the external face of WSP’s PFAS capability in the UK, building and maintaining senior client relationships and providing strategic advice on regulatory risk, liability management, and remediation approaches. Engagement with regulators and industry bodies will be central to the role, alongside representing WSP through thought leadership, conferences, and technical publications.
Alongside commercial priorities, you will provide technical leadership and oversight across complex PFAS projects, including site investigation, hydrogeological assessment, risk assessment, and remediation design. You will ensure that all technical outputs are robust, defensible, and aligned with regulatory expectations, supporting successful project delivery and client confidence.
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You will also define and implement the UK PFAS growth strategy, expanding WSP’s service offering and integrating with global PFAS expertise. This includes developing new areas of opportunity, driving innovation in investigation and remediation approaches, and establishing scalable, commercially efficient solutions.
In addition, you will build and lead a high-performing team, supporting capability development, recruitment, and internal best practice, ensuring alignment between pipeline growth, technical delivery capacity and integrating UK capability with WSP’s international PFAS expertise.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
A strong track record of winning and delivering environmental or contaminated land projects, with demonstrable experience in developing client relationships and securing repeat business. A deep technical knowledge of PFAS contamination, risk assessment, and remediation, combined with a strong commercial mindset and experience leading bids and proposals. A confident and credible leader, capable of operating at senior client and regulator level, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, commercially focused solutions.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team
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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 at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote our culture of inclusivity.
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We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
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To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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