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To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations we are looking for a Senior Lighting Designer (Environmental) to join our Lighting & Energy Solutions team based in one of our UK offices.
You will have the opportunity to work on a range of environmental lighting projects delivering design and advisory services for different sectors, such as (but not limited to) architectural, planning, dark skies, local government, rail, highways, and aviation. Our growing capability supports the wider lighting and energy solutions team and closely collaborates with WSPs other disciplines both nationally and internationally giving you the opportunity to develop a broader understanding of light and lighting.
We actively contribute and lead on the development of industry best practice guidance and standards for good obtrusive and environmental light, both nationally and internationally with opportunities for all to contribute.
A little more about your role…
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Lighting Designer (Environmental) to join our Lighting & Energy Solutions team based across the UK.
Within this role you will actively support the development of our environmental capability as well as supporting the Environmental and Net-Zero team in undertaking of obtrusive light assessments, environmental impact assessments, lighting designs and delivering quality lighting impact assessment survey reports. These projects may be either standalone or part of wider projects being delivered by us nationally and internationally.
You will also have the opportunity to aid the development of our Net-Zero lighting capability working with our clients to provide technical support and solutions to help provide advisory and design solutions that align with Circular Economy and low Embodied Carbon deliverables.
A typical week:
You will be required to support with:
- Technical delivery of environmental reports and strategy documents which will include working with other WSP teams such as ecology, planning and/or architectural lighting colleagues;
- Developing your own and supporting junior staff expertise development in environmental lighting skills sets;
- Reviewing client requirements, and developing technical bid proposals;
- Assisting the Project Manager in carrying out project bids, reviews and delivering outcome reports;
- Delivering technical lighting reports, strategy reports and environmental impact assessment reports;
- Lighting designs using Lighting Reality, Dialux (or other) design software when needed; and
- Undertaking site surveys (aligned with Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) PLG04).
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
- Understanding and technical aspects of obtrusive lighting, dark skies, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and associated professional guidance documents;
- Membership of an appropriate Professional Institution;
- Registration with the Engineering Council (EngTech, IEng or CEng);
- Proficient in the use of AGI32, Dialux (or other) design software;
- Are able to demonstrate competency and experience within a lighting design project;
- Able to coach and mentor junior members of the design team;
- Are able to work independently, and as part of a team;
- Can prioritise and be flexible; and
- You should have fluent spoken and written English and have good level of IT skills.
