Associate Geo-environmental Consultant | Contam Land

Stantec; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy as an Associate Geo-environmental Consultant in Reading. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects addressing land contamination challenges, providing sustainable solutions in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. You will leverage your expertise in environmental science and engineering, ensuring quality project delivery while managing budgets and schedules. With a commitment to professional development and a collaborative culture, this position is ideal for those passionate about making a positive impact in the environmental sector.

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Industry-Leading Training

Competitive Salary and Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in environmental science or engineering required.
• Professional accreditation is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project delivery, ensuring technical quality and adherence to budget.
• Interact with multi-disciplinary teams and clients for effective project management.

Skills

Land Quality Assessment

Contaminated Site Management

Project Management

Technical Report Writing

Hydrogeology

Geotechnics

Education

Degree in Geology

Postgraduate Qualification

Professional Accreditation

Job description

Stantec is a leading multidisciplinary engineering and design consultancy. Our Environmental Consulting Community of Practice works closely with our clients to develop innovative, sustainable, and efficient solutions to their needs. We have built our reputation over decades of success and take pride in turning legacy land contamination challenges into development opportunities.

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Geo-environmental Consultant to join our established team based in Reading. You will work within our ground engineering team, contributing to wider multidisciplinary projects as part of our regional development capability and being part of a national community of ground engineering professionals. The link below will take you to the Reading office page with more information: Reading (Waterman Place), United Kingdom.

Our team provides contaminated land and geotechnical and geo-hazard consultancy services to the land development and infrastructure sectors. We work holistically across these disciplines to provide value-driven solutions. We contribute to a range of local and national projects and frameworks with private clients/developers on the investigation, assessment, remediation, and redevelopment of brownfield land, as well as supporting internal teams for road, rail, and other infrastructure and energy projects.

We require an ambitious team player with the technical and commercial skills, knowledge, and experience to take day-to-day responsibility for project delivery, ensuring technical quality and adherence to budget and schedule. The role involves interacting with a multi-disciplinary team, clients, sub-contractors, and professionals.

We pride ourselves on Stantec's friendly, inclusive, and collaborative culture. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, flexible working arrangements, industry-leading training, and engaging projects.

About You

This role demands a strong foundation in environmental science or engineering. A degree in geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, or environmental science is required, with a postgraduate qualification highly preferred. Extensive postgraduate experience is desirable.

Professional accreditation is essential. Candidates should be chartered or working towards chartership with a recognized professional body. Additional certifications such as SoBRA, RoGEP, or CL:AIRE DoW:CoP are highly valued.

You must have substantial experience in land quality assessment and contaminated site management within a consulting environment, including designing, managing, and supervising ground investigations, interpreting soil, water, and gas data, and producing risk assessments and reports (GQRA, DQRA, EIA). Experience in hydrogeology, geotechnics, and earthworks is a significant advantage.

The ability to write clear proposals and manage projects within budget while providing technical leadership is crucial. Willingness to travel within the UK and a full, clean UK driving license are required.

For more information and to apply, visit our Ground Engineering landing page: https://www.stantec.com/uk/services/ground-engineering-1.