Environmental Consultant

Penguin Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy is seeking an experienced Environmental Consultant to join their Manchester team. This role offers a chance to manage contaminated land projects, engage in varied projects, and enjoy a hybrid work environment with opportunities for career progression. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and prior consultancy experience.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Hybrid working

Job security in a stable company

Qualifications

• Experience in an Environmental Consultancy/Contaminated Land role.
• Full UK Driving Licence required.
• Right to work in the UK is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from investigation through remediation and closure.
• Conduct site investigations and risk assessments.
• Prepare technical documents and support remediation strategies.

Skills

Project Management

Site Investigations

Risk Assessments

Data Interpretation

Client Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Environmental Geography

Degree in Geoscience

Degree in Environmental Engineering

Job description

Environmental Consultant

Reference: BY1878

Location: Manchester

Salary: 30,000 - 37,000

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive Environmental Consultant to join a specialist environmental compliance and consultancy team, with offices spanning the UK. Joining a large multidisciplinary team of environmental, energy and water infrastructure experts, you'll be provided with an abundance of projects to work on, with room for career progression and development within the company.

The successful Environmental Consultant will be offered:

• A top salary ( 30,000 - 37,000).
• Excellent pension scheme and company benefits.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career in either a specialist or more broad industry.
• Varied projects and project leading opportunities.
• Hybrid working, Home-based position with regular travel to sites and offices.
• Small, supportive team within a larger, stable company for job security.

This Environmental Consultant role will involve work focusing on contaminated land projects. You will be:

• Manage projects from initial investigation through remediation and closure.
• Leading and managing environmental insurance claim projects with strong technical and financial oversight.
• Conduct site investigations, risk assessments, and remediation verifications.
• Carrying out Assessments (PRA) and Generic Quantitative Risk Assessments (GQRA).
• Prepare/review technical documents such as method statements and risk assessments.
• Schedule and interpret data from soil, groundwater, and gas monitoring.
• Support implementation and verification of remediation strategies.
• Contribute to business development and maintain client relationships.

To be considered for this Environmental Consultant role you must have experience in an Environmental Consultancy/Contaminated Land role, have a degree in a relevant subject (for example environmental geography, geoscience, environmental engineering, or similar), live commutable to the Manchester/Sheffield area, hold a full UK Driving Licence and have a full right to work in the UK.

If you are interested in this or other Environmental Consultancy/Engineering/Remediation roles please do not hesitate to contact Beth Young on (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website. Please refer to (url removed). This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position