Environmental Consultant

Amentum; Risley; Ibrido; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Amentum is seeking an Environmental Consultant to join our Environmental Management and Permitting team. You will work on projects across nuclear, defence, and wider industrial sectors, developing permits, regulatory submissions and environmental strategies.

You will collaborate with senior specialists to deliver environmental management solutions, gain experience across challenging frameworks, and help ensure compliance with UK environmental requirements while supporting project delivery and

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in environmental management, science or engineering.
• Knowledge of UK Environmental Permitting Regulations and environmental policy.
• Experience applying Best Available Techniques in Environment Cases.
• Ability to work collaboratively within project teams.
• Ability to produce clear, concise technical documents.
• Membership or progression toward a professional body (e.g., IES).
• Commitment to ongoing training to stay updated with environmental regulations.

Mansioni

• Support development and implementation of environmental management documentation (plans, registers, risk registers).
• Provide regulatory compliance advice including permitting roadmaps and permit applications.
• Develop Environment Case documents and Best Available Techniques assessments.
• Assist in environmental discharge calculations and lifecycle work packages.
• Contribute to site environmental audits and assurance activities.
• Collate and report environmental metrics in collaboration with project teams.

Conoscenze

Regulatory compliance

Environmental policy

Written communication

Formazione

Degree in environmental management

Descrizione del lavoro

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of some of the UK's most complex and nationally significant projects?

As demand for our environmental expertise continues to grow owing to positions on a number of significant multi-year frameworks, we're looking for an Environmental Consultant or Senior Environmental Consultant to join our thriving Environmental Management and Permitting team. From supporting nuclear decommissioning and next-generation nuclear technologies to advising the Ministry of Defence and major industrial clients, you'll play a key role in helping projects navigate environmental challenges, regulatory requirements, and permitting obligations with confidence.

Working alongside a talented team of environmental specialists, you'll help deliver solutions that make a real difference across both nuclear and non-nuclear sectors.

The Role

As an Environmental Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of a broad range of environmental management and permitting projects across the nuclear, defence and wider industrial sectors. Working alongside experienced environmental specialists, you will help develop environmental permit applications, regulatory submissions, environmental cases, site waste management plans and strategies, environmental assessments, and compliance programmes that support the successful delivery of nationally significant projects.

The role offers the opportunity to build your technical expertise by contributing to projects spanning nuclear decommissioning, new nuclear technologies, Ministry of Defence programmes and major infrastructure developments. You will work closely with clients and regulators, gaining valuable experience in environmental regulation, permitting, and sustainable project delivery while helping clients navigate complex environmental challenges.

As part of a collaborative and supportive team, you will be encouraged to develop your technical, project management and client-facing skills. You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of our services, helping us maintain the high standards of quality and technical excellence for which we are known.

Key responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of project environmental management documentation – including environmental management plans, environmental impacts and aspects registers, site waste management plans and environmental risk registers.
• Support provision of technical advice on regulatory compliance including production of environmental permitting roadmaps and strategies. Support the application for environmental permits for aqueous and gaseous discharges and waste management.
• Support with development of project Environment Case documents, including producing Best Available Techniques environmental assessments
• Assist and deliver bespoke environmental discharge calculation assessments and work packages across a project lifecycle.
• Assist or lead site based environmental assurance, including the development and delivery of audits (for example, in direct relation to design and construction works).
• Through close collaboration with project teams and relevant contractors, collate and report on environmental metrics.

Qualifications/Education/Experience

• A degree in a relevant field such as environmental management, a relevant science, or engineering.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation and the Environmental Permitting Regulations in the UK.
• Experience in demonstrating the application of Best Available Techniques in support of Environment Cases.
• Evidence of working collaboratively within a project team, ideally in an environmental advisory capacity.
• Proven ability to produce clear and concise technical documents.
• Membership, or working towards membership, of a relevant institution or professional body such as the Institute of Environmental Sciences.
• Evidence of engagement in ongoing training and development to stay updated with the latest environmental policies, regulations and procedures.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We stride to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

We partner with VERCIDA, for greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.