Environmental Consultant

Arup; Scotland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks an Environmental Consultant to join their Glasgow or Edinburgh office. The role involves managing Environmental Impact Assessments for major national infrastructure projects, requiring collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background and experience in environmental legislation and project coordination.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Private medical insurance

Profit share

Qualifications

• Degree level education, preferably a master's.
• Member of an environmental institute or working towards membership.
• Proven ability to coordinate Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).

Responsibilities

• Writing environmental reports and EIA documents.
• Reviewing technical inputs for project compliance.
• Liaising with clients and contributing to marketing activities.

Skills

Environmental legislation

Team coordination

Client liaison

Education

Master's degree

Job description

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Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, advisors and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

As part of the wider Climate and Sustainability Servies (CSS) business, Arup’s impact assessment team coordinate, manage and produce Impact Assessments, working with a variety of technical disciplines on a wide range of different types of development. We are building significant momentum around recent projects, including the Ocean Winds Offshore Wind EIA, West Yorkshire Mass Transit Environmental Partner, Great Grid Upgrade, Thames Tideway and many more projects of national significance and looking for a number of consultants to help grow our portfolio of projects, focusing on the major cross-cutting environmental agenda and helping to embed environment and sustainability into the projects we deliver.

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The Opportunity

The position is for an Environmental Consultant to be based in our Glasgow or Edinburgh office and focused on sponsoring the delivery of environmental impact assessments for projects across the UK and in particular for major national infrastructure in transport, water and the energy sectors. Clients will include private developers, public sector authorities and other organisations. You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team alongside other environmental, planning, engineering and urban design specialists (both internal and external to Arup) to deliver high quality environment and sustainability consultancy services.

Your remit will be to undertake technical work as well as assist with proposal preparation and marketing activities. You will be accountable for:

• Writing environmental reports including EIA screening letters, EIA scoping reports, non-technical sections of Environmental Statements.
• Where appropriate, reviewing technical inputs for alignment with project details and EIA compliance.
• Input to environmental design. Interfacing with multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Conveying and liaising with clients. Assisting with Assessments team business development and marketing.
• Contributing to bids and presentations.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share, and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are interested in the following skills:

• Education to degree level, preferably a master's degree.
• Member of an appropriate institute – full membership or working towards full membership. This could include the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) or equivalent.
• Good appreciation of environmental legislation, and knowledge of application of relevant legislation, policy and guidance in respect to impact assessment for a range of project types.
• Have a proven ability to co-ordinate EIA, successfully working with teams of technical specialists and multi-disciplinary teams.

What we offer you:

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity orexpression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment thatembraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

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