Environmental Consultant - EIA - Marine Mammals

Allen & York Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen & York are recruiting an Environmental Consultant - EIA - Marine Mammals for our offshore wind and marine energy projects. You will lead marine mammal assessments within EIAs and HRAs and provide technical leadership.

The role offers collaboration across disciplines, mentoring junior specialists, and engagement with regulators and clients to deliver high standards of environmental consenting.

Qualifications

• Experience as an environmental consultant in offshore wind, tidal, or marine energy consenting or equivalent experience.
• Strong track record in authoring EIA and HRA marine mammal assessments for offshore projects, as well as protected species licensing.
• Solid understanding of survey and monitoring techniques.
• Confident communicator with excellent analytical and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and quality assure Marine Mammal chapters for EIAs and HRAs.
• Provide technical leadership across marine mammal impact assessment, underwater noise, survey methods, and mitigation design.
• Support project delivery on offshore consenting work, including wind, tidal, carbon capture and subsea infrastructure projects.
• Project manage scopes and liaise with clients and stakeholders.
• Support maintaining best practice standards, client relationships, and industry leadership.

Skills

Offshore wind EIA

Marine mammal assessments

Underwater acoustics

Stakeholder liaison

Technical writing

Education

Master's degree in marine biology or related field

Job description

Environmental Consultant - EIA - Marine Mammals

This is a great opportunity to join a growing consultancy as a Senior Environment Consultant. You will provide scientific, consenting, advisory and strategic consultancy, often in collaboration with the other discipline-led divisions.

Responsibilities

You will be part of the Environmental Impact Assessment team working on complex offshore EIA and HRA assessments. You will be an experienced consultant and will help lead marine mammal assessments, mentor junior specialists, and support our subject matter experts in delivering exceptional outcomes for clients.

• Lead and quality assure Marine Mammal chapters for EIAs and HRAs;
• Provide technical leadership across marine mammal impact assessment, underwater noise, survey methods, and mitigation design;
• Support project delivery on a wide range of offshore consenting work, including wind, tidal, carbon capture and subsea infrastructure projects;
• Project manage scopes and liaise with clients and stakeholders; and
• Support us in maintaining best practice standards, client relationships, and industry leadership.

Requirements

Essential Experience & Qualifications

• Experience as an environmental consultant in offshore wind, tidal, or marine energy consenting or equivalent experience
• Strong track record in authoring EIA and HRA marine mammal assessments for offshore projects, as well as protected species licensing
• Master's degree or higher in marine biology, ecology, zoology, quantitative ecology, or related field
• Proven expertise in marine mammals and underwater sound, and a strong understanding of stakeholder concerns including those of regulators and nature conservation bodies
• Solid understanding of survey and monitoring techniques
• Good working knowledge of mitigation measures to reduce impacts on marine mammals
• Confident communicator with excellent analytical and writing skills

About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.