Environmental Planner – Permitting & Planning Expert

Environmental Planner; Teddington; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Car allowance

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

MWH Treatment is seeking an Environmental Planner to strengthen the Enabling team in the Thames Region. You will bridge feasibility, design and construction, guiding environmental consenting, EIA planning and maintaining schedules from scoping to site start.

Essentially you will advise design teams, coordinate planning and permit requirements, input into project costs and support client meetings with regulators and consultants. The role offers hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of environmental management/consenting.
• Strong written and verbal communication and negotiating skills.
• Good IT skills
• Effective time and workload management
• Flexible approach
• Ability to define goals and plan to deliver them
• Full driving licence

Responsibilities

• Consult with designers and project managers to understand project scope and advise on environmental consenting requirements.
• Assist with identification and coordination of EIA/town planning requirements.
• Coordinate the delivery of project level design 3rd party / Environmental Risk Reviews and identify planning and environmental scopes of work.
• Input into project costs.
• Coordinate with Client Environmental Planners/Planning consultants to prepare information/documentation required for EIA Screening and planning applications, as directed by the client.
• Provide support to meetings with the client, statutory consultees and third parties (as required and directed by the client).
• Coordinate with designers/project managers on environmental matters to confirm design solutions.
• Coordinate GIS support to assist with the production of Environmental Constraints Maps, as required.
• Identify the requirements for Environmental Permitting (EPR) support and liaise with the project team for the engagement of specialists to support EPR requirements.
• Assist with the delivery of communications with Local Planning Authorities and/or statutory consultees as necessary and instructed by the Client.
• Consultation with Environmental Regulators, as required.
• Coordinate the compilation of necessary documentation for environmental consents (EA consents, Flood Risk Permits, etc.).
• Assist with the delivery of biodiversity targets, as stipulated by the Client.

Skills

Environmental management/consenting

Written and verbal communication

IT skills

Time management

Flexible approach

Goal setting and delivery

Full driving licence

Education

CSCS Card

Environmental/town planning discipline

Project management (environmental)

Tools

GIS software

Job description

MWH Treatment is seeking an Environmental Planner to strengthen the Enabling team in the Thames Region. You will bridge feasibility, design and construction, guiding environmental consenting, EIA planning and maintaining schedules from scoping to site start.

Essentially you will advise design teams, coordinate planning and permit requirements, input into project costs and support client meetings with regulators and consultants. The role offers hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package.