Environmental Specialist: Water & Wastewater Projects

Mott MacDonald; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension contributions

Annual bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Bentley seeks an Environmental Specialist to join its environment team and support major water projects in the UK. You will identify risks, plan containment strategies, and coordinate inputs from multiple disciplines to deliver compliant outcomes.

The role requires broad environmental knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to prioritise tasks across regions. Flexible and agile working options are available within the joint venture framework.

Qualifications

• Identify environmental risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop environmental risk mitigation measures considering cost, time, safety and social impacts.
• Coordinate inputs from heritage, archaeology, ecology, geomorphology to meet standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify environmental risks throughout the project lifecycle, from solution definition to completion.
• Support project teams to develop environmental risk mitigation measures with cost, time, compliance, safety and social impacts.
• Coordinate inputs (heritage, archaeology, ecology, geomorphology) to ensure environmental tasks are completed on time and to standard.
• Produce environmental deliverables at milestones (e.g., EIA screening, environmental management plans).
• Lead liaison with environmental regulators and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Engage with clients on environmental and consenting matters to strengthen relationships.
• Demonstrate understanding of ecology, archaeology, drainage, geotechnics, contaminated land, landscape and noise.

Skills

Environmental risk assessment

Regulatory liaison

Environmental management

Stakeholder communication

Heritage/archaeology coordination

Education

Chartered status (desirable)

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley seeks an Environmental Specialist to join its environment team and support major water projects in the UK. You will identify risks, plan containment strategies, and coordinate inputs from multiple disciplines to deliver compliant outcomes.

The role requires broad environmental knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to prioritise tasks across regions. Flexible and agile working options are available within the joint venture framework.