Geo Environmental Associate Director

RPS; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Associate Director in the Environmental Compliance and Ground Engineering Team. In this pivotal role, you will lead geoenvironmental projects, manage client relationships, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on diverse projects that contribute to sustainable development. With a strong emphasis on professional growth, you'll have access to a personal development plan and flexible working arrangements. Be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your career journey in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Group Disability Scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Screening

Employee Assistance Programme

Dental Cover

Professional Memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multidisciplinary projects and teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of ground conditions assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support a team in delivering geoenvironmental projects across the UK.
• Manage project delivery from client engagement to final reporting.

Skills

Project Management

Geoenvironmental Assessment

Client Engagement

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science

Master's Degree in a relevant field

Tools

GIR/GDR Reports

NEC Contracts

Job description

RPS Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

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We are looking for an Associate Director to join our Environmental Compliance and Ground Engineering Team in several locations across the UK.

RPS projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. With us, you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.

What You’ll Be Doing

This is a key position where you will be supporting a team of geoenvironmental specialists delivering desk studies, intrusive ground investigations, GIR / GDR reports, remedial methodologies and validation reports, Material Management Plans, waste management, waste classification, coal mining risk assessments, mineral assessments and high quality development advice.

You will be managing all elements of the delivery of ground conditions and multidisciplinary consenting, due diligence and construction projects across the UK. You will be managing inputs from initial client engagement (proposals and agreement of terms), throughout the project delivery process (technical delivery, coordination of deliverables, client liaison / care, financial management) for various scales of projects from small scale residential to large construction projects.

You will be coordinating major multidisciplinary and ground conditions related bids.

Key Responsibilities

Given the nature of the role we’re looking for someone who is highly organised, is an excellent communicator, commercially astute and leads projects from the front. You’ll need a strong technical knowledge of a wide variety of ground conditions assessments and ideally an appreciation of wider disciplines (ecology, archaeology, flood risk etc). Experience of reviewing and agreeing terms of appointment and management of works under various contracts such as the NEC suite of contracts is highly desirable.

The role would suite someone with significant project delivery experience in a multidisciplinary consultancy, who enjoys varied and interesting projects, is keen to learn and develop and is a natural problem solver.

What’s in it for you?

We will provide you with a competitive salary, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards.

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

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• Seniority level

  Director

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  Full-time

Job function

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  Other

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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