Junior Consultant - Land & Water Quality

Antea Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Junior Consultant to support EHS consulting operations. The role involves contributing to ground investigations, producing reports, and requires a degree in Geology or Environmental Science. This entry-level position offers training and development, a hybrid work model, and a competitive salary with benefits including health insurance and annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Health insurance

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Entry level position.
• Proven technical mapping experience with QGIS and/or CAD is desirable.
• Full UK driving license is required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning and delivery of ground investigations.
• Supervise geo-environmental ground investigations.
• Produce high quality factual and interpretative reporting.

Skills

Awareness of geo-environmental legislation

Field/site assessment work

Ability to produce factual reports

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in Geology, Environmental Science or Geography

Tools

QGIS

CAD

Job description

About Antea Group

Antea Group is a global environment, health, safety, and sustainability consulting firm. By combining strategic thinking with technical expertise, we solve client challenges and create a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable world. We work in partnership with and advise many of the world’s leading companies to address ESG-business challenges in a way that fits their pace and unique objectives. Our consultants equip organizations to better understand threats, capture opportunities, and find a position of strength. We maintain a global perspective on business issues through not only our work with multinational clients, but also through our sister organizations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America and as a founding member of the Inogen Alliance.

About the Position

We are looking for a versatile and highly motivated Junior Consultant to join our dynamic and successful Land and Water Quality team, supporting our Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) consulting operations. Based from the South East UK, we need someone with the ability to work as part of a team, as well as autonomously with efficient decision-making skills to suit the needs of the project, team and self.

This entry level role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the planning, delivery and management of ground investigations and geo-environmental assessments for major industry clients. With support and guidance from the team, the successful candidate will work across all stages of project delivery – from the planning of simple projects and assignments, identifying key milestones and time frames for delivery, supervising geo-environmental ground investigations, to producing high quality factual and interpretative reporting.

To be successful in this role, individuals must demonstrate:

• An awareness and developing working knowledge of relevant geo-environmental legislation, standards and guidance.
• An awareness and developing working knowledge of office-based and field/site assessment work, including collation, analysis and interpretation of ground investigation data.
• An awareness and developing working knowledge of ground models and conceptual site models.
• With supervision and guidance, can produce structured factual reports and has a developing working knowledge of the production of structured geo-environmental interpretative reports (or other relevant outputs) to support the client’s business needs.
• An awareness and developing working knowledge computer software and technical guidance documents to support the assessment of data appropriate to the required outcome for a project or assignment.
• Sound communication and personal effectiveness skills.
• A developing ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels.
• A full UK driving license.

Required skillset and experience

• Entry level position
• Degree in Geology, Environmental Science or Geography required.
• Proven technical mapping experience with QGIS and/or CAD - desirable.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to project sites across the UK.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Our EHS consulting operation in the United Kingdom is supported by our sister company, Antea Group USA.

This position will be a hybrid role, with travel required to Antea Group offices or client premises in the United Kingdom.

Antea Group UK offer a competitive pay and benefits package including competitive basic salary, company pension scheme, 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays increasing with service, the opportunity to buy additional leave, and supported training and professional development opportunities. Vitality health insurance is provided to all Antea UK employees which covers a huge range of health treatments, video GP consultations, and physiotherapy, cover for optical, dental and hearing. The Antea UK Vitality policy offers a huge variety of exciting perks and, by getting active every week, new discounts are unlocked.