Principal Contaminated Land / Geo-Environmental Consultant

WSP; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in the UK is seeking Senior and Principal Contaminated Land / Geo-environmental Consultants to enhance their team. This role involves managing site investigations, preparing technical reports, and ensuring compliance with safety and health standards. Candidates should have a relevant technical degree and knowledge of the UK land contamination regime. The position offers a flexible and hybrid working environment along with strong career development potential.

Qualifications

• Relevant technical degree in chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, or environmental science.
• Knowledge of planning and management of site investigations.
• Experience with CDM Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and tasks effectively.
• Oversee site investigations and environmental sampling.
• Prepare technical reports on investigations and remediation.

Skills

Knowledge of site investigations

Understanding of UK land contamination regime

Data handling and GIS

Report writing

Risk assessment

Education

Relevant technical degree (chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, environmental science)

Job description

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

To find out more about our Ground and Water business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/hubs/environment

A little more about your role…

We are seeking to grow our world class team to ensure we continue to deliver the high calibre of service and technical excellence both we and our clients expect. We are involved in many key projects of regional and national significance, which we deliver alongside our core UK and global framework projects.

With a strong pipeline of confirmed work moving into 2025, we have an opportunity for Senior and Principal Contaminated Land / Geo-environmental Consultants to join our team across the UK. This role is specifically to support contaminated land assessment and remediation projects.

We offer a flexible and hybrid work environment, enabling our employees to work from home for part of the week.

This position offers excellent career development potential including training and mentoring. A competitive salary and benefits package will be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Project and task management
• Management of site investigations
• Supervision of field work including soil logging and environmental sampling, chemical and geotechnical testing, groundwater sampling and ground gas monitoring
• Data collation, review and interpretation
• Preparation and review of technical reports including desk studies, ground investigation reports and remediation options appraisals and verification reports.
• Site investigation design
• Development of client relationships
• Ensuring that all work is delivered in line with procedures and to the highest safety, health and environmental standards
• Support to early careers professionals

Your Team

Our team of over 150 professionals at all grades provides land contamination management services to private and public sector clients in the property, government agency, industrial, defence and nuclear sectors. We have expertise across all aspects of contaminated land meaning we have the means to support and develop career development. We have several exciting projects in the pipeline including supporting with the energy transition and nuclear decommissioning.

WSP provides an excellent environment in which to grow professionally, and the successful candidate will be fully supported with their continued development. The successful candidate will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with and being supported by team members, project managers and project directors.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

Experience

• Knowledge of the requirements for planning, designing and management of site investigations
• Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations and their application to safe design and implementation of site investigations
• Understanding of the land contamination regime within the UK and the risk-based approach to the assessment of land contamination
• Report writing including presenting complex technical information in a concise and accurate manner
• Data handling, including experience in the use of GIS is desirable
• Of different regulatory regimes, e.g. development planning consenting (TCPA and DCO), environmental permitting, due diligence, nuclear site end states and GRR, environmental impact assessment
• Of specialist technical areas, e.g. quantitative risk assessment, waste/material management, radiological characterisation, hydrogeology, remediation

Qualifications

• Relevant technical degree e.g. chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, or environmental science
• Working towards / be prepared to work towards Chartership / Professional Qualification (e.g. QP) with a relevant institution
• Able to travel to sites across the UK as required

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.