Principal EIA Consultant

Arcadis; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant to lead Environmental Impact Assessments across a range of projects. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, mentor colleagues, and work with clients to develop new business opportunities.

The role covers environmental management, consent processes, and delivering high-quality environmental outputs across the UK. The role requires strong EIA experience, leadership, and excellent report writing.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of EIA practices and procedures and environmental principles.
• Experience across energy, residential/mixed use, regeneration, and major infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating EIA screening and scoping and Environmental Statements.
• Knowledge of UK planning system and consenting process.
• Strong report writing, verbal and presentation skills.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary coordination and leadership of projects.
• Commercial awareness including forecasting, project management and QA.
• UK driving license

Responsibilities

• Lead on coordination and delivery of environmental work by multi-disciplinary teams
• Review and maintain high-quality outputs and mentor others
• Collaborate with Impact Assessment Team across the UK
• Manage projects and subcontractors, ensure resource allocation and QA
• Lead tender proposals and bids as part of a project-winning team
• Provide environmental advice to clients and project managers
• Engage with consultees and stakeholders
• Develop outstanding reports and explain outcomes to non-technical audiences
• Oversee performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health & safety

Skills

EIA coordination

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Leadership

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent qualification

Chartered status (or working towards)

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

As part of a growing and agile business, our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Principal Environmental Consultant with a broad range of EIA experience. You will work collaboratively with a range of technical specialists on a broad range of projects, lead and coordinate Environmental Impact Assessments and related deliverables, work closely with clients, develop new areas of business and mentor others in the team. As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities

• Leading on the coordination and delivery of environmental work being undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams, influencing project development, and delivering optimal environmental outcomes
• Undertaking your own work to an excellent standard, and reviewing the work of others
• Working in partnership with other members of the Impact Assessment Team across the UK
• Proactively managing selected projects or components of projects, taking responsibility for resource allocation, managing subcontractors and quality assurance
• Lead and support tender proposal/ bids - working as part of a project winning team
• Providing environmental advice and support to clients, project managers and colleagues
• Engaging with consultees and stakeholders
• Developing outstanding reports - an ability to summarise and explain outcomes to non-technical audiences will be critical for this
• Managing projects, overseeing our performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety

Qualifications & Experience

• Good knowledge of EIA practices and procedures and a solid understanding of environmental and sustainability principles and environmental technical specialisms
• Experience across a range of project types, ideally within the energy, residential/mixed use/ regeneration sector, as well as in other major infrastructure projects including rail/ highways
• Proven experience of managing and coordinating EIA screening and scoping activities and Environmental Statements including the technical review of specialist chapters
• Practical working knowledge of the UK planning system and consenting process
• Strong report writing, verbal and presentation skills with experience in reviewing the work of others to ensure quality
• Experience in multi-disciplinary co-ordination and leadership of projects, with good project management and technical skills
• Experience in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities, regulators and stakeholders
• The ability to work as part of an established team, supervising members of staff as applicable
• Commercial expertise, including forecasting, project management and quality assurance
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification, preferably with chartered status or working towards
• A valid UK driving licence
• Desired: Experience in the delivery of SEA and/ or Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) projects
• Desired: Knowledge and application experience of sustainability, waste or carbon assessments

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.