Principal Environmental Consultant (Geo Environment)

Royal HaskoningDHV; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy that has been at the forefront of environmental solutions for over 30 years. This role offers the chance to leverage your skills in geo environmental assessments while working on exciting projects that contribute to sustainable development. You'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing society through innovative practices and collaborative efforts. With a strong emphasis on career growth and flexible working arrangements, this position is perfect for those looking to make a real impact in the environmental sector. Embrace the opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Benefits

Flexible working models

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in producing detailed geo environmental assessment reports.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements related to contaminated land.

Responsibilities

• Write and review geo environmental assessment reports for clients.
• Manage ground investigation contractors and design investigations.

Skills

Geo environmental assessment

Technical report writing

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Education

Degree in Environmental Science or related field

Tools

Risk assessment software

Job description

Are you looking for your next career step? Do you want the opportunity to work on a broad range of projects, using your environmental skills and experience to help support our clients through the regeneration of brownfield and greenfield sites? This role will provide you with this opportunity whilst working within a market leading environmental consultancy team.

About Our Environment Advisory Group:

Our Environment Group has been providing environmental solutions for our clients for over 30 years in the UK. We offer a comprehensive range of environmental services to support all sizes and types of development. From high profile infrastructure projects such as Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms and Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station, to carbon management, climate resilience, locally driven habitat enhancement and wider biodiversity net gain projects. We combine market-leading technical excellence, across the range of environmental disciplines, with a clear understanding of clients' ambitions, needs and pressures.

Our geo environmental team provides specialist support to complex infrastructure developments and their operations. We have successfully supported our clients in delivering sustainable projects across a range of sectors including energy, industry, residential and port redevelopment.

Job Role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic, optimistic, conscientious and talented person, with excellent communication skills and technical ability, and who has a wide range of experience within the geo environmental sector. As well as being able to write and review detailed geo environmental assessment reports for human health and controlled waters, we are looking for a person who has also authored bespoke reports tailor made for the subject area.

This role might be right for you if you have:

1. Experience and a track record in the production and technical reviewing of detailed geo environmental assessment reports including desk-based studies, general/detailed quantitative risk assessments, options appraisals, remediation strategies, specifications, verification and validation.
2. Experience in authoring bespoke reports within the subject area which may be required to support a particular client/site requirement.
3. An understanding of the Development Consent Order (DCO) process, and the production and review of associated reports including BRAG assessments, scoping reports, preliminary environmental information reports, environmental statements and associated documentation (such as statements of common ground, consultation documentation and writing written responses) for ground conditions.
4. Experience in mineral, waste, soil resource and hydrogeological risk assessments would also be advantageous.
5. A clear understanding of designing ground investigations, writing specifications and managing ground investigation contractors.
6. An excellent understanding of regulatory and legal requirements in relation to contaminated land.
7. Experience in dealing with the planning process in relation to contaminated land.
8. Excellent written and verbal communication, organisational, analytical and time management skills.
9. Good people skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

And if you are:

1. Dependable, pro-active and self-motivated.
2. Flexible and adaptive/innovative.

What we can offer you:

Ambitious. Exciting. Lively. Collaborative. Dynamic. That's how our colleagues describe our company. Want to contribute to Enhancing Society with your expertise? Be part of an open network where you're connected with the brightest and smartest people and technologies? Join us!

You can look forward to growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities and support on your career path. We have flexible working models to ensure a balance of family and working life.

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About Royal HaskoningDHV:

Royal HaskoningDHV has been connecting people for 140 years. Together, through our expertise and passion, we have helped contribute to a better society and improved people's lives with work underpinned by our sustainable values and goals. We are an independent international engineering and project management consultancy leading the way in sustainable development and innovation.

Royal HaskoningDHV is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

Location: Edinburgh, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester