Principal Geo Environmental Consultant

RPS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in environmental consulting seeks a Principal Geo Environmental Consultant in London. The role involves managing contaminated land projects, ensuring compliance, and mentoring junior staff. With a competitive salary and numerous benefits, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic team.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Health Screening

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional Memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in Phase 1 and Phase 2 reporting writing and technical review.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing project finances and resources.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee land contamination and environmental assessment projects.
• Contribute to business development activities and client meetings.
• Provide support to junior team members and manage project resources.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Review

Bid Writing

Client Relationship Management

Health and Safety Management

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Post graduate MSc or PhD

Job description

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We are looking for a Principal Environmental Consultant (Contaminated Land) to join our Environmental Compliance and Ground Engineering Team in London.

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

You will be responsible for managing and overseeing land contamination and environmental assessment projects from pre-commencement to completion and close out. Projects will be across a variety of sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, energy and aviation. You will be providing a range of services relating to environmental and land contamination management, including those relating to sales and acquisitions, planning, permitting and risk management.

The role is based in London but forms part of a UK-wide team undertaking projects across the country. You will be a team player, providing support to more senior members in managing the team and taking an active role in mentoring and supporting the development of junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Your responsibilities will include bid writing, project management, reporting and technical review as required, in addition to health and safety management, resourcing and financial control.
• At this level you will be expected to contribute to business development activities to support the winning of new work, both with existing and with new clients, and to help to develop and grow the team. This will include attending client meetings and events and giving presentations as required.
• You will strive for technical excellence, continuing to learn and stay abreast of developments in legislation and good practice guidance and support the team to do the same.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and driven professional with relevant degree or equivalent, ideally with a post graduate MSc. or PhD, relevant professional experience and Chartered with an appropriate professional industry group. Experience in Phase 1 and Phase 2 reporting writing and technical review, proposal writing, project management, including booking and managing site investigations, and excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• You should be confident in managing project finances and resources from project inception to close out, including change management, experienced in managing a wide variety of subcontractors and have experience of health and safety management and CDM regulations.
• You will need to be approachable and confident in managing and directing junior staff. You should be strong in a client facing role and in giving client presentations as required, with the ability to build lasting client relationships with new and existing clients with a view to increasing work generation.
• Experience of detailed quantitative risk assessment, PFAS risk assessment and environmental management of operational sites is desirable.
  
  

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.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.

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.

Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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