Senior Consultant (Land Quality)

Sweco; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks

Competitive pension contribution

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

Professional subscriptions paid

25 days holiday + 5 extra days

Cycle2Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts via Sweco Benefit Select

Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle

Tree planting for new starters

Job summary

Sweco is seeking a Senior Land Quality Consultant to join our Infrastructure and Environment Division in the UK. You will deliver land quality assessments and brownfield regeneration for public and private clients across the UK, leading projects and mentoring junior staff.

The role emphasizes site supervision, report writing, and client relationship development, with a strong pipeline of work and flexible hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification, MSc in a relevant technical subject.
• Chartered or working towards Chartership with a professional body.
• Knowledge of best practice guidance, regulation and legislation in contaminated land.
• Experience in site visits, investigations and remediation works to high HSE standards.
• Proven ability to collect, manage, analyse and interpret data.
• Strong report writing for Phase 1 desk studies to verification reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide geo-environmental consultancy services for land quality assessments.
• Prepare desk studies, site investigations, risk assessments and validation reports.
• Supervise sites during investigations, remediation, demolition and construction.
• Lead small or medium projects and progress to larger ones.
• Lead proposals and bids and develop client relationships.
• Produce clear, well-presented reports and mentor juniors.

Skills

Geo-environmental assessments

Report writing

Site supervision

Project management

Education

MSc in a relevant technical subject

Chartered status or working towards Chartership

Job description

Do you have what it takes to transform society?

We are currently looking for a Senior Land Quality Consultant who is ambitious, adaptable and strategic to join our Land Quality team within our Infrastructure and Environment Division.

What does the role involve?

As a Senior Land Quality Consultant, you will undertake site and office based work supporting UK-wide delivery of land quality assessment and brownfield regeneration schemes for a range of public and private sector clients.

With a strong pipeline of work over the next year and beyond, now is an exciting time to join our growing team in the UK!

If you want to be part of a company who are just the right size to provide our clients with a personal, attentive and engaged service and large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

Typical Duties Will Include

• Providing consultancy services in relation to geo-environmental assessments
• Preparing desk study, site investigation, risk assessment and validation reports.
• Site supervision during site investigations, remediation, demolition and construction programmes as required including liaison with internal/external clients and sub-contractors.
• Acting as project manager on small or medium sized projects and progressing towards managing large projects.
• Leading/ assisting in the production of proposals/bids.
• Developing and enhancing new and existing internal and external client relationships.
• Preparing drawings and well written clear, accurate and well presented reports.
• Acting as a mentor to junior employees.

What do you need to be successful in the role?

• Qualified to degree level, preferably to MSc level in a relevant technical subject.
• Chartered or working towards Chartership with an appropriate professional body.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of best practice guidance, regulation and legislation in contaminated land.
• Applied knowledge and understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations.
• Proven experience in facilitating, delivering and managing site visits, investigations and/or remediation works in line with the highest health, safety and environmental standards.
• Track record in design and supervision of site investigation works including experience in a variety of techniques, good site management, supervision of contractors, soil logging, chemical and geotechnical sampling and analysis, gas and groundwater monitoring.
• Demonstrated experience in collecting, managing, analysing, and interpreting data.
• Highly experienced in technical report writing including Phase 1 desk studies, factual and interpretative ground investigations, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, remediation option appraisals and verification reports.
• Experience of managing deliverables on land regeneration frameworks i.e. gas infrastructure/utility clients is desirable.
• Full driving licence.

What’s in it for you?

You will work with experienced land quality consultants who share a passion for working together with our clients to deliver technical excellence.

Join us, and grow your career in an inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged and supported in their growth and development and your work as a land quality consultant helps transform society.

We hire for potential, not just a checklist. If you believe you have the passion and transferable skills to succeed, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you, even if your CV doesn't perfectly match the description.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco!

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

About Us

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco 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.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK .

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

Sweco UK&I have an internal resourcing team who are responsible for all recruiting activity. We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted agencies who we work with on those “hard to fill” roles.

We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

Our Preferred Supplier List was reviewed in November 2025 and we are not looking to add any additional agencies. We’ll be reviewing the PSL again at the end of 2026 and non‑compliance with the above statements could be detrimental to you having the opportunity to be included.

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