Senior Environmental Consultant

Shirley Parsons; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shirley Parsons is partnering with a leading infrastructure and essential services organisation to recruit a Senior Environmental Consultant in the UK. You will own environmental assessments, influence design stages, and drive innovative solutions across transport, water, energy and telecoms sectors.

You will lead environmental delivery, mentor junior team members and shape the growth of a growing environmental consultancy function within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading environmental consultancy projects and EIA work.
• Strong strategic problem-solving abilities in complex environmental challenges.
• Passion for sustainability, biodiversity and carbon improvements on infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement with clients and regulators.
• Chartered or working towards chartership with leadership ambitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental delivery on major infrastructure schemes from concept to delivery.
• Champion sustainability, carbon reduction and biodiversity initiatives across projects.
• Provide specialist environmental advice and oversight of deliverables.
• Shape growth of the environmental consultancy function and improve processes.
• Mentor junior team members and develop talent.

Skills

Environmental leadership

Strategic problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Communication & influencing

Mentoring & team development

Education

Chartered status / working towards chartership

Job description

We're excited to be partnering with a leading infrastructure and essential services organisation that is continuing to invest heavily in the growth of its environmental and sustainability function. As they expand their consultancy capability, they're looking for an ambitious Senior Environmental Consultant to play a key role in delivering environmental excellence across some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to take ownership of complex projects, influence sustainable outcomes from the earliest design stages, and help shape the future direction of a growing consultancy team. You'll be trusted to lead environmental assessments, engage with key stakeholders, mentor junior colleagues and drive innovative solutions across projects spanning the transport, water, energy and telecoms sectors.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Leading Environmental Delivery on High-Profile Projects: Take ownership of environmental assessments and deliverables across major infrastructure schemes, influencing decisions from concept through to project delivery.
• Driving Sustainability, Carbon & Biodiversity Innovation: Champion initiatives that create measurable environmental improvements, helping projects achieve ambitious sustainability, carbon reduction and biodiversity objectives.
• Becoming a Trusted Technical Expert: Provide specialist environmental advice to project teams, clients and stakeholders while leading the production and review of high-quality technical deliverables.
• Shaping the Growth of a Thriving Consultancy Team: Support business growth through developing new service offerings, improving processes and contributing to the expansion of an established environmental consultancy function.
• Mentoring the Next Generation of Environmental Talent: Play an influential role in developing junior team members, sharing expertise and helping build a high-performing environmental team.

Who They're Looking For:

• An Experienced Environmental Leader: Someone with a solid track record in environmental consultancy or pre-construction environments, including the delivery of Environmental Impact Assessments and environmental studies.
• A Strategic Problem Solver: Able to navigate complex environmental challenges, identify opportunities and provide commercially practical solutions that add real value to projects.
• A Sustainability-Focused Professional: Passionate about driving improvements in sustainability, biodiversity and carbon performance across large-scale infrastructure projects.
• A Confident Communicator & Influencer: Comfortable building relationships with clients, regulators, planning authorities and multidisciplinary project teams while influencing positive environmental outcomes.
• An Ambitious Consultant Ready for the Next Step: Chartered, or working towards chartership, with the drive to take ownership, develop others and play a key role within a rapidly growing environmental consultancy team.