Senior Environmental Manager

RPS Group; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental consultancy is seeking a Senior Environmental Manager to lead key environmental projects across the UK. This role involves managing client consents and overseeing project delivery. Applicants should possess a degree in a relevant field, have strong communication skills, and experience in the construction sector. The position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

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

Dental Cover

Professional Memberships

Access to BenefitHub

Qualifications

• Experience in the environmental aspects of development projects.
• Knowledge of hybrid bills, DCO, TWA, and TCPA planning regimes required.
• Experience in the construction sector, particularly post-planning consent.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management and delivery of environmental project key activities.
• Provide advice on consent applications or compliance.
• Serve as project manager or project director for environmental team delivery.

Skills

Strong knowledge of environmental requirements

Excellent communication skills

Highly organized

Experience in delivering consents under hybrid bills, DCO

Education

Degree in Environmental or related subject

MSc or further professional qualifications

Job description

Senior Environmental Manager

We are searching for an experienced Senior Environmental Manager at our Bristol Temple Quay facility.

Primary duties and responsibilities

RPS is looking for a Senior Environmental Manager to join our Environment & Infrastructure Team. You'll be leading on the management and delivery of some of our environmental teams key projects across the UK and helping our clients manage and obtain environmental consents including for national infrastructure schemes and renewable energy projects.

What you’ll be doing

This is a key position where you will facilitate the integration of consents and consenting activities into project delivery, across design, assessment and construction.

It’s an exciting role that will vary greatly from day to day. Some days will be spent working with our clients and attending meetings and workshops and providing advice to help manage their consent applications or compliance. Other days will be spent working with our various environmental teams with their delivery programmes and schedules. You’ll most likely find yourself either working as a project manager or project director taking responsibility of our environmental teams delivery for the projects you are working on. You’ll be the main project point of contact for our clients, manage key environmental stakeholder interfaces and will be responsible for the financial performance of your projects.

Key responsibilities

Given the nature of the role we’re looking for someone who is highly organised, an excellent communicator and leads projects from the front. You’ll need strong knowledge of environmental requirements during major development and infrastructure projects in the UK. We expect you to have a degree (or equivalent) in an environmental or related subject. An MSc or further professional qualifications would be helpful but not essential. The role would suit someone who has led on the environmental aspects of development projects and worked in the construction sector, particularly post‑planning consent and during detail design and construction stages of projects. Strong experience in delivering consents under hybrid bills, DCO, TWA and TCPA planning regimes will be highly valuable.

What’s in it for you

Competitive salary and many 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 wellbeing initiatives and mental health support)
• Dental Cover
• Professional Memberships
• 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.

Company culture

RPS is a diverse community that values different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We respect one another, recognise the potential and contribution of everyone, and prioritise wellbeing. Flexible working, agile offices, and hybrid working are standard. A career here is far from ordinary, and you’re not a number but part of the solution.

Employment details

• Permanent

• Annual Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.