Senior Environmental Specialist

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy seeks a Senior Environmental Specialist for their London office. The role involves collaborating with a team of specialists to provide support on large infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with UK EIA regulations while working on international projects. Candidates should possess extensive experience in environmental consultancy, strong communication skills, and be open to international travel.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Impressive Benefits Package

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience in ESIA/EIA.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills.
• Membership or pursuit of membership in IEMA or similar body is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing support on planning, ESIA/EIA, and managing project tasks.
• Coordinating a wide range of tasks and studies.
• Mentoring junior staff and supporting business development.

Skills

Report Writing

Presentation Skills

Client Interaction

GIS Knowledge

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Environmental or Ecological Discipline

Tools

QGIS

ArcGIS

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Client:

Dar

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Company Overview:

Dar, the founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization specializing in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with 20,500 professionals, Dar connects people, places, and communities through innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. We deliver projects from inception through completion, embracing challenges to empower communities worldwide. Learn more at www.dar.com.

THE REQUIREMENT

Dar is a leading international and multidisciplinary consulting firm, with offices in London and throughout the Middle East and Africa. We are seeking to recruit an experienced and talented environmental consultant to work in our London design office.

The right candidate will join an established team of environmental and social specialists based in London and will:

• Be a confident, positive individual, with capacity to interact with clients through meetings and presentations.
• Have strong, proven experience with the UK EIA legislation, but also an interest in large international projects (international experience, particularly in developing countries is preferred). Any experience of working within the environmental and social safeguard requirements of international finance (WB/IFC, EIB, AfDB, etc) will be valued.
• Preferably have strong knowledge in a specialist area (biodiversity specialism is preferred, but air quality, noise, water quality or advanced GIS will also be valued).
• Be an enthusiastic team player, with a desire and flexibility to work on highly regulated environments (UK) but also more uncertain contexts.

Have availability for international travel, typically for 1 week at a time, but with the possibility for more extended travelling periods (1 to 3 weeks).

THE ROLE

Key accountabilities:

• Providing support on planning, ESIA/EIA, ESMS, SEA of very large infrastructure projects, and be responsible for the delivery of project tasks to satisfy client requirements.
• Leading and co-ordinating a wide range of tasks and studies.
• Management of specialist sub-consultants.
• Supporting business development activities including technical proposal writing and project budget estimation.

Supervising, managing and mentoring of junior staff.

• Bachelor’s and/or Masters in a relevant environmental or ecological discipline.

Membership or working towards full membership of IEMA, IES, CIEEM, CIWEM, or similar body is preferred.

Work Experience:

• At least 5-8 years of relevant work experience in ESIA / EIA. UK EIA experience is a must, but additional international experience (international ESIA) is preferred.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary consultancy.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills, with the ability to write clear and concise reports.
• Good knowledge of GIS (QGIS or ArcGIS).

Experience working in Africa and the Middle East, and additional language skill (Portuguese, French) would be an advantage.

Core Competencies

• Candidates must be fluent in written and spoken English and have good report writing and presentation abilities.
• Always demonstrate a positive attitude and be a good team worker.

Competitive Salary along with impressive benefits package!

* While we carefully review all applications, only candidates meeting the specified requirements will be contacted for further consideration. We appreciate your understanding and thank all applicants for their interest.

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