Senior Geo-environmental Consultant

Tetra Tech Europe; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Tetra Tech is seeking a Senior Geo-environmental Consultant to work in Birmingham, shaping ground risk strategies for high-value projects across renewables, transport and property sectors.

You will lead fieldwork, desk studies and risk assessments, managing budgets and client relationships while delivering high-quality technical outputs and mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Chartered or working towards chartership in a relevant professional body.
• Degree in earth, environmental or engineering discipline is expected.
• Experience in geo-environmental consultancy with focus on contaminated land, risk assessment and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Manage geo-environmental projects from start to finish, including budgets and timelines.
• Provide robust technical advice and produce clear outputs for clients and regulators.
• Mentor junior staff and support business development and proposals.
• Supervise data collection, fieldwork and subcontractors to ensure quality of data.

Skills

Geology

Contaminated land assessment

Land quality assessment

Site investigation

Remediation strategy development

Geohazards awareness

Education

Earth/environmental/engineering degree

Job description

Tetra Tech is looking for a Senior Geo-environmental Consultant to work in Birmingham

Shape the ground risk strategy behind complex, high-value projects that influence how places are planned, designed and delivered.

Purpose and Scope of the Role

As a Senior Geo-environmental Consultant, you will play an important role within the Ground Risk and Remediation team, supporting a broad portfolio of medium and large-scale projects across renewable energy, transport, property, residential and water sectors. You will aid delivery of geo-environmental work from desk studies, fieldwork, feasibility studies and risk assessments through to planning, design and construction.

The role combines the requirement for field experience, technical diligence, project management and client engagement. You will manage projects and budgets ranging from a few thousand pounds to several hundred thousand pounds, supporting more senior staff and provide practical, risk-based assessment of contaminated land and controlled waters, remediation and ground investigation. You will be part of a collaborative, high-performing team, with the potential to mentor more junior staff.

Your Impact in this Position

In the short term, you will take ownership of live projects and be responsible for delivery, cost and quality.

In the medium term, you will help grow repeat business, broaden your exposure to major multidisciplinary work and take a stronger role in shaping technical delivery.

Over the longer term, this role offers clear progression with the opportunity to develop into a trusted technical leader expanding your influence across the business.

Core Capabilities

Technical Geo-environmental Expertise

• You will bring demonstrable experience in UK geology, contaminated land assessment, land quality assessment, site investigation, chemical testing and remediation strategy development. You will be confident providing robust technical advice and producing clear, defensible outputs for clients and regulators. Experience of engineering geology and assessment of geohazards would be advantageous.

Project Management and Delivery

• You will manage geo-environmental projects from start to finish, maintaining delivery, budgets and programme while balancing technical quality and commercial awareness. You will make sound decisions, resolve issues early and keep projects moving with minimal supervision.

Stakeholder and Client Engagement

• You will act as a credible point of contact for clients, contractors, regulators and internal colleagues, building confidence through clear communication and responsive delivery. You will support in meetings, manage expectations and help strengthen long-term client relationships.

Data Acquisition

• You will be responsible for supervision of sub-consultants and sub-contractors to ensure that data is being efficiently and accurately recorded in the field for relevant testing, assessment and interpretation.

Reporting, Review and Technical Assurance

• You will prepare and review technical reports, including contaminated land and controlled water risk assessments and remediation strategies, ensuring outputs are accurate, concise and suitable for presentation to clients and regulatory bodies. You will maintain high standards of quality and consistency across all deliverables.

Mentoring and Development

• You will support the development of junior colleagues through coaching, feedback and practical guidance, while contributing to proposals, repeat business and wider team growth. You will bring a collaborative approach that supports both capability-building and commercial success.

An interest in the capture, interpretation and presentation of digital data would be an advantage to provide synergy with our current ambition to lead on accuracy and efficiency in this field.

Qualifications And Training

You will ideally be chartered or working towards chartership with a relevant professional body, and hold experience in geo-environmental consultancy, with a strong focus on contaminated land, risk assessment and remediation. A relevant degree in a suitable earth, environmental or engineering discipline is expected.

Work Patterns and Locations

This role is based in Birmingham and follows a hybrid working model. Regular office attendance is expected to support collaboration, team development and client engagement, alongside site supervision and external meetings. Flexible working can be considered within the needs of the business and project delivery.

Why join Tetra Tech?

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services working across the full project lifecycle worldwide. We have a wide range of expertise across our teams, providing a global support network with a personalised approach to client relationships to better understand where we can add value. We provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity.

We support public and private sector clients on local, national, and international projects to deliver sustainable and resilient solutions. Our operations in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands include more than 6,000 employees who are Leading with Science to solve our clients’ most complex problems.

In alignment with the Equality Act 2010, we will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees requiring additional arrangements. This could include adaptations to work schedules, training approaches, or the physical workspace. Please inform us if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process or in your day-to-day role.