Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant

AECOM; Glasgow; Híbrido; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AECOM in the UK seeks a Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant based in Glasgow or Edinburgh to lead ground investigation and remediation projects. You will ensure technical quality, budgets, and schedules while working with a multidisciplinary team.

Most importantly, you will develop proposals, guide project phases from desk studies to final design, and apply your field experience, risk assessment, and Chartered status to deliver robust solutions across the UK.

Formación

• In-depth knowledge of contaminated land legislation in UK & Ireland, including Scotland.
• Field investigation experience: site management, drilling supervision, sampling & analysis.
• Experience designing and supervising geo-environmental site investigations.
• Expertise in robust conceptual site models.
• Qualitative/quantitative risk assessment for soil, water and ground gas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical documents.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver ground investigation and remediation projects on time and within budget.
• Operate with independence to maintain technical excellence and project management.
• Prepare fee proposals for external and internal clients.
• Lead project phases from desk study through feasibility to final design.
• Apply technical and commercial skills to manage all aspects of delivery.
• Collaborate effectively as part of a team to drive project success.

Conocimientos

Ground Investigation

Project Management

Risk Assessment

Desk Studies

Ground Gas Sampling

Educación

Chartered status / Progress towards chartership

Herramientas

CDM Regulations

Descripción del empleo

• Primary Location: UK - Glasgow - 177 Bothwell Street

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to shape the future of Investigations and Remediation? Want to further your career within one of the UK’s top soil, groundwater and remediation consultancies.

If so, this is the job for you. We’re seeking an experienced Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant to be based in our Glasgow or Edinburgh office. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career within an established and successful company that has welfare and wellbeing as core values.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deliver Projects: Take day-to-day responsibility for delivering ground investigation and remediation projects, ensuring technical quality, budget adherence, and program timelines.
• Work Independently: Operate with a high degree of independence to maintain technical excellence and project management.
• Prepare Proposals: Develop fee proposals for both external and internal clients, ensuring clear and competitive project outlines.
• Lead Project Phases: Guide projects from desk study and feasibility through to ground investigation, interpretation, and final design.
• Apply Technical Skills: Utilize your technical and commercial skills, knowledge, and experience to manage all aspects of project delivery.
• Collaborate: Work effectively as an ambitious team player, contributing to the success of the team and the projects.

Our award winning team serves a wide range of end markets and clients. Our experts provide one-stop access to services ranging from desk studies, site investigation, risk assessment, remediation (strategy development, design, implementation and validation), monitoring and close-out on a wide range of contracts. We work for leading UK and international clients on commissions of varying scale across all sectors, such as industrial, water, local government, strategic land holders, defence, ports, road and rail.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• In-depth knowledge of contaminated land legislation, regulations and guidance across the UK and Ireland, with particular expertise in Scotland.
• Practical field investigation experience, including site management, drilling supervision, geo-environmental sample scheduling and analysis, groundwater and ground gas sampling, and remediation supervision.
• Experience designing, supervising and managing geo-environmental site investigations.
• Expertise in developing robust conceptual site models.
• Proficiency in qualitative and/or quantitative risk assessment relating to soil, water, ground gas and mine gas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise technical documents, including desk studies and interpretative reports.
• Chartered status, or progress towards chartership, with a relevant professional institution.
• A sound understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations and their application to site management.
• A full, clean driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK.

Additional Information

We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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