Soils and Agriculture Consultant

AECOM; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Soil and Agriculture Consultant to support various projects including soil surveys and land management. The role involves engaging with clients, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates should hold a degree in environmental science or a related field, possess strong soil surveying and report writing skills, and be adaptable to fieldwork conditions. This position offers a flexible hybrid work model and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working model

Career development opportunities

Benefits package tailored to lifestyle

Qualifications

• Experience of soil surveying, ideally for agricultural land classification.
• Confidence to speak to farmers, landowners and land agents.
• Report writing skills, with experience producing a range of reports.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the health, safety and well-being culture of the team.
• Support liaison with project managers and clients.
• Organise and carry out desk studies.

Skills

Soil surveying

Report writing

Communication skills

Adaptability

Education

Degree in environmental science, agriculture or soil science

Job description

Responsibilities

• Participate in the health, safety and well-being culture of the team;
• Support liaison with project managers and clients on the delivery of soil and agricultural land components of multi‑disciplinary tenders and projects;
• Organise and carry out desk studies.
• Carry out soil surveys, including augering and excavation using hand tools;
• Assist, as appropriate to grade, with managing the technical and financial performance of projects to meet budgets and deadlines;
• Support the analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of soil data, including preparing reports and management plans;
• Communicate effectively and professionally with your line manager, other team members and related land‑based disciplines;
• Ensure compliance with internal business management procedures, including health and safety and technical quality of all advice and outputs, including self‑check of work.

Qualifications

• Ideally hold a degree (or equivalent) in environmental science, agriculture or soil science, or have equivalent practice‑based experience;
• Experience of soil surveying, ideally for agricultural land classification;
• Confidence to speak to farmers, landowners and land agents, including meeting in‑person;
• Adaptable and flexible approach to provide time in the field working away from home, including travel/overnight stays and working in inclement weather; and
• Report writing skills, with experience producing a range of reports and management plans.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we deliver a better world through infrastructure consulting that goes beyond construction to uplift communities and enhance lives. We are a global, Fortune 500 firm with over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create positive, tangible impact worldwide. Our work spans transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, and we pride ourselves on advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and ESG priorities.

Our Nature business unit includes a team of 230 professional experts in soils and land management who support habitat creation, ecosystem restoration and land‑use planning. As a Soil and Agriculture Consultant within the Nature team, you will work in Cambridge, Leeds or another UK office while enjoying a flexible hybrid model.

Some of the projects you’ll support include the largest solar farms in the UK, infrastructure and residential developments, and electricity network upgrades such as the Great Grid Partnership. You’ll collaborate with forestry, arboriculture, landscape, GIS, engineering, sustainability and drainage disciplines, and you’ll have opportunities to combine field soil surveys with report writing and management plan development.

We offer a nurturing mentoring and coaching framework, internal and external training, a career development pathway, technical practice networks, AECOM University and volunteering days. Our benefits package is tailored to fit your lifestyle and supports your future and well‑being.

Join Us

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to explore employee stories, latest projects and more. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and believe in each person’s potential. If you’re ready to join a team of talented land management specialists and shape the future of sustainable land use, apply now.