Senior Environmental Consultant

slihrms; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

International remote working options

Flexible holiday allowances

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced Environmental Consultant to lead EIAR and non-statutory environmental reporting for infrastructure and development projects in Ireland. You will coordinate deliverables, liaise with clients and regulators, and manage budgets on mid-size environmental assignments.

The role requires a degree in environmental science or engineering, with Chartered membership preferred, and proven post-graduate consultancy experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in an environmental science or engineering discipline (Master's preferred).
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (or working towards it).
• Post-graduate consultancy experience, including Environmental Impact Assessment Reporting and non-statutory environmental reporting.
• Experience across sectors such as transport and energy with strong knowledge of Irish planning and environmental legislation, guidance and best practices.
• Excellence in technical report writing, including EIAR chapters, EIA screenings, and non-statutory reports.
• Experience in project and budget management, environmental survey coordination, and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficiency in GIS tools (QGIS, MapInfo, or ArcGIS) is desirable.
• Strong communication, analytical, and mentoring skills.
• Full, clean driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate environmental inputs to infrastructure and development projects, including EIARs, EIA screenings, and non-statutory environmental reports.
• Manage smaller environmental projects independently, including client liaison, budget oversight, and timely delivery.
• Support project managers and principal environmental scientists on larger projects by coordinating environmental deliverables, timelines, and resources.
• Apply technical specialism to deliver high-quality assessments and advice.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members.
• Engage with clients, regulators, and stakeholders to ensure effective communication and successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to business development activities, including proposals, scopes, and fee estimates.

Skills

Environmental reporting

Project coordination

Client liaison

Budget management

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Degree in environmental science or engineering

Tools

GIS tools (QGIS/MapInfo/ArcGIS)

Job description

Your role

• Lead and coordinate environmental inputs to infrastructure and development projects, including the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs), EIA screenings, and non-statutory environmental reports.
• Manage smaller environmental projects independently, including client liaison, budget oversight, and timely delivery.
• Support project managers and principal environmental scientists on larger, multidisciplinary projects by coordinating environmental deliverables, timelines, and resources.
• Apply your technical specialism (e.g. air quality, climate, noise & vibration, or related discipline) to deliver high-quality assessments and advice.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, supporting their development and contributing to a collaborative team culture.
• Engage with clients, regulators, and stakeholders to ensure effective communication and successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to business development activities, including the preparation of proposals, scopes, and fee estimates.

About you

• A degree in a relevant environmental science or engineering discipline (e.g. environmental science, sustainability, air and climate, noise, geology, hydrogeology); a Master's is preferred but not essential.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (or working towards it).
• Relevant post-graduate consultancy experience, including Environmental Impact Assessment Reporting and non-statutory environmental reporting.
• Proven experience across sectors such as transport and energy, with strong knowledge of Irish planning and environmental legislation, guidance, and best practices.
• Demonstrated excellence in technical report writing, including EIAR chapters, EIA screenings, and non-statutory reports.
• Experience in project and budget management, environmental survey coordination, and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficiency in GIS tools (QGIS, MapInfo, or ArcGIS) is desirable.
• Strong communication, analytical, and mentoring skills.
• Full, clean driver's license.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture, international remote working opportunities, and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular