Senior EIA Consultant

Job :

Location:

United Kingdom Department:
Environmental Planning Business Unit: AUK UKWork Type:
On-site

Date Posted:
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:
As part of a growing and agile business, our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant with a broad range of EIA experience. You will manage small to medium sized Environmental Impact Assessments projects and work closely with our clients.  

As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations

Role accountabilities:

Championing high standards of environmental performance within multidisciplinary engineering projects, influencing project development, and delivering optimal environmental outcomes

Coordinating the delivery of environmental work being undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams across a range of projects

Competently undertake your own work to an excellent standard, and review the work of others

Proactively managing selected projects or components of projects, taking responsibility for resource allocation, managing subcontractors, quality assurance and client feedback and ensuring effective communication of any changes/modifications

Contribute to tender proposal/ bids - working as part of a project winning team Providing environmental advice and support to clients, project managers and colleagues

Engaging with consultees and stakeholders

Working closely with technical specialists

Developing outstanding reports - an ability to summarise and explain outcomes to non-technical audiences will be critical for this Managing projects, overseeing our performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety

Qualifications &

Experience:

A good working knowledge of EIA practices and procedures and a solid understanding of environmental and sustainability principles

Experienced across a range of project types, ideally within the energy, residential/mixed use/ regeneration sector, as well as in other major infrastructure projects including rail/ highways

Practical working knowledge of the UK planning system and consenting process

Strong report writing, verbal and presentation skills with proven experience in reviewing the work of others to ensure quality

Experience in multi-disciplinary co-ordination of projects, with good project management and technical skills, demonstrated professionalism in the creation and delivery of reports and presentations

Experience in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities, regulators, and stakeholders

Desired:
Experience in the delivery of SEA and/ or Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) projects,   Knowledge and application experience of sustainability, waste…