Environmental Consultant

Environmental Consultant

From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. With a world‑class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities alike. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Environmental Consulting Discipline. We have opportunities available for an Environmental Consultant grade to work within our International Projects service line. The location of the role is flexible across our Bath, Manchester, Edinburgh and our new Old Street London office.

Key clients and projects include delivering groundbreaking SEAs for the likes of Qiddiya and PIF and integrating environmental solutions for the EXPO 2030 masterplan in Riyadh. The role will allow the candidate to work on key Buro Happold projects across the globe, with a strong focus on supporting our GCC environmental advisory offering.

No two days are the same in the International Environmental Consulting service line at Buro Happold. We work within a multi‑disciplinary practice, and an environmental consultant role will see you working alongside various wider environmental disciplines.

• Delivery input into the concept and detailed master planning process;
• Working with our established Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) delivery team;
• Being involved in project management and environmental coordination across a range of strategic planning environmental deliverables;
• Supporting the development of our emerging overseas Environmental Social Impact Assessment (EIA & ESIA) offering;
• Feeding into our advisory services where we look to provide clients with key environmental decision‑making and undertake technical reviews of a range of environmental studies;
• Be involved in business and team development opportunities, with a view of supporting our work winning future projects internationally.

• Understanding of a wide range of environmental aspects and considerations, working as a generalist with our wider technical specialists;
• Point of contact to project leaders within Buro Happold and represent Buro Happold at meetings with clients, other professionals and suppliers externally on projects with an environmental component;
• Technical report writing, including contributing to Concept Master planning reports, Detailed Master planning Reports, EIA, ESIA and SEA, including writing general chapters;
• Create presentations using infographics/imagery to show complex data visually;
• Carry out studies, research and analysis;
• Project management including budgets for specific assignments and projects;
• Compile geographic data, analyse mapped information, utilise site data in a range of GIS applications and present outputs in innovative ways, including applying emerging AI technologies to improve ways of working;
• Track record of working on SEA/ESIA projects internationally in a project management capacity;
• Ability to provide expert advice on environmental issues relating to SEA/ESIA strategy advice;
• Keen interest in being involved in work‑winning and responding to technical and commercial proposals;
• Proactive and reactive to deadlines, especially linked to project and proposal delivery;
• Contribute to leading multi‑disciplinary teams successfully;
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written;
• Experience in a client‑facing role, providing advice directly to clients;
• Ability to take the lead in challenging situations confidently and proactively;
• Excellent knowledge of project and business financial and management systems;
• Membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g., ISEP).

• Hybrid working arrangements;
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection;
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements;
• Generous company pension scheme;
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans and corporate discounts;
• Enhanced…