Principal – Environmental Impact Assessment; EIA)

Principal – Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Consents

Location:

London, Manchester or Bristol | Hybrid Working

Other Egis office locations may be considered, subject to business requirements and local office availability.

Egis is a global consulting, engineering and operations group delivering intelligent, sustainable and resilient infrastructure solutions across more than 100 countries. With over 20,500 employees, we support clients in addressing the climate emergency and enhancing environmental performance. In the UK, we are actively involved in nationally significant programmes across the transmission and distribution (T&D), energy, water and transportation sectors, where environmental excellence and robust consenting strategies are central to project success.

At Egis, we’re growing our Environment team and looking for an experienced Principal – EIA & Consents to help us deliver some of the UK’s most exciting and complex infrastructure projects.

From energy and water to transportation and transmission & distribution (T&D), you’ll play a key role in helping clients navigate environmental assessment, planning and consenting challenges — ensuring projects are designed and delivered responsibly, sustainably and successfully.

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of major infrastructure programmes, collaborating with experts across multiple disciplines and engaging with clients, regulators, stakeholders and communities. You’ll bring your technical expertise, commercial awareness and understanding of the consenting landscape to projects where your advice can make a real difference.

As a Principal, you’ll contribute to the successful delivery of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), environmental planning and consenting strategies across major infrastructure programmes.

You’ll help teams understand environmental risks and opportunities, develop effective mitigation strategies and communicate complex environmental issues clearly to clients and stakeholders.

Working as part of multidisciplinary project teams, you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of key work streams while also helping to develop our people, capabilities and growing environmental business.

• Lead and contribute to EIAs, including screening, scoping and Environmental Statement chapter preparation across T&D, energy, water and transportation projects.
• Undertake environmental baseline studies, constraints analysis and impact assessments, turning technical information into clear, actionable advice.
• Coordinate specialist environmental inputs, including air quality, noise, biodiversity, landscape, water environment and climate, ensuring a coherent and robust assessment.
• Support and contribute to DCO, TCPA and sector-specific planning and consenting submissions for linear and major infrastructure schemes.
• Develop and implement environmental mitigation strategies, helping project teams identify, manage and reduce environmental risks.
• Build positive relationships with clients, local planning authorities, regulators, statutory consultees and community stakeholders.
• Contribute to consultations, technical workshops, stakeholder engagement and project reporting.

We’re looking for someone who combines strong environmental knowledge with curiosity, collaboration and a desire to make a meaningful contribution to major infrastructure projects.

• A good understanding of EIA Regulations, environmental legislation and planning frameworks, with the ability to apply this knowledge to real-world projects.
• Strong analytical skills, with the confidence to interpret data, identify…