Senior Geo-environmental consultant

Job Description Overview

We have a great opportunity for a dynamic and motivated Senior Geo-environmental Consultant to join our Sustainable Land and Resource Management (SLRM) team in Scotland. We are seeking a confident and driven individual with a strong technical background and experienced in a range of projects, working with our experienced staff, to deliver excellence to our clients. Our client and project base are highly diverse with current projects in the Energy, Water, Buildings and Places and Transportation markets in the UK and around the world.

Atkins Réalis Environmental Consultants use the full range of their skills, working on multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing innovative solutions to engineering challenges. The role is for someone who:

• is confident working in a team and independently.
• combines excellent organisational, technical, numerical, digital, and communication skills to demonstrate logical thinking and concise reporting.
• is highly motivated and proactive, with demonstrable energy, drive and enthusiasm.
• has an innovative nature with problem‑solving skills.

You will also be involved with project management, business development, and the training and mentoring of junior staff.

Atkins part of Atkins Réalis business is one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies; we have the breadth and depth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time critical infrastructure projects. The Environment Practice is a well-established, award winning, multi-disciplinary, environmental and engineering practice with an extensive portfolio of regeneration and development projects and a highly skilled team;

notably with staff winning various awards over the past years.

• Providing technical guidance, constructive support and mentoring to junior staff and supporting their technical development.
• Provide technical input and delivery of contaminated land projects / geoenvironmental aspects of multi-disciplinary projects.
• Project management and technical delivery of a wide variety of projects including management of finances, and programme delivery.
• Organising / managing / checking site work.
• Liaison with clients, stakeholders, regulators, sub-contractors and other internal disciplines.
• Supporting senior management in developing new business and clients to win work and preparation of commercial offers.
• Leading on the development of H&S Plans for site investigations and managing health and safety during site works.
• Developing own competence and maintain CPD necessary to fulfil the responsibilities of the role, with support from the business on own training and development needs.

• Minimum of a First degree in a relevant engineering or science subject (e.g. geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, environmental science)
• Chartered Membership of relevant professional body (e.g. with the Geological Society, ICE or CIWEM). If not Chartered, we would expect the candidate, with our support, to become chartered within 6 to 12 months after joining.
• Substantial demonstrable experience as an environmental consultant within consultancy, industry, regulatory or academic fields with a track record in delivering work, client management and stakeholder liaison.
• Demonstrable understanding of UK environmental and regulatory framework.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Demonstrable experience of Open Ground, QGIS, P20.
• Commercial awareness and understanding including being able to complete tenders.
• Be a digital innovator: experience of handling large data sets, developing graphic representations of data or finding new digital ways of working.
• Skills in GIS and computer programming, and knowledge of engineering geology/ hydrogeology would be an advantage

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And combine our hybrid working…