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.

• Delivery input into the concept and detailed master planning process.
• Working within 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 by providing clients with key environmental decision‑making support and undertaking technical reviews of a range of environmental studies.
• Being involved in business and team development opportunities, with a view of supporting our work in winning future projects internationally.

• Understanding of a wide range of environmental aspects and the ability to work as a generalist with technical specialists.
• Experience as a point of contact to project leaders and representing Buro Happold at meetings with clients, professionals and suppliers.
• Technical report writing, including contributing to concept and detailed master planning reports, EIA, ESIA and SEA.
• Creation of presentations using infographics and imagery to visualize complex data.
• Carrying out studies, research and analysis.
• Project management, including budgeting for specific assignments and projects.
• Compiling geographic data, analysing mapped information, utilising site data in GIS applications and presenting outputs innovatively.
• Knowledge of how to apply 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.
• Keen interest in involved in work‑winning and responding to technical and commercial proposals.
• Proactive and reactive to deadlines, especially linked to project and proposal delivery.
• Success in leading multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in a client‑facing role, providing advice directly to clients.
• Confidence to lead in challenging situations.
• 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 such as cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• 3 pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• Strong commitment to continuous development, with learning and development programmes.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• Commitment to wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment, with social and outreach activities, mentoring and a Young Employees Forum.
• An international culture; wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Buro Happold values flexible working patterns as an important part of achieving work‑life balance. We welcome applications from those seeking flexibility in their careers. Our portfolio of projects is built on diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences. We strive to create an inclusive environment where employees feel they can be their authentic selves. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels under‑represented in the industry and are working to improve representation of marginalised groups in the built environment.

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