Senior Environmental Consultant – Planning & Permitting

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Do you want to apply your planning, environmental, and consenting expertise across a diverse portfolio of planning and permitting projects? Join our market leading environmental consultancy team and help deliver high quality solutions for clients across the UK and internationally.

For more than 30 years, our ERR Advisory Group has delivered environmental solutions that help clients achieve their ambitions responsibly and efficiently. We combine technical excellence across a full suite of environmental disciplines with a strong understanding of client needs, commercial pressures, and project realities.

We specialise in planning, environmental, and consenting support for complex infrastructure and operational projects. Our team has successfully supported both EIA and nonEIA developments across multiple sectors, including:

• Water infrastructure
• Energy transition (Battery Energy Storage Systems, hydrogen, nuclear)
• Manufacture and industrial installations (paper, food & drink, LNG)
• Energy from Waste

Our wider services include environmental compliance, due diligence, hazardous substances expertise, and postconsent support.

Due to sustained growth across several markets, we are expanding our team and are seeking talented individuals to bring additional capability, resilience, and specialist knowledge.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, and technically strong consultant to lead and support the delivery of planning, environmental, and consenting projects within an industrial context.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and support complex EIA and non EIA projects through all stages (pre and postconsent)
• Deliver secondary consents, including Environmental Permits
• Work closely with clients, regulators, and multidisciplinary teams
• Represent the company in client offices, stakeholder meetings, and regulator discussions
• Provide technical guidance to colleagues across the ERR Advisory Group
• Contribute to project management, financial management, and delivery best practice

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of high profile work, collaborate with experienced specialists, and shape outcomes on major infrastructure and industrial projects.

You have demonstrable experience in several of the following:

• Delivering EIA and planning support for energy, industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure and built environment projects
• Providing pre- and postsubmission support, and discharging environmentally related planning conditions
• Managing secondary environmental consent, licence, and permit applications including working with regulators, and a diverse range of stakeholders
• Environmental compliance assessments and due diligence assignments
• Hazardous substances consents and COMAH notifications
• Strong project and financial management
• Excellent communication, organisational, analytical, and time management skills
• Effective interpersonal and collaborative working skills

And you are:

• Dependable, proactive, and self motivated
• Looking for a new challenge and development opportunities
• Flexible, adaptable, and innovative in your approach

Ambitious. Exciting. Flexible. Collaborative. Dynamic. That’s how our colleagues describe working here.

By joining us, you will:

• Contribute to Enhancing Society Together with your expertise
• Work in a supportive, connected network of talented people and advanced technologies
• Grow your career in a dynamic, forward thinking environment
• Access flexible working options that support worklife balance, including parttime arrangements
• Benefit from a comprehensive package of employee benefits here

Preferred office locations:
Newcastle, Manchester, or London. However, we may consider alternative Haskoning office locations.

At Haskoning, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. Our mission of "Enhancing Society Together" drives us to create an environment that embraces everyone’s unique background, identity, and perspective. Regardless of your experience, background, age, gender, or other personal characteristics—you are welcome here. We believe that diversity makes us stronger and that an inclusive culture gives everyone the opportunity to grow and contribute.

Read more about our ED&I initiatives on our dedicated webpage.