Principal Environmentalist

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Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight, and collaboration.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Principal Environmentalist to join our Energy Transition & Sustainability (ET&S) team.

With recent success in securing numerous large-scale infrastructure projects, we're expanding our capabilities and seeking a passionate Principal Environmentalist to spearhead teams across the entire Amey Consulting portfolio. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape and lead the delivery of impactful environmental projects, from scoping studies to full environmental statements, while providing valuable insights on key topics such as Population and Human Health, Waste & Materials, and Environmental Management & Sustainability.

Leading a multi-disciplinary environmental team to ensure delivery of all the specified project outcomes on time, within budget and to the client’s specifications and that project requirements are fully met. Act as lead environmental coordinator for major infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate statutory and non-statutory environmental assessment work for transportation, utility and other infrastructure schemes liaising with client representatives, planning, project design teams, technical leads and other relevant bodies and organisations.
• Act as technical approver for major environmental schemes including EIAs, SEAs, environmental technical reports, scoping and feasibility studies.
• Provide guidance on best methods and practice meeting technical and project requirements.
• Keep up to date with industry best practice and where appropriate, brief junior environmental staff.
• Plan and manage project resourcing requirements, ensuring best use of internal resources while demonstrating competency requirements.
• Liaise with clients or other stakeholders on technical matters.
• Advise on environmental aspects of projects including but not limited to SEAs, EIAs, ecological studies, energy use, environmental risks, etc.
• Provide Health & Safety leadership to team and contract, with responsibility for maintaining high H&S standards for all survey and site work, and general H&S standards at all times in support of Amey’s Zero Code.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental and other appropriate regulations.
• Be responsible for environmental staff in respect of timekeeping; technical training requirements; development and resourcing.
• To contribute with other professions in the Business Development process in producing information for PQQs and Tenders.
• Effective management and response of project related correspondence
• Checks to ensure compliance with the Integrated Management System and assist in its development.

• A strong undergraduate degree in Environmental or similar/equivalent.
• A relevant master’s degree in a discipline associated with Environmental Science, Sustainable Development or similar (desirable).
• Demonstrable post-graduate experience preferably in a professional consultancy role (or similar) encompassing large rail/infrastructure projects.
• Chartered status (CEnv, CSci)
• Have experience working to deliver sustainable solutions and outcomes; through both design and construction.
• Knowledge of the planning process and permitted development would be beneficial.
• Experience of working closely with regulatory authorities and various stakeholders.
• Experience of managing a team of multi-skilled environmental and sustainability consultants and/or third-party contractors.
• Be confident in making key decisions on a daily basis.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to plan and deliver works in line with budgets and programme deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental and sustainability…