Senior Noise Consultant

Overview

Our Noise and Acoustics team undertake work across a variety of sectors from residential, healthcare, education, retail, and commercial. We also undertake assessment of sustainable energy schemes such as battery storage and solar farms. Our clients include UK MoD, Sainsbury’s, Amazon together with a variety of local authorities and building developer clients. Our projects include House of Parliament and projects across Europe.

Our services include environmental noise and vibration assessment, and development of mitigatory measures for buildings and plant equipment, through standalone Environmental Statements, or discharge of conditions, and post-planning building acoustics design work from RIBA Stage 2-6.

• Environmental noise and vibration assessment, and development of mitigatory measures for buildings and plant equipment, through standalone Environmental Statements, or discharge of conditions.
• Post-planning building acoustics design work from RIBA Stage 2-6.

• A track record of industry experience.
• A strong academic background including (ideally) a degree in Acoustics or a related subject (e.g. Physics, Audio Technology).
• Membership of the IOA (Institute of Acoustics).
• Possess a good technical understanding with experience in planning work, mechanical plant design and building acoustics.
• Sufficient standing to represent the company at regular project meetings.
• Maintains a good attitude towards health and safety.
• Manages own and others time to ensure that assigned work is completed to deadlines with a good quality standard.
• Project management, including managing project finances, invoicing, project costing, procurement of equipment.
• Capability to write fee proposals, tenders and technical reporting.
• An ability to drive small and large projects forward and ensure that they are completed in a timely manner.
• A team player who is friendly, enthusiastic, proactive, hardworking and dynamic.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Strong organisation and administration skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads.
• Good commercial awareness and a willingness to take part in marketing/business development activities.
• Full driving license and flexibility to travel is required due to various project locations.

• Acoustic calculations and proficient in using Cadna
  
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• Acoustics surveys – the use of sound level meters.
• Writing technical reports and providing acoustics advice to clients.
• Understanding of basic environmental acoustics guidance and standards such as CRTN, BS8233, BS4142, BB93, HTM
  08-01, BS5228, NPPF, NPSE, ProPG etc.

Tetra Tech is a leading technical, engineering, and environmental consultancy. We provide data-driven, market-leading water, environment, infrastructure, energy, and international development solutions to clients in the UK and Europe. We deliver locally and we’re backed globally. In the UK and Europe, Tetra Tech has more than 6,000 employees and more than 50 offices. Our unique organisational structure enables us to be nimble and respond with the agility of a small business, backed by international resources and capabilities from across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive. We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader and so provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity. We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients.

This often requires colleagues to be together—in offices or on site—to ensure the best outcomes. When possible, we also advocate for flexibility around how, when, and where you work. There is no one approach that fits all—each team manages their own way of working, we trust our employees and focus on outputs not inputs. Meeting with colleagues and clients face to face in office environments or on site is important for collaboration, face-to-face meetings, appraisals and development.

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