Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant

Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant – Brownfield Solutions

Department: Operations

Location: Northwich

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Brownfield Solutions has been providing specialist geo‑environmental and geotechnical consultancy services since 2005, offering expert ground investigation, risk assessment and remediation services for both brownfield and greenfield developments. We work across property development, infrastructure, construction and energy sectors, helping clients understand ground conditions, manage contamination risks and ensure regulatory compliance.

We are seeking a Senior Geo‑Environmental Consultant to join our team in Northwich. The role offers rapid professional development and promotion for the right candidate, and requires a team‑player with approximately five or more years of relevant experience, drive, ambition and commitment to producing quality work.

• Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance and legislative background to the geo‑environmental and geotechnical industry and help spread that knowledge to junior staff
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
• Conduct ground investigations using various techniques, acting as Project Manager for schemes and delegating work to junior staff
• Produce project fee proposals and tenders
• Understand commercial aspects of the business and take responsibility for project finances, with potential responsibility for invoicing
• Attend meetings, site visits and site work as required
• Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Develop client relationships and be an excellent written and verbal communicator
• Check and approve the work of junior staff including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, factual and interpretive reports
• Help produce guides, template masters, and identify and develop tools to improve quality and efficiency
• Pass knowledge to and mentor junior staff
• Write interpretive reports including Phase I/II geo‑environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments and geotechnical assessments
• Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
• Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies with knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
• Undertake remediation verification and reporting
• Manage earthworks and materials/waste management, including knowledge of MMPs under the CL:
  
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• Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculating foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
• Liaise and negotiate with regulators
• Comply with and assist with updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards

• Approximately 5+ years relevant experience
• Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in geology, environmental science, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, physical geography or a related subject
• Full UK driving licence (manual transmission)
• Excellent IT skills and highly competent with MS Office
• Excellent problem‑solving/contingency‑planning skills with ability to adapt, find quick, innovative and practical solutions
• A strong and exemplary work ethic, able to work effectively alone or as part of a team

• Postgraduate degree or Masters in a relevant subject
• Chartered status
• Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, Holebase, Surfer, Geo5, etc.

• Optional every second Friday off work (2FF scheme)—approximately 26 extra days off per year on top of paid annual leave
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (including 3 days reserved over Christmas shutdown, increasing with service and promotions)
• Twice‑yearly salary reviews as you gain experience
• Company profit‑share scheme and enhanced 4% employer pension contribution
• Overnight stay allowance (£30 per night) plus expenses
• Generous training fund and CPD support with professional fees covered (for two bodies)
• £2,000 bonus on attaining chartership (one body only)
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and mental health
• Laptop/PC, mobile phone, company vehicle and branded workwear provided
• Family‑friendly policies including enhanced maternity/paternity leave, adoption and shared parental leave
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme and recruitment recommendation bonus
• Potential for occasional home working

Brownfield Solutions is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're the right fit for this role.