Senior Environmental Specialist

Job Description

Senior Environmental Specialist for internal environmental consultancy services at Kier, based in Penrith, Cumbria.

Required:

full driving licence.

Location:

Penrith, Cumbria – travel to sites and offices required, remote working available.

Hours:

37.5 hours per week, some flexibility.

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits.

• Lead and contribute to client, stakeholder, and technical meetings, actively promoting environmental principles, best practice and innovation.
• Support Environmental Leads on major projects – A66 NTP and M6 Lune Gorge – and work with the wider Kier Design environmental team.
• Work with the construction team on site to deliver commitments in the EMP.
• Lead on environmental impact assessments for projects, identify key environmental risks, propose mitigation strategies, and develop management plans.
• Ensure all relevant environmental permits, licences and consents are obtained in a timely manner.
• Work closely with designers to minimise environmental impacts and maximise environmental benefits.
• Promote decarbonisation, climate resilience, nature-based solutions and innovation across the business.
• Author and review technical environmental documents.
• Support and mentor junior team members, represent the team in client, stakeholder, and technical meetings, and continuously improve environmental processes, procedures and related forms.

• A degree in Ecology or equivalent experience.
• Practitioner member of ISEP (or equivalent) and working towards CEnv.
• Robust understanding of UK environmental legislation and policy.
• Demonstrable experience undertaking environmental assessment for infrastructure or building projects.
• A UK protected species licence.
• Strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, Defra Biodiversity Metric, and Biodiversity Net Gain plans.
• Working knowledge of major project environmental planning and deliverables (e.g., EMP, MEP).
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Salary, car allowance, private healthcare and benefits package.

We are a Disability Confident employer. We actively promote diversity and inclusion. As part of our commitment to equality, we will offer a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria an interview.