Senior Environmental Consultant - East Anglia

• Full-time

Job Summary

The Senior Environmental Consultant will support the Consultancy Division in providing customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders with commercially aware, technically proficient, and professional environmental risk reduction services.

The post holder will utilise their technical knowledge of contaminated land consultancy, to carry out environmental investigation, assessment, reporting, remediation verification and ‘cradle to grave’ project management of environmental insurance claims.

The role will be a hybrid role, between home based, onsite and the Risby office, and with close supervision / mentoring by a Principal Consultant and Regional Manager. In addition, and due to the seniority of the post, the postholder will hold responsibility for the technical and financial performance of any project on which they are deployed.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Leading and supervising project management of environmental insurance claims
• Liaison with all stakeholders including clients, contractors and homeowners
• Undertaking site investigations to determine the extent and severity of impact and assessing environmental risks
• Logging of soils during investigations to a high standard and in accordance with best practice
• Preparing health, safety and environmental documentation including risk assessments and method statements along with reporting of H&S near misses and positive observations
• Management and planning of site investigations, monitoring, remedial and validation works
• Scheduling and interpretation of field and laboratory data
• Production of interpretive environmental reports including conceptual site models (CSM) and preliminary (PRA) and generic quantitative risk assessments (GQRA)
• Undertaking and supporting the design, implementation and verification of environmental remediation works
• Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring consistently high levels of safety, technical robustness, commercial awareness, organisation and customer satisfaction
• Undertaking quality assurance and safety performance audits
• Participating in business development activities as a technical advisor and managing key clients
• Writing high standard reports which are technically sound and commercially focused.
• Any other task assigned by supervision for which the post holder is qualified and experienced to undertake.

• A degree in a relevant earth sciences, or geo-environmental discipline and, ideally, be a member of a relevant professional organisation
• An MSc in a relevant subject (beneficial but not essential)
• 5 years’ work experience in managing environmental incidents, carrying out contaminated land surveys and site investigations, with knowledge of available drilling techniques
• Possess knowledge of remediation technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater, i.e. have experience of operating on contaminated land projects where there is petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, a working knowledge of key guidance and standards including Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) and BS10175 Investigation of Contaminated Sites, be proficient in logging soil and rock in accordance with BS5930 and have strong skills in the development and updating of CSMs
• The postholder will be required to travel to any location within the Company’s operational footprint; therefore, possession of a full, clean (clean preferred) UK driving licence is essential for this role
• Proof of the right to work in the UK will be required, and the postholder will be required to undertake a DBS check to satisfy client requirements.
• Be computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft applications.

• Possess the ability to work together in a team and also demonstrate the drive and self-motivation to work…