Environmental Impact Assessment; EIA) Consultant

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Consultant Help shape the projects that will define the UK's future.

As an EIA Consultant at Jacobs, you'll be at the forefront of major infrastructure, water, energy, and environmental projects that improve lives, support net zero ambitions, and create long-term benefits for communities across the UK and Ireland.

This is more than producing Environmental Impact Assessments. You'll influence decisions from the earliest project stages, helping clients navigate complex environmental difficulties, secure consents, and deliver sustainable development responsibly.

From renewable energy and hydrogen projects to nationally significant infrastructure schemes, your expertise will help bring transformative projects to life while protecting the environments and communities they serve.

If you're looking for bigger projects, greater influence, and a clear route to progression, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

• Working on high-profile, nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Working with the top clients in the industry, including National Grid, Environment Agency, National Highways, Network Rail and major water utilities
• A clear pathway to technical and management progression
• A collaborative, supportive and inclusive team where your ideas are valued
• Most importantly, you'll join a business that invests in your growth, encourages you to flourish, and gives you the platform to make a meaningful impact.

• Compensation that reflects your skills and experience
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• 24 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 10 additional days
• Enhanced pension contributions of up to 10%
• Private medical cover and Digital GP access
• Family planning and fertility support services
• Enhanced parental leave and family support programmes
• Employee Networks:
  We have a commitment to hiring a diverse workforce and supporting colleagues of different backgrounds
• Life assurance at four times your salary
• Income protection for long-term financial security
• Access to wellbeing support, including Calm and Daily Burn
• Professional memberships funded and ongoing development opportunities
• Paid volunteering time, matched charity funding, and community engagement programmes

Our Water & Environment business is recognised as a driver in environmental consultancy, supporting some of the most exciting and complex projects across the UK and Europe.

Due to continued growth, we're looking for talented EIA Consultants to join our Environmental Planning team.

You'll be involved in environmental assessment and consenting work streams, work as part of multidisciplinary project teams, help provide strategic advice to clients, and play a key role in delivering successful project outcomes.

Our portfolio spans:

Renewable energy and hydrogen

Water and water resource management

Utilities and transmission infrastructure

Rail and transport

Major developments and nationally significant infrastructure projects

Working alongside planners, engineers, environmental specialists and technical experts, you'll work on projects from early feasibility and strategy through to consent, delivery and implementation. Proven experience delivering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and environmental coordination for a range of clients

Knowledge of environmental assessment methodologies and UK environmental legislation

Experience working within UK planning and consenting frameworks, including Development Consent Orders (DCO), Transport and Works Act, Town & Country Planning, or similar regimes

A good awareness an understanding of relevant stakeholders

A degree or master's qualification in a relevant environmental, planning or scientific…