Senior Environmental Consultant

Senior Environmental Consultant Cobalt Recruitment
• Slough, Berkshire

An established, multidisciplinary consultancy is seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to join its growing impact assessment team. This role offers the chance to work on a broad mix of major infrastructure and complex development projects across the UK, within a collaborative and technically strong environment.

You’ll work closely with planning, engineering and sustainability specialists, supporting clients across the public and private sectors to navigate environmental risks and opportunities.

You’ll take a leading role in delivering environmental assessments from early feasibility through to consent, combining technical input with project coordination and client engagement.

Key elements of the role include:

• Writing environmental reports including EIA screening letters, EIA scoping reports, Environmental Statements, and other environmental reports.
• Reviewing topic reports/inputs for compliance with EIA Regulations and project details.
• Managing environmental assessment work streams and coordinating technical inputs
• Ensuring regulatory compliance and quality across project outputs
• Managing programmes, budgets and consultant teams
• Advising on mitigation, enhancement and environmental management strategies
• Supporting bids, proposals and wider team growth

You’ll be an experienced environmental professional with:

• Professional membership of a recognised institute (chartered status advantageous)
• Strong experience delivering environmental assessments in a consultancy setting
• Confidence managing projects, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in infrastructure and/or large-scale development projects (desirable)

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Involvement in nationally significant and technically interesting projects
• Strong emphasis on professional development and career progression
• Supportive, inclusive and collaborative team culture

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