EIA Consultant​/Senior EIA Consultant​/South East Regional EIA Team Leader

Binnies are currently recruiting for 2 positions to join our growing multi-disciplinary Environmental Services team: an EIA Consultant/Senior EIA Consultant and a South East Regional EIA Team Leader.

Regional EIA Team Leader - As well as providing a manager role for our environmental team based in the south east
, you will get the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of projects. From nationally significant infrastructure schemes to landscape‑scale restoration initiatives, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact across the region.

EIA Consultant/Senior EIA Consultant – Based in the south east or south west, you will contribute to an exciting and varied range of projects. Your work will span flood, coastal and maritime schemes, as well as developments in sectors including ports, water utilities, transport and renewable energy. This is a great opportunity to broaden your experience across multiple sectors while delivering high‑quality environmental assessments.

Our team is currently delivering two of the UK’s most significant water infrastructure projects: the South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) and the Thames to Southern Transfer (T2ST) — both nationally significant developments progressing through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process. Together, these projects form essential components of a major strategic water resource system for the south east, helping to secure long‑term water resilience for millions of people.

This is a unique chance to be part of a multi‑disciplinary team shaping critical infrastructure that will have lasting regional and environmental impact.

We’re a collaborative, close‑knit team with an active Environmental Community of Practice, and we take pride in leading the way in environmental best practice and innovation — including the use of digital EIA. Binnies is accredited with the IES EIA Quality Mark, reflecting our commitment to excellence and consistently high standards in EIA delivery.

Both roles offer hybrid/flexible working.

The role will include:

• Providing direction and oversight of the existing and future growth of the regional EIA Team.
• Providing line manager and mentor role to members of the environmental team.
• Managing all stages of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) including SEA and the range of other environmental assessments and consents such as WFD, HRA, and planning.
• Provide the reviewer and approver role for environmental deliverables; driving technical quality.
• Acting as a key client contact for our existing portfolio of work in the south east.
• Supporting tenders.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• The role is suitable for a chartered Environmental professional with full professional membership (such as ISEP, IES or CIWEM).
• A thorough understanding of EIA, sustainability and consenting (planning, HRA, WFD etc.).
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Excellent people skills with previous management/supervisory experience.
• Understanding and experience of commercial drivers of consultancy and ability to manage and work to programme and budget.
• Experience in client facing roles and development of client relationships.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Experience of construction stage delivery would be an advantage but not essential.
• We would welcome applicants of Principal Level and above and we can flex salary based on grade and experience.

As the majority of our south east team are currently based in Redhill, the ability to work out of this office a minimum of 2 days per week is preferred.

We are looking for candidates to work closely with other environmental and engineering disciplines to:

• Contribute to all stages of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) from option appraisal to full statutory assessments.
• Provide input into the range of other environmental and sustainability assessment and consenting applications such as WFD, HRA, planning, Development Consent Orders, Environmental Net Gain and Environmental Permits.
• Assist with coordinating technical input from environmental specialists across Binnies, and our specialist supply chain.
• Support…