Senior/Principal EIA Consultant

Senior/Principal EIA Consultant

Bristol (Brighton, Warrington or London also options)

Salary (dependant on experience)

Part of a growing group of companies our consultancy client seeks an EIA professional at either Senior or Principal level in Bristol although Warrington, London and Brighton are alternative locations. They are very well regarded in the industry providing high quality technical work to a range of clients who operate across a number of different sectors.

The role can be full or part-time with a good balance of working from our office and working from home.

As a Senior or Principal EIA Consultant, with appropriate qualifications, you will have at least 3 years’ relevant experience, to join our growing and reputable team. You will assist in coordinating environmental inputs to large-scale infrastructure and major development projects, such as:

• Aviation
• Renewable power generation projects - including solar, hydrogen, BESS and wind
• Large-scale masterplan development
• Property development - including commercial, residential, industrial and healthcare development

There will also be the opportunity to work on projects requiring Strategic Environmental Assessment. You will work with a range of internal technical environmental specialists and designers to manage environmental inputs to project designs and assessments. This will include early strategy development, through to feasibility, outline design, detailed design and discharging of conditions. You will have the opportunity to work within various consenting regimes, including Development Consent Orders and Town and Country Planning. You will also be expected to liaise with clients and sub-consultants, help to prepare fee proposals, and author environmental reports and EIA documentation.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

• A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of EIA processes and relevant UK legislation
• Good understanding of a range of technical environmental disciplines
• Experience of producing environmental reports and EIA documentation (including screening and scoping reports, preliminary environmental information reports and Environmental Statements), ideally across different development sectors
• Ideally experience of the DCO process
• Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including EIA review of technical reporting
• An organised and methodical approach with a keen eye for detail
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams whilst working to a deadline
• Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
• Awareness of financial control and project management
• Experience in bid preparation activities
• Achieved or demonstrably working towards Chartered Environmental Status and Full membership of IEMA, or similar qualification with a relevant professional body

What we offer

Along with a competitive salary, we offer a benefits package which includes an enhanced pension scheme, death in service life cover, discretionary bonus scheme, discretionary medical cover and much more.

Sorry but we are not able to support visa sponsorship.