Senior Environmental and Sustainability Consultant
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Locations: Altrincham, Birmingham, Brighton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Reading, Southampton – UK.
Recruiter contact: Emma Cantley.
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. The Environment, Nature, and Consents business is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant to contribute to a growing pipeline of exciting opportunities.
Overview of the role
As part of the ESS team, you will coordinate, deliver and manage environmental and sustainability workstreams throughout the project lifecycle. The role may be based out of any of Mott MacDonald’s UK offices, with a preference for the locations listed above, and may involve travel within the UK and internationally.
Responsibilities
* Lead EIA screening and scoping, and produce Environmental Statements and other environmental reports.
* Coordinate technical input from multi-disciplinary specialists.
* Assist with monitoring programmes, resource utilisation and financial management on environmental projects.
* Support business development and proposal writing for environmental services.
* Engage with clients and stakeholders.
* Mentor and line‑manage environmental team members.
* Opportunities to develop an environmental technical specialism.
Candidate Specification
Essential
* Relevant academic or professional qualifications.
* Chartership recently achieved through a relevant organisation (IEMA, IES, CIWEM or similar) or progress towards Chartership.
* Experience in environmental assessment, EIA, SEA, UK environmental planning legislation and/or ESG, sustainability strategy and appraisal development.
* Client‑facing experience with ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
* Strong planning and management skills, capable of producing high‑quality deliverables and monitoring budgets.
* Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver environmental and sustainability deliverables.
Desirable
* Bid/tender delivery experience.
* Experience in TWAO or DCO schemes, or in Water, Defence, Energy, Marine or Rail sectors.
* People management experience and support for staff development.
* Experience delivering environmental and sustainability workshops or training.
Benefits
Health and Wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan.
* Access to Peppy, free menopause support for UK colleagues.
* Wellbeing program for you and your family.
* Flexibility to allocate salary to a range of health benefits.
Financial Wellbeing
* Employee pension match between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance up to 4× basic salary.
* Income protection scheme.
* Flexible benefits, e.g., life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving.
* Annual bonus schemes.
Lifestyle
* Minimum 33‑35 days holiday, inclusive of public holidays.
* Increased holiday entitlement after 5 years of service.
* Employee saving schemes and retail discounts.
Enhanced Family and Carers Leave
* 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; 2 weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay.
* Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities.
Learning and Development
* Annual professional institution subscription.
* Mentoring, formal training and self‑development opportunities.
Networks, Communities and Social Outcomes
* Access to Advanced Employee Networks (LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability, parents/carers).
* Opportunities to contribute to community social outcomes.
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve. Please apply if you meet most of the requirements, even if you do not meet every item.
We do not currently offer sponsorship for the Skilled Worker visa route; applicants may apply under alternative routes without sponsorship.
For accessibility support, contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, contact us via the link above.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Other
Industries
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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