Job Summary
Principal Soil and Agriculture Consultant (Cambridge, Leeds, or other UK offices – hybrid working model). The role involves delivering high‑quality soil and agriculture consultancy and advisory services to internal and external clients across renewable energy, infrastructure, and environmental policy projects.
Responsibilities
* Lead and support delivery of high-quality soil and agriculture consultancy and advisory services to both internal and external clients.
* Comply with internal business management procedures and promote a strong health and safety culture.
* Plan, schedule and organise soil surveys using combinations of internal and external surveyors, ensuring necessary resources, budgets and controls are in place to meet programme and budget requirements.
* Organise, lead and carry out soil surveys, including augering and excavation using hand tools.
* Undertake the analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of soils data, including preparing reports and management plans.
* Support development of technically robust reports and soil management plans, including leading and supporting production of soils, agriculture and/or land use chapters for environmental statements as author or technical checker of project deliverables, ensuring high‑quality outputs.
* Support the continued development of our technical capabilities by keeping abreast of developments in soil and land management, including soil health and carbon sequestration.
Qualifications
* Degree (or equivalent) in environmental science, ideally including soil science, or additional soil expertise acquired post‑qualification.
* Membership of the British Society of Soil Science and/or Institute of Agricultural Engineers.
* Experience of leading and managing soil surveys, ideally for agricultural land classification.
* Travel or overnight stays will be required.
* Understanding of soil chemical and physical properties and analysis for specifying soil and land suitability for re‑use.
* Experience in scoping and pricing work opportunities, managing projects, project budgets and leading stakeholder discussions.
* Experience of reviewing technical work and supporting wider team members.
Benefits
Core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, including career development opportunities, a flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Equal Opportunity Statement
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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