Overview
Arcadis is the world3s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description
Working within the Pan-Global and UK Technical Due Diligence and Commission Management team (within the Lenders, Investors and Insurers (LI&I) business), the Environmental Consultant (Level 6) will support our Environmental Due Diligence Director and Project Leader. This includes coordinating, managing and delivering Environmental Due Diligence on UK and multi-jurisdictional property transactions. The individual will regularly engage with our core environmental team that sits within our “Resilience” part of the business.
The role comprises a variety of activities including commission management in addition to carrying out transaction-focused Phase 1 Environmental Assessments. The role is a full-time position supporting a growing transaction advisory team delivering Environmental Due Diligence across a wide range of asset classes and portfolios. The nature of the role, supporting fast-track transactions, requires flexibility and a willingness to support delivery outside of core working hours on occasion to meet client and programme deadlines.
The role requires an individual with strong technical, organisational and interpersonal skills, with attention to detail and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced transactional environment. A proactive, pragmatic and commercially minded approach is essential.
Role accountabilities
* Role includes, but is not limited to, the following key functions:
* Support and lead commission management and delivery of Pan-Global Environmental Due Diligence transactions.
* Work collaboratively with Arcadis environmental delivery teams across multiple jurisdictions to understand local environmental regulatory frameworks at a high level and ensure consistency of output.
* Apply professional judgement to assess environmental risk proportionately and in line with transaction context and client risk appetite.
* Provide continuity of Environmental Due Diligence service during peak workload periods and periods of planned or unplanned leave.
* Support senior team members on complex environmental matters including SPA negotiations and W&I insurance considerations.
* Coordinate programmes, quality control and delivery of Environmental Due Diligence outputs across portfolios and single-asset instructions.
* Support identification and delivery of upsell opportunities including Flood Risk, Climate Risk and ESG-related advisory services.
* Liaise effectively with internal stakeholders across LI&I, Sustainability Advisory and international delivery teams.
* Follow and contribute to the development of processes to ensure quality, consistency and efficiency of service delivery.
Competencies & behaviours
* Demonstrates a sound technical understanding of Environmental Due Diligence within a transactional context.
* Applies commercial awareness and professional judgement when advising on environmental risk.
* Manages own workload effectively across multiple commissions with minimal supervision.
* Communicates clearly and confidently with clients, internal stakeholders and delivery teams.
* Works collaboratively across disciplines and geographies, contributing positively to team performance.
* Demonstrates initiative, accountability and a solutions-focused mindset.
Qualifications & Experience
* Typically 24 years experience within environmental consultancy with a focus on Environmental Due Diligence.
* Experience supporting or leading Environmental Due Diligence on property transactions.
* Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Competent user of SharePoint, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
* Proactive, flexible and commercially aware.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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