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Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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 world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
As part of a growing and agile business, our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Principal Environmental Consultant with a broad range of EIA experience. You will work collaboratively with a range of technical specialists on a broad range of projects, lead and coordinate Environmental Impacts Assessments and related deliverables, work closely with clients, develop new areas of business and mentor others in the team.
As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations
Role accountabilities:
* Leading on the coordination and delivery of environmental work being undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams, influencing project development, and delivering optimal environmental outcomes
* Undertaking your own work to an excellent standard, and reviewing the work of others
* Working in partnership with other members of the Impact Assessment Team across the UK
* Proactively managing selected projects or components of projects, taking responsibility for resource allocation, managing subcontractors and quality assurance
* Lead and support tender proposal/ bids - working as part of a project winning team
* Providing environmental advice and support to clients, project managers and colleagues
* Engaging with consultees and stakeholders
* Developing outstanding reports - an ability to summarise and explain outcomes to non-technical audiences will be critical for this
* Managing projects, overseeing our performance on technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety
Qualifications & Experience:
* Good knowledge of EIA practices and procedures and a solid understanding of environmental and sustainability principles and environmental technical specialisms
* Experience across a range of project types, ideally within the energy, residential/mixed use/ regeneration sector, as well as in other major infrastructure projects including rail/ highways
* Proven experience of managing and coordinating EIA screening and scoping activities and Environmental Statements including the technical review of specialist chapters
* Practical working knowledge of the UK planning system and consenting process
* Strong report writing, verbal and presentation skills with experience in reviewing the work of others to ensure quality
* Experience in multi-disciplinary co-ordination and leadership of projects, with good project management and technical skills
* Experience in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities, regulators and stakeholders
* The ability to work as part of an established team, supervising members of staff as applicable
* Commercial expertise, including forecasting, project management and quality assurance
* Relevant degree or equivalent qualification, preferably with chartered status or working towards
* A valid UK driving licence
* Desired: Experience in the delivery of SEA and/ or Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) projects
* Desired: Knowledge and application experience of sustainability, waste or carbon assessments
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. It’s 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.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll 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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