Environmental Consultant
Location: Reading
Are you interested in Environmental Monitoring and Consultancy? This could be your opportunity to excel as an Environmental Consultant while playing a vital role in helping our business succeed.
As our company grows and develops, we are expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Consultant to join our Environment & Safety Division and wear the SOCOTEC badge with pride.
We are looking for a proactive, reliable, and flexible Consultant to join our Environmental team. As a member of the team, it is key that you have the balance to be driven and independent, as well as being a strong team player. A background in environmental consultancy and knowledge of the industry are essential in order to thrive in this role.
The tasks you will undertake will include (but are not limited to):
1. Soil and water sampling
2. Supervision of ground investigation and remediation
3. Environmental monitoring
4. Factual and interpretative reporting across a range of technical disciplines
To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
1. Previous fieldwork experience, including supervision of ground investigations
2. Previous experience of writing contaminated land and waste reports
3. Relevant scientific or environmental degree
4. Good communication skills and a strong customer-focused engagement style
5. Good data handling skills and strong attention to detail
6. Good commercial awareness
7. Holding a full UK driving licence
8. Willingness to travel across the UK and stay away from home for project work
About Environmental
Our Environmental team is made up of many different specialists operating in various areas of expertise. The main areas we cover are Environmental Monitoring and Consultancy together with specialist laboratories to support our services. Our services range from on-site monitoring and sample collection, from local businesses to large Government contracts, to consultancy works on large contaminated land projects, complemented with onsite works for dust, noise, and local exhaust emissions. We pride ourselves on our ability to consult, monitor, and test for our clients, supporting all their needs in one place, using our highly trained employees.
What’s in it for you?
As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family-friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.
Why SOCOTEC?
Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a consultant, you will play a pivotal role in providing these services.
We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place. Not to mention the possibility of working locally, nationally, or globally, in the office or remotely. We are committed to your personal and professional development, and you will be supported in every step of your journey with us. #YouGrowWeGrow
Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.
Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC; it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.
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