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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