Senior Environmental Consultant
2 days ago
Sheffield
Job Description Senior Environmental Consultant Manchester Permanent 35 hours per week Competitive salary plus benefits We are seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to support the Consultancy Division in providing customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders with commercially aware, technically proficient, and professional environmental risk reduction services. Key tasks and responsibilities • Leading and supervising project management of environmental insurance claims and commercial spill projects, • Liaison with all stakeholders including clients, regulators, contractors and homeowners, • Undertaking site investigations to determine the extent and severity of impact and assessing environmental risks, • Logging of soils during investigations to a high standard and in accordance with best practice, • Preparing health, safety and environmental documentation including risk assessments and method statements along with reporting of H&S near misses and positive observations, • Management and planning of site investigations, monitoring, remedial and validation works, • Scheduling and interpretation of field and laboratory data, • Production of interpretive environmental reports including conceptual site models (CSM) and preliminary (PRA) and generic quantitative risk assessments (GQRA), • Undertaking and supporting the design, implementation and verification of environmental remediation works, • Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring consistently high levels of safety, technical robustness, commercial awareness, organisation and customer satisfaction, • Undertaking quality assurance and safety performance audits, • Participating in business development activities as a technical advisor and managing key clients, • Writing high standard reports which are technically sound and commercially focused.Qualifications, • A degree in a relevant earth sciences, or geo-environmental discipline and, ideally, be a member of a relevant professional organisation, • An MSc in a relevant subject (beneficial but not essential), • 5 years' work experience in managing environmental incidents, carrying out contaminated land surveys and site investigations, with knowledge of available drilling techniques, • Possess knowledge of remediation technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater, i.e. have experience of operating on contaminated land projects where there is petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, a working knowledge of CLR11 and BS10175, be proficient in logging soil and rock in accordance with BS5930 and have strong skills in the development and updating of CSMs, • Possess the ability to work together in a team and also demonstrate the drive and self-motivation to work independently, with minimal supervision, • Possess the ability to take ownership of and manage projects to meet deadlines and project budgets, • Possess experience / sound knowledge of current and emerging environmental legislation, guidance and best practice applicable to contaminated land consultancy, • Possess practical experience of the chemical analyses which can be performed on soil, water and air samples, • Possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate via clear and prompt written and verbal communications to colleagues, clients, contractors, regulators and other consultants, • Be competent and diligent in the production of technical reports to a high standard, that are commercially focused and to meet challenging deadlines, • Demonstrate a good degree of flexibility and possess strong organisational and time management skills JBRP1_UKTJ