Senior Environmental Consultant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Amey

Amey

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About Amey
Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and creating a positive impact on society? Do you want to work flexibly in a way that empowers you?

With Amey Consulting, you'll work with high profile infrastructure organisations, giving you the unique opportunity to bring ground-breaking work to life.

Your solutions will have impact, making a genuine difference to people's lives. You'll work in a growing team that is inclusive, open-minded and where your professional development can thrive.

It's where you
feel valued and
alive.

Fresh challenge, new opportunity
Are you a Senior Environmentalist passionate about using your skills to make an impact? Are you a big thinker who loves to find better solutions to difficult problems? Do you want to work on high profile projects in the infrastructure industries?

Amey Consulting's Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic and Local Highway networks.

We are passionate about the highways projects that we design and take pride in seeing our towns and cities thrive by improving connectivity, journey times and quality of life.

National Highways, formerly Highways England, have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme that National Highways have ever launched.

The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 6 years.

The role

Being an experienced Senior Environmentalist at Amey Consulting, you'll have the chance to focus on the parts of your role you most enjoy.

Whether it's further training to broaden your skills, working more closely with your clients to build relationships, or having the opportunity to develop leadership capabilities, our environment is one of collaboration and support where the direction of your career is led by you.

In a typical week

Support the project lead on all environmental & sustainability requirements for the project.
Assist with identifying, forecasting and resourcing environmental and sustainability project requirements in relation to both the design and construction programmes.
Work as part of the team providing advice and direction to the environmental team as well as the design teams and Principal Contractors to ensure compliance with legislation, licencing and planning commitments.
Mentor junior members of the team ensuring their professional development needs are identified and delivered.
Organising and coordinating meetings with the various stakeholders as required.
Working with design teams to ensure that environmental and sustainability obligations are being met through design.
Working with design and construction teams to ensure that the relevant surveys and licences have been carried out/obtained within set timeframes without compromising the design or construction programme.
Attend engineering and design integration meetings and be able to authoritatively communicate key requirements to ensure they are captured within preliminary and detailed design.

We want to hear from you if

A strong undergraduate degree in Geography, Geoenvironmental, Earth Science, Environmental or similar/equivalent.
A relevant masters degree in a discipline associated with Environmental Science, Sustainable Development or similar (desirable).
A minimum of 6 years demonstrable postgraduate experience preferably in a professional consultancy role (or similar) encompassing infrastructure projects.
Full Membership (or working towards) of IEMA or equivalent.
Chartered status (CEnv, CSci)
Have experience working to deliver sustainable solutions and outcomes; through both design and construction.
Knowledge of the planning process and permitted development would be beneficial.
Experience of working on infrastructure projects.
Experience of working closely with regulatory authorities and various stakeholders.
Experience of working with a team of multiskilled environmental and sustainability consultants and/or thirdparty contractors.
Be confident in making key decisions on a daily basis.
Strong project management skills with the ability to plan and deliver works in line with budgets and programme deadlines.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental and sustainability issues and capture feedback.
Health and Safety awareness, especially safe working practices and risk assessment related to fieldwork.
Valid driving licence.

In return
Our rewards make us better people here at Amey Consulting. If you're happy, you'll think better. It's a simple formula but one that puts your wellbeing as a top priority, that's why we've worked hard to build a reward and benefits pr