Senior Geoenvironmental Consultant - Manchester, United Kingdom - Sweco UK

Sweco UK

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Manchester, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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What's your role in Society?
We are currently looking for a talented and motivated
Senior Geoenvironmental Consultant to join our team.

As a member of Sweco's Land Quality North Team within the Geo-Environmental Advisory Business Unit you will be required to undertake predominantly office-based work supporting UK-wide delivery of brownfield regeneration schemes for a range of public and private sector clients.

What does the role involve?

Provide consultancy services in relation to geoenvironmental assessments by undertaking both office and sitebased work.
Prepare desk study, site investigation, risk assessment and validation reports.
Site supervision during site investigations, remediation, demolition, and construction programmes including liaison with internal/external clients and subcontractors.
Act as project manager on small or medium sized projects and progress towards managing large projects.
Develop and enhance existing skills in geoenvironmental assessments.
Develop and enhance existing skills in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment.
Provide support to others and/or fulfil clientside secondment opportunities.
Develop understanding of relevant British Standards and other relevant design guides.
Lead/ assist in the production of proposals/bids.
Be capable of developing new and enhancing existing, internal, and external client relationships. Work towards lasting relationships with key clients.
Assist in general marketing on behalf of the Company and develop customer relationships.
Provide clients with confidence that they have engaged a competent consultant who provides teams of visible technical quality.
Be competent in the procurement and management of subcontractors (including preparation of specifications and industry standard forms of contract ICC/NEC)
Undertake design delivery tasks as required to the programme and level of quality as defined by the line manager/team leader.
Prepare drawings and well written clear, accurate and well presented reports. Management of self to achieve defined targets.
Act as mentor to junior staff.
Contributing to the office culture, conduct and discipline to encourage an enjoyable, productive and efficient workplace for all.

To be successful in this role you'll possess:

An MSc in a relevant field (preferable but not essential)
Working towards or achieved chartership or recognised accreditation through a relevant professional body (CGeol, CEng)
Significant experience in a geoenvironmental field with demonstrable experience of ground engineering, contaminated land assessments.
Experience of managing deliverables for ground investigations and remediation schemes on land regeneration frameworks i.e., gas infrastructure/utility clients is desirable.
Client focused attitude with a good track record of successful project delivery.
Excellent IT skills with advanced skills in MS Office.
Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find quick, innovative, and practical solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The ability to work collaboratively with others to form strong positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, and contractors.
Full clean driving licence.

You'll experience an inclusive, friendly, and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you'll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we'd love to hear from you.

About Us
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before.

At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality.

Our ambition is to be our clients' most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests.

We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It's important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco.

We aim to promote eq