Consultant / Senior Consultant: Air Quality - London, United Kingdom - Air Quality Consultants

Air Quality Consultants

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Role Location
The role is full-time and based in London with travel required across the UK for specific project opportunities.

The Company

Air Quality Consultants Ltd was established in 1993 and has become the leading independent air quality and climate change practice in the UK.

The company provides specialist services to developers, industry, local authorities and central Government, both within the UK and internationally.

The Directors of Air Quality Consultants established the Logika Group and sister companies Noise Consultants and Logika Consultants to provide clients with a broad range of high quality environmental and design consultancy services.

We specialise in the fields of air quality, climate change, noise, biodiversity, water management, green infrastructure, natural capital, environmental policy and socioeconomics.

Managed by a single leadership team, the Logika Group is made up of around 70 environmental experts with ambitious plans for organic growth in the years ahead.

We provide people with the opportunity to progress and work on interesting projects with a wide range of valued clients who operate in a variety of sectors.

The Role

To support our continued growth, we are seeking to recruit an Air Quality Consultant or Senior Air Quality Consultant based in our London office adjacent to Farringdon Station.

You will require detailed practical experience of atmospheric dispersion modelling, particularly for transport and industry.

In addition, you should have a good understanding of ambient air quality monitoring methods for both particulate and gaseous species, and experience reviewing and critically evaluating ambient monitoring results.

With this experience you will work with our senior team of experts to train and mentor junior staff and help them develop their knowledge and experience in the sector.

Depending on experience, there are opportunities to support our Environmental Policy and Economics Practice which provides high quality policy advice, strategic insight as well as scientific, policy and economic analysis in a range of environmental policy areas.

These include air quality and emissions and climate change.

The team has established positions on a broad range of frameworks with the European Commission and secured work with a wide range of clients including the UK Government, the European Commission, international development banks, environmental NGOs, the UN as well as industry trade associations and companies.

This is an exceptional opportunity at an exciting time both for our business and for environmental consultancy.

With us, you will be involved at the heart of the team and will play a key role in the delivery of our work.

You will work in a friendly, supportive environment and will be given one to one support, mentoring, learning and development via experienced colleagues.

External training will be provided where required.

Skills and experience we are looking for
Essential

Significant experience in the technical management of large and complex air quality assessments
Expert in atmospheric dispersion modelling, particularly for the assessment of air quality impacts related to major transport and industrial infrastructure
Wide understanding of ambient air quality monitoring methods
Working knowledge of Geographical Information Systems (GIS):
Track-record in the consultancy sector with strong customer focus
Good communication skills, both orally and in writing
Strong technical capability and ability to review and interpret data
Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

Odour monitoring and modelling experience
Experience of developing GHG inventories and considering climate change impacts
Environmental permitting and regulator liaison experience
Experience of working with other environmental disciplines including noise and biodiversity
Recent programming, machine learning, statistics and optimization experience

Qualifications:

Relevant A-Levels or equivalent
BSc or higher in an appropriate sciencebased discipline
Membership of relevant professional institutions, such as IAQM will also be taken into account

What we offer
You would be part of one of the most highly respected environmental consultancy teams in the UK.

We are a growing Group of companies that wants to do things differently, with an exciting future that will help you shape and realise your ambitions.

You will have a great opportunity to work with a talented and dedicated team and be able to develop your career as the company grows.

We ensure we can support our employees through offering wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals. These include flexible working, trained mental health first aiders and readily available support through our Employee Assistance programme.

Furthermore, along with a competitive salary, we offer a benefits package which includes an enhanced pension scheme, death in service life cover, discretionary bonus s