Senior Environmental Consultant

Senior Environmental Consultant – SOCOTEC, Coventry

Senior Environmental Consultant, SOCOTEC, Competitive Salary, Coventry
To support our ambitious growth plans, we have a great opportunity to join our Environment and Safety Division. SOCOTEC provides a comprehensive range of environmental monitoring and consultancy services to help companies fulfil their legal obligations and to comply with environmental regulations. Our expert field teams provide national coverage and tailored services including site investigation, sampling and analysis, monitoring, interpretation and consultancy.

Our qualified and highly talented field consultants provide environmental analysis, environmental monitoring and consultancy services to assist clients in complying with legislation.

As a Senior Environmental Consultant you will take responsibility for the project management and technical leadership of contaminated land projects and environmental assessments. You will work within the wider environmental team assisting in delivery of technical and operational work. The base office will be in Coventry, with occasional travel to other SOCOTEC offices across England, Scotland and Wales. A full driving licence is essential.

• Take a technical and commercial responsibility for the on time and on budget delivery of contaminated land and environmental assessment projects within the context of a wider environmental team.
• Prepare proposals.
• Write factual and interpretative reporting.
• Provide day‑to‑day training and mentoring of current and new junior team members.
• Deliver all work safely in line with SOCOTEC’s safety policies and procedures.
• Provide excellent customer service to existing and new clients.

• A relevant scientific or environmental degree and at least 5 years’ experience in geo‑environmental/contaminated land consultancy.
• Practical work experience in the geo‑environmental/contaminated land field and the waste industry, including supervision of sub‑contractors, soil and groundwater sampling and monitoring.
• Previous experience in writing contaminated land and waste reports, including human health and controlled waters risk assessments.
• Good IT skills and the ability to communicate effectively to a range of technical and non‑technical audiences, both verbally and written.
• Willingness to learn something new.

Competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday (with the opportunity to buy more), an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes and an enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Here at SOCOTEC UK we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world‑class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a Senior Environmental Consultant you will play a pivotal role in providing these services.

We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place. Not to mention the possibility of working locally, nationally, or globally, in the office or remotely. We are committed to your personal and professional development, and you will be supported in every step of your journey with us.

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Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.