Senior Geo-environmental Consultant

Company Description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be h accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

We’re looking for a Senior Geo-Environment consultant to join our growing Investigations and Remediation team
, with opportunities to be based across our offices – Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Plymouth – and an option for hybrid working.

In this role as Senior Geo-Environmental consultant, you will lead ground investigation, contamination assessment, and remediation projects, acting as project manager and giving technical direction.

In any given period, the AECOM Investigations and Remediation Practice in the UK&I is working on approximately 400 live projects. Our experts provide one-stop access to services ranging from desk studies, site investigation, risk assessment, remediation (strategy development, design, implementation, and validation), monitoring, and close-out on a wide range of contracts.

The work we undertake covers sectors from transportation (road, rail, airports, and ports), industrial for specialist manufacturer clients, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, renewables (solar, hydrogen, wind, and pump-hydro), developers, defence, public bodies such as Natural England and the National Trust, and government agencies including the Environment Agency, SEPA, DEFRA, and local authorities.

• You will prepare fee proposals for external and internal clients and lead the input to projects from desk study and feasibility through ground investigation and interpretation to final design.
• You will develop conceptual site models, interpret soil/groundwater data, and progress projects through to remediation.
• This role involves client management, project management, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Become part of our dynamic Investigations and Remediation Solutions business, which boasts over 100 technical experts across the UK & Ireland working as one collaborative team. Our award-winning team specialises in the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, employing cutting‑edge technologies and strategic approaches.

We work collaboratively with colleagues and clients in a multi‑disciplinary environment to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large‑scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion. Here, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward‑thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

At AECOM you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work‑life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. AECOM invests in Contaminated Land 101 Training to diversify skills in the brownfield sector.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A degree in an environmental, science or engineering based subject and be working towards Chartered status through a recognised institution like the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) or The Geological Society of London. Others will also be considered.
• Proven expertise in producing, reviewing, and approving technical…