Senior Environmental and Sustainability Consultant

Senior Environmental and Sustainability Consultant

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Location: Altrincham, Birmingham, Brighton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Reading, Southampton; UK
Recruiter contact: Emma Cantley

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott Mac Donald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.

Are you passionate about delivering innovative environmental solutions and shaping the future? Mott Mac Donald’s Environment, Nature, and Consents business is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant to contribute to a growing pipeline of exciting opportunities.

Our Environmental & Sustainability Services (ESS) team consists of over 100 environmental and sustainability professionals located across 18 offices throughout the UK and Spain. ESS is involved in a diverse range of projects across various sectors, including energy, ports/marine, defence, water, rail, and urban development projects, for a variety of clients including local authorities, government agencies, utility companies, Network Rail, National Grid, contractors, and many more.

We lead the coordination, delivery and management of environmental and sustainability work streams at all stages of the project lifecycle, from business case development and optioneering through to supply chain procurement and construction. Our team members are pivotal in advocating for environmental and social outcomes on projects and embedding sustainability into the decision‑making process, working closely with environmental technical specialists, stakeholders, design team and clients.

As part of this role, the successful candidate would be likely to undertake the following:

• Leading EIA screening and scoping, the production of Environmental Statements and other environmental reports
• Coordination of technical input from multi‑disciplinary specialists
• Assisting with monitoring programmes, resources and finances on environmental projects
• Supporting business development and proposal writing for environmental services, either as stand‑alone services or as part of integrated services offered by Mott Mac Donald
• Client liaison and engagement with stakeholders
• Mentoring and line management of environmental team members
• Opportunities to develop an environmental technical specialism, in addition to environmental coordination are available

• Relevant academic/professional qualifications
• Chartership recently achieved through a relevant organisation (IEMA, IES, CIWEM or similar), or working at an equivalent level with demonstrable progress toward Chartership
• Experienced in environmental assessment, EIA, SEA, relevant UK environmental planning legislation and/or ESG, sustainability strategy and appraisal development for infrastructure projects and national and local sustainability priorities
• Experience of working in a client‑facing environment with ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes
• Well organised with strong planning and management skills, with ability to produce high quality deliverables and monitor budgets and programmes
• Experience working in diverse multi‑disciplinary teams and leading teams to produce environmental and sustainability deliverables to a high standard

• Bid/tender delivery experience including development of cost and quality…