Senior EIA Consultant

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play, and together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

As part of a growing and agile business, our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant with a broad range of EIA experience. You will manage small to medium sized Environmental Impact Assessments projects and work closely with our clients. Your work may involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise, and will take place in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations.

• Champion high standards of environmental performance within multidisciplinary engineering projects, influencing project development and delivering optimal environmental outcomes.
• Coordinate the delivery of environmental work undertaken by multidisciplinary teams across a range of projects.
• Competently undertake own work to an excellent standard, and review the work of others.
• Manage selected projects or components of projects, responsible for resource allocation, subcontractors, quality assurance, client feedback and effective communication of any changes.
• Contribute to tender proposals and bids as part of a project winning team.
• Provide environmental advice and support to clients, project managers and colleagues.
• Engage with consultees and stakeholders.
• Work closely with technical specialists.
• Develop outstanding reports – summarizing and explaining outcomes to non‑technical audiences will be critical.
• Manage projects, oversee performance on technical, quality, commercial and health and safety aspects.

• A good working knowledge of EIA practices and procedures and a solid understanding of environmental and sustainability principles.
• Experience across a range of project types, ideally within energy, residential/mixed‑use/regeneration, and other major infrastructure projects including rail and highways.
• Practical knowledge of the UK planning system and consenting process.
• Strong report‑writing, verbal and presentation skills, with proven experience in reviewing the work of others to ensure quality.
• Experience in multidisciplinary co‑ordination of projects, with solid project management and technical skills, and demonstrated professionalism in creating and delivering reports and presentations.
• Experience in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities, regulators and stakeholders.
• Desired:
  Experience in delivering SEA and/or Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) projects, and knowledge and application experience of sustainability, waste or carbon assessments.
• Desired:
  Associate Member of IEMA.

We want you to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together, diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life, and we work closely with our people across six ED&I work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. You’ll do meaningful work and help deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.