Senior Environmental Consultant

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Joining Arup

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, advisors and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

As part of Arup’s Climate and Sustainability Services, our Environment team is at the forefront of delivering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for some of the UK’s most transformative projects. We collaborate across disciplines to influence nationally significant initiatives – from pioneering renewable energy schemes such as the Ocean Winds Offshore Wind EIA, to advancing sustainable transport through the West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme and driving critical infrastructure upgrades such as the Great Grid Upgrade and Thames Tideway.

We’re looking for consultants who are naturally curious, passionate about technical excellence, and eager to lead on the environmental agenda. You’ll play a key role in embedding sustainability into every project we deliver, helping shape solutions that make a lasting impact.

Here, your work will truly change the game. Imagine contributing to the UK’s first council‑led Just Transition Plan in Newham
, where climate action meets social and economic priorities, empowering community‑led initiatives. Or leading the EIA for Peak Cluster
, the world’s largest cement and lime decarbonisation project. At Arup, the opportunities to make a real difference are boundless.

The position is for a Senior Environmental Consultant to be based in the North and focused on delivering environmental impact assessments for major national infrastructure projects in transport, water and energy across the UK. Clients will range from renewable energy developers to public sector authorities and from large organisations to start‑ups. You will be working in a global multi‑disciplinary team alongside other environmental, planning, engineering and urban design specialists to deliver industry‑leading environment and sustainability consultancy services.

Your remit will be to undertake technical work, supporting technical leads on projects, assisting teams with proposal preparation and supporting the team leaders in delivering major projects. You will be responsible for:

• Writing sections of environmental reports including EIA screening letters, EIA scoping reports, non‑technical sections of Environmental Statements and reviewing technical inputs for alignment with project details and EIA compliance.
• Inputting to environmental design and applying environmental‑led design principles.
• Contributing to bids and presentations.

At Arup, you will belong to an extraordinary collective where we encourage a curious mindset and individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share, and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning for the clients and communities we serve, and for your career, to our members and Arup.

We appreciate that everyone’s circumstances are different and it’s not always easy to commit to standard working hours.
Work Unbound is our innovative hybrid approach to working and gives all our members greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work.

We are owned in trust for the benefit of our employees, who we call our members. This structure, recognised as a form of employee‑ownership, gives us the freedom to put our clients first, set our own direction, and develop Arup in ways that allow us to contribute positively to the biggest challenges facing the world.

You will be motivated and enthusiastic, with existing environmental consultancy experience and possess the following knowledge, skills and attributes:

• Education to degree level, preferably a master’s degree.
• Member of an appropriate institute, full membership or working towards full membership.…