Senior Environmental Consultant

Senior Environmental Consultant

Requisition

Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and creating a positive impact on society? Do you want to work flexibly in a way that empowers you? With Amey Consulting, you will work with high profile infrastructure organisations, giving you the unique opportunity to bring ground-breaking work to life. Your solutions will have an impact, making a genuine difference to people’s lives. You will work in a growing team of passionate inclusive, open-minded individuals where your professional development can thrive.

Are you a Senior Environmental Consultant passionate about making a difference and using your skills to improve our highways environment? Do you enjoy finding innovative and sustainable solutions to protect and enhance the environment within the operational infrastructure?

Amey Consulting’s Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic Highway networks. National Highways have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner for the largest renewals programme and Environment and Wellbeing Designated Funds. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network.

We are looking to grow our capacity on the Midlands SDF contract for National Highways. The role can be based anywhere in the Midlands as Amey has multiple offices across the region as well as the ability to work remotely. This Senior Environmental Consultant role is a key opportunity to work collaboratively with our design teams and our National Highways clients to build, develop and lead the delivery of Environmental Assessments across all the SDF projects in the Midlands.

This role would involve providing input to and review of DMRB (Design Manual for Roads and Bridges) topics including Biodiversity, Landscape, Cultural Heritage, Waste & Materials, Population and Human Health, Climate and coordinating environmental projects ranging from scoping reports to full environmental assessments.

• Line manage and mentor junior team members. Together you will provide Environmental input to SDF schemes around the Midlands. Working with the Senior Ecologist your main responsibilities include allocation of resources, managing programme of works to ensure delivery to agreed budgets and timescales, implementation of contractual processes, development of staff, document review and authorisation and technical training requirements.
• Input into budgets and forecasting of future work.
• Provide guidance on best methods and practice to meet technical and project requirements through close liaison with Amey designers.
• Keep up to date with industry best practice.
• Work closely with our ecologists to advise on environmental aspects of projects including but not limited to environmental assessments, ecological studies and environmental hazards.
• Undertake environmental site visits, inspections and assist in environmental surveys to inform project designers throughout multiple disciplines (structures, geotechnical, drainage, highways).
• Prepare and review technical reports in line with all relevant legislation, technical standards and guidance.
• Liaise with statutory bodies including the Environment Agency, Natural England and Local Authorities.

• An undergraduate degree in Environmental Science or similar/equivalent subject and must have an interest in a wide variety of environmental topics including ecology with 6+ years’ experience delivering environmental assessment reporting within a consultancy environment.
• Membership of a professional body or relevant qualifications/experience leading to membership.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment interacting with all disciplines in the environment team as well as design teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Experience of working on infrastructure projects and contractual management is desirable.
• Ability to manage budgets, resourcing and plan workload, ensuring project stages are delivered on time and on budget.

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