Senior / Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant

Job Description

Overview

Transform our Urban Legacy.

Are you ready to take the next step in your contaminated land career? AtkinsRéalis is seeking a dynamic and motivated Senior/Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant to join our award-winning Contaminated Land & Hydrogeology team within the Sustainable Land and Resource Management Practice.

Based in either our Newcastle or Stockton office (with flexible hybrid working), you will be part of an award-winning group of contaminated land experts delivering innovative brownfield solutions to major UK infrastructure projects.

We are seeking a confident and driven individual with a strong technical background and experienced in a range of projects, working with our experienced staff to deliver excellence to our clients. Our client and project base are highly diverse with current projects in the Energy, Water, Buildings and Places, and Transportation markets in the UK and around the world.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside industry leaders, contribute to high-profile UK and international projects, and grow your career in a supportive, collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.

Your role

• Providing technical guidance, constructive support and mentoring to junior staff and supporting their technical development.

• Provide technical input and delivery of contaminated land projects/geo-environmental aspects of multi-disciplinary projects.

• Project management and technical delivery of a wide variety of projects including management of finances, and programme delivery.

• Organising, managing, and checking of site work.

• Liaison with clients, stakeholders, regulators, sub-contractors and other internal disciplines.

• Supporting senior management in developing new business and clients to win work and preparation of commercial offers.

• Leading on the development of H&S Plans for site investigations and managing health and safety during site works.

• Developing own competence and maintaining CPD necessary to fulfil the responsibilities of the role, with support from the business on own training and development needs.

About you

• Higher education qualification in a relevant engineering or science subject (e.g. geology, geography, hydrogeology, chemistry, earth sciences, environmental science).

• Chartered Membership of relevant professional body (if not Chartered, we would expect the candidate, with our support, to become chartered within 6 to 12 months after joining).

• Relevant post-graduate experience (ideally within a consultancy environment) with a strong technical, people and project management skillset and a track record in winning and delivering high-profile work.

• Substantial demonstrable experience as a geo-environmental consultant within consultancy, industry, regulatory or academic fields with a track record in delivering work, client management and stakeholder liaison.

• Commercial awareness and understanding, including ability to complete proposals/tenders.

• Demonstrable understanding of UK environmental and regulatory framework.

• Full UK driving licence.

• Demonstrable experience of software packages such as OpenGround and QGIS.

• Be a digital innovator: experience of handing large data sets, developing graphic representations of data or finding new digital ways of working.

• Skills in GIS and computer programming, and knowledge of engineering geology/hydrogeology would be advantageous.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.