Senior Environmental Consultant

RPS is looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant to join our Environment & Infrastructure Team, supporting the environmental compliance and consent applications of infrastructure schemes including renewables. This role can be based at multiple locations across the UK on a permanent, full time or part time basis.

We are a leading global multi-disciplinary consultancy and we specialise in all areas of the built and natural environment, shaping the future of our environmental, social and economic landscapes. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry, we'll need your input.

What you'll be doing

This is a key position where you will facilitate the integration of environmental aspects of consents and consenting activities into project delivery, across design, assessment and construction. The Environment Manager is responsible for:

Management and delivery of multiple and multi-disciplinary consents applications

Working with clients and design teams to identify all relevant environmental consents required and advise on their management

Advising client of environmental risks during pre-consenting, design and construction of projects

Identifying consents and assessments required with stakeholders, regulators and client and negotiate agreements

Scheduling of priority activities and deliverables and managing or coordinating environmental site teams

Coordinate and chair relevant technical meetings with planning, design and environment teams, stakeholders and client teams

Produce high quality documents for submission to determining authority

You'll have a relevant degree (or equivalent) or MSc in environment and ideally chartered (CEnv, MIEMA, MCIWEM, CSci)

Be conversant in project planning and delivery of environmental aspects to satisfy planning requirements or conditions

Experienced in design and build stage of projects either as part of a contractor's design team or working on behalf of the client.

Demonstrable delivery of consent programme on major UK infrastructure project

Experience delivering multi-disciplinary consent activities across (but not limited to) - water, biodiversity, cultural heritage and contaminated land remediation.

Knowledge and experience delivering consents under hybrid Bill, DCO, TWA and TCPA planning regimes.

Experience with environmental impact assessments

Understanding of issues around consenting and risks to design process, with experience integrating consent requirements into design

Confident communicator to work with a range of clients, stakeholders and project teams Career expertise in multiple sectors desirable (rail, highways, energy, water)

Environment, multi sector delivery, major infrastructure, understanding of complex planning routes (TWA, hybrid Bill, DCO, TCPA)

Experience working with NEC3/4 contracts would be advantageous but not essential, Disability Confident
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A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you'll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You'll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we're happy to talk about flexible working.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you're not a number, you're part of the solution.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you'll have a conversation with one of our recruiters and then there'll be a two-stage interview process with the Team. All applications will be considered.

We're RPS, A Tetra Tech company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.