EIA Consultant - Principal/Associate Director

Rsk Group

The Role

Overview

Lead EIA projects, managing assessments and mentoring team in South/East England.

Key Responsibilities

  • review approvals
  • technical qa
  • team mentoring
  • tender support
  • eia coordination
  • environmental consents

Tasks

-Provide the reviewer and approver role for environmental deliverables; driving technical quality. -Providing line management and mentoring to members of the Environmental Team. -Supporting tenders. -Co-ordinating all stages of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) including SEA and the range of other environmental assessments and consents such as WFD, HRA, and planning.

Requirements

  • chartered
  • environmental degree
  • eia
  • sustainability
  • consultancy
  • people skills

What You Bring

-Excellent people skills and ideally previous management/supervisory experience -An environmental related degree -Excellent written and oral communication -Understanding of commercial drivers of consultancy and ability to manage and work to programme and budget -Hold a full UK driving licence -Previous consultancy experience. -A thorough understanding of EIA, sustainability and consenting (planning, HRA, WFD etc.) -Chartered with a relevant institute

The Company

About Rsk Group

-Headquartered in Cheshire, the business serves critical sectors like water, energy, infrastructure, environmental consultancy and civil engineering. -Projects range from river culvert surveys to solar farm biodiversity studies and large‑scale water treatment facilities. -Known for high‑profile acquisitions—like Black & Veatch’s UK/Asia water arm and WysePower site‑services—which broadened its technical scope. -Also operates specialist units in geoscience, marine environmental engineering, research and on‑site technical delivery.

Sector Specialisms

Water

Energy

Infrastructure

Urban Development

Mining

Waste

Renewable Energy

Solar

Traffic Management

Surveying and Engineering

Landscape Management

Environmental

Health and Safety

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)

Legal and Professional Services