Senior Environmental and Sustainability Consultant

Mott Macdonald

The Role

Overview

Senior consultant delivering environmental assessments and sustainability solutions for diverse projects

Key Responsibilities

  • technical coordination
  • monitoring
  • business development
  • team mentoring
  • eia screening
  • report production

Tasks

-Coordination of technical input from multi-disciplinary specialists. -Assisting with monitoring programmes, resources and finances on environmental projects. -Supporting business development and proposal writing for environmental services, either as stand-alone services or as part of integrated services offered by Mott MacDonald. -Mentoring and line management of environmental team members. -Leading EIA screening and scoping, the production of Environmental Statements and other environmental reports.

Requirements

  • chartership
  • people management
  • client facing
  • bid delivery
  • eia
  • sustainability

What You Bring

-Chartership recently achieved through a relevant organisation (IEMA, IES, CIWEM or similar), or working at an equivalent level with demonstrable progress towards Chartership. -People management experience and supporting staff development including progression with professional qualifications -Experience of working on TWAO and/or DCO schemes, and experience of the Water, Defence, Energy, Marine or Rail sectors, would be beneficial -Experience of working in a client-facing environment with ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes -Bid/tender delivery experience including development of cost and quality responses -Experienced in environmental assessment, EIA, SEA, relevant UK environmental planning legislation and/or ESG, sustainability strategy and appraisal development for infrastructure projects and national and local sustainability priorities -Confident delivery of environmental and sustainability workshops or training, both online and in person. -Experience working in diverse multi-disciplinary teams and leading teams to produce environmental and sustainability deliverables to a high standard -Relevant academic/professional qualifications -Well organised with strong planning and management skills, with ability to produce high quality deliverables and monitor budgets and programmes

Benefits

-Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary. -Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing. -A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options. -A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme. -As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes. -Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. -Primary annual professional institution subscription. -Opportunities to develop an environmental technical specialism, in addition to environmental coordination are available. -Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. -A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family. -We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. -Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury. -Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. -Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers. -Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay. -Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid. -Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too. -Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service. -Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.

The Company

About Mott Macdonald

-Delivering complex projects that require both technical expertise and strategic vision. -Design of major infrastructure and transport systems. -Specializing in sustainable solutions to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities. -History built on innovation and forward-thinking engineering, consistently delivering impactful results.

Sector Specialisms

Engineering

Architecture

Bridges

Building services

Building structures

Dams and reservoirs

Geotechnics

Industrialized design and construction

Transportation

Energy

Water

Buildings

Infrastructure

Systems engineering and assurance

Container terminal sector

Marine

Utilities

Heavy Civil

Commercial

Residential

Government

Visa Sponsorship

-mott macdonald does not offer skilled worker visa sponsorship due to uk government changes (april 2024) -applications are welcome from candidates eligible for alternative uk immigration routes that do not require sponsorship