Principal Environmental Consultant

Overview

Lead environmental assessments for UK energy projects, guiding teams and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• environmental review
• technical assurance
• client relations
• sub‑consultant management
• specialist coordination
• proposal prep

Tasks

-Working closely with our engineering colleagues to ensure environmental considerations are made during project development -Guiding junior team members and technically assuring their work -Building relationships with clients -Managing sub-consultants -Coordinating specialists’ inputs -Preparing proposals

Requirements

• town planning
• masters
• eia
• dco
• project management
• environmental permitting

What You Bring

-Strong interpersonal, communication and writing skills -Experience of providing technical leadership and mentoring of junior members of staff -Able to review complex documents, summaries and present the key issues in a clear and concise way -Able to work within a team and motivate others to deliver to high standards -Ability to travel -Understanding of the technical aspects of other major infrastructure projects -Fluent in English -Extensive experience of key roles for UK energy projects such as transmission and distribution, nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture, solar, hydro and wind -Experience of preparing proposals for new project opportunities -Principal level roles in UK EIAs for energy projects (including for DCO applications) -Experience managing projects -Town planning qualification -Involvement in DCO applications -Due diligence for a variety of energy projects -Degree and Masters qualified in an environmental subject -Understanding of the technical aspects of energy projects -Experience of undertaking a range of due diligence activities -Experience of options appraisals and iterative design processes -Able to meet challenging budgets and timescales -Membership of a relevant professional institute. -Experience of environmental permitting

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Benefits

-Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too. -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. -Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. -Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. -Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid. -Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers. -Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. -A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options. -Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments. -Primary annual professional institution subscription. -Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary. -Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service. -A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family. -Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing. -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. -As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes. -Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

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.

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Visa Sponsorship

-no skilled worker visa sponsorship; candidates must have alternative immigration routes.