Senior Consultant/ Consultant - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

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Senior Consultant/ Consultant - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Future Energy Overview: Driven by a global network of purpose-driven professionals who live and breathe the Power of Commitment, GHD is actively helping clients and communities navigate the complex and rapidly evolving energy transition. Due to the ongoing success of this initiative, we are currently looking for a highly skilled and motivated Environmental Consultant to join our dedicated team in supporting the Front-End Engineering Design of cutting-edge industrial fuel switching projects.

Position Overview: This is a great opportunity to join our expanding Environmental Solutions Group and Future Energy community. As an experienced consultant, you will help drive our ambition to grow and become a trusted environmental advisor across the energy sector by leading and contributing to project delivery and business development, with a particular focus on Future Energy related projects (including both onshore and offshore).

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the growth of the Environmental Solutions Group through the winning and delivery of Future Energy projects, providing guidance and technical expertise relating to these projects, enabling project development applications, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, optimising sustainability practices and enhancing project outcomes, in order to support our clients in achieving their Net Zero ambitions.

We are seeking consultants with a range of experience in environmental impact assessment and consenting, with demonstrable experience related to the energy transition. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary company and team with a great culture and strong, supportive relationships. The role can be based in our London, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle offices; however, we do operate a hybrid working environment, which provides the opportunity to work from any of our other UK offices and from home.

Core responsibilities

As a member of our Impact Assessment and Permitting (IAP) Team, this position offers excellent variety of work and will see you involved in:

Technical/ Project Delivery

• Leading, managing or providing technical inputs to a wide variety of projects including environmental impact assessment and/or environmental permitting.
• Enabling close collaboration with cross-functional teams including clients, engineers, planners, and stakeholders to integrate environmental considerations into project design and decision-making to ensure that the project design achieves consent.
• Managing or preparing high-quality reports, documents, and presentations that effectively communicate complex environmental concepts to a range of audiences.
• Staying current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to renewables environmental management, contributing to the continuous improvement of our services.
• Mentoring and training members of the IAP team in their technical growth.
• Working collaboratively across our relevant service lines and global network of environmental professionals.

Business development

• Contributing to the identification and pursuit of strategic bid opportunities that will strengthen team capability and enable the growth of both pipeline and backlog.
• Leveraging your industry knowledge and experience to develop and maintain lasting client relationships built on trust and delivery.
• Identifying new product or service offerings to better meet the needs of existing clients or markets.
• Developing and submitting proposals ranging from routine, low risk projects to large or complex, high-risk projects, which may involve influencing and convincing internal and external stakeholders to buy-in to suggested proposals or plans. Including the coordination of the third-party supply chain.

Skills, experience and qualifications

• Proven experience in environmental consultancy (or similar) with a track record in winning work in and delivering environmental impact assessment and consenting projects, with an in-depth understanding of regulatory requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple and/or complex projects simultaneously, to meet deadlines and manage budgets, and work efficiently within a collaborative team environment.
• Demonstrable experience in building and maintaining client relationships and industry networks.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to environmental challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders, with the ability to communicate complex issues concisely and effectively.
• A commitment to continuous learning and professional development, staying informed about the latest industry trends and advancements.
• Professional certification (e.g., Chartered Environmentalist) or membership in a relevant professional organisation (e.g., IEMA, CIWEM) are advantageous.
• 5 - 10 years' experience in a similar role.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans and more.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment that promotes innovation and teamwork.
• Contribution to meaningful, sustainable energy projects that have a positive impact on the environment and society.

If you are a motivated and forward-thinking consultant who is passionate about shaping the energy transition, we invite you to join our team at GHD. Apply now to be part of our exciting journey toward a greener and more sustainable future.

GHD Behavioural Competencies

• Commercially Aware: Demonstrates working knowledge of external forces impacting financial, market, economic, legal and regulatory environments and how GHD responds to them commercially.
• Agile Learner: Actively learns through experimentation and experience and seeks ways to grow and to be challenged by new and novel conditions.
• Client Centric: Anticipates and prioritizes client needs and takes action to provide highquality client experience.
• Enabler of Self and Others: Demonstrates trust by bringing the best of self, valuing others contributions, and engendering confidence and trust with others.

GHD Future Energy: Innovating for a Greener and Cleaner Planet

About Us

Let's put your ideas into action.
If you see the world differently and are driven by a desire to make real change, together we'll make it happen. Everybody at GHD has their own commitment, and we're here to support yours.

Your success is our success, and together we'll make a lasting impact on our world for generations to come.

Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don't just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That's why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.
That's the #PowerOfCommitment

Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It's what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity's most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.