Job Description

EIA Professional - Principal or Associate level

Bristol

Salary (dependant on experience)

Part of a growing organisation our consultancy client seeks an

EIA professional

at either

Principal

or Associate

level in Bristol. They are a leading UK-based independent environmental consultancy, underpinned by a growing team of experts in environmental policy, strategy, design, and assessment.

As they seek to further grow the EIA team in the Bristol office, your role will be to lead and grow the team

You will assist in coordinating environmental inputs for major EIA projects that will support proposals for large-scale infrastructure and major development projects including within the transport, renewable energy and property sectors.

There will also be the opportunity to work on projects requiring Strategic Environmental Assessment.

You will work with a range of internal technical environmental specialists and designers to manage environmental inputs to project designs and assessments. This will include early strategy development, through to feasibility, outline design, detailed design and discharging of conditions. You will have the opportunity to work within various consenting regimes, including Development Consent Orders and Town and Country Planning. You will also be expected to liaise with clients and sub-consultants, help to prepare fee proposals, and author environmental reports and EIA documentation.

It is their philosophy that the role of an environmental consultant should be to ensure that environmental issues are at the heart of development design. Therefore, it is of importance that you are confident when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups and should be able to work effectively with technical environmental specialists and design teams to embed environmental design solutions into development proposals.

Core Skills and Experience

Whilst we are seeking the following core skills and experience, we still encourage applications where they may have comparable experience within environmental management and assessment, planning or permitting to apply:

A relevant environmental degree level qualification in EIA, or similar

An excellent knowledge and understanding of EIA processes and relevant UK legislation

A good understanding of a range of technical environmental disciplines and development projects

Experience of leading the production of environmental reports and EIA documentation (including screening and scoping reports, preliminary environmental information reports and Environmental Statements)

Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including EIA review of technical reporting

The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams whilst working to a deadline

An organised, methodical approach with competency in using project management tools and methods to coordinate project deliverables

Experience of engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups

Experience of financial control and project management

Line management or close oversight of junior members of a team

Experience of bid preparation and business development activities

What we offer

Along with a competitive salary, we offer a benefits package which includes an enhanced pension scheme, death in service life cover, discretionary bonus scheme, discretionary medical cover and much more.

Call Steve Halliday on 07908 440589 or email steve.halliday@hardgate-consulting.com

Sorry but we are not able to support visa sponsorship.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 50,000.00-65,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme
Benefits:

Company pension Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person