Geo-Environmental Consultant – London
Our clients are a leading environmental consultancy who are currently looking to recruit an Environmental Consultant to join their team covering London and surrounding areas. This is a homebased position with regular site visits and occasional trips into the local office.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Project management
- Arrange site works (including investigation and remediation works) in accordance with scope including communication with relevant parties
- Site investigation design
- Supervise site investigations, remediation works and verification/validations, and perform associated sampling and monitoring
- Manage contractors on-site and maintain high standards of health and safety and quality.
- Schedule samples for laboratory analysis
- Prepare reports including: Preliminary Risk Assessments, interpretive site investigation reports and site verification/validation reports
- Managing project financials
- Assisting in the development and training of junior team members (if senior level position)
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in environmental consultancy
- Relevant degree in a Earth Science or Geo-Environmental related discipline
- Ideally working towards Chartership
- Knowledge of the available site investigation techniques and experience supervising them
- Experience of working on contaminated land projects where there is petroleum hydrocarbon contamination would be of particular benefit
- Working knowledge of relevant environmental guidance, regulation and legislation
- Proficiency in logging soil / rock in accordance with BS5930
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with colleagues, workforce and clients at all levels
- Awareness of the available remediation techniques for soil and groundwater
- Understanding of chemical analyses which can be performed on soil, water and air samples
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Be computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft applications
- Awareness of the wider environmental risk reduction sector
In Return:
- £24,000 - £32,000 salary
- Company car
- Flexible benefits package
- Excellent ongoing training and career development
- Genuine progression prospects
- Discretionary bonus scheme