Senior Environmental Consultant in Manchester

We are seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to support the Consultancy Division in providing customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders with commercially aware, technically proficient, and professional environmental risk reduction services.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Leading and supervising project management of environmental insurance claims and commercial spill projects.
• Liaison with all stakeholders including clients, regulators, contractors and homeowners.
• Undertaking site investigations to determine the extent and severity of impact and assessing environmental risks.
• Logging of soils during investigations to a high standard and in accordance with best practice.
• Preparing health, safety and environmental documentation including risk assessments and method statements along with reporting of H&S near misses and positive observations.
• Management and planning of site investigations, monitoring, remedial and validation works.
• Scheduling and interpretation of field and laboratory data.
• Production of interpretive environmental reports including conceptual site models (CSM) and preliminary (PRA) and generic quantitative risk assessments (GQRA).
• Undertaking and supporting the design, implementation and verification of environmental remediation works.
• Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring consistently high levels of safety, technical robustness, commercial awareness, organisation and customer satisfaction.
• Undertaking quality assurance and safety performance audits.
• Participating in business development activities as a technical advisor and managing key clients.
• Writing high standard reports which are technically sound and commercially focused.

Qualifications:

• A degree in a relevant earth sciences, or geo-environmental discipline and, ideally, be a member of a relevant professional organisation.
• An MSc in a relevant subject (beneficial but not essential).
• 5 years’ work experience in managing environmental incidents, carrying out contaminated land surveys and site investigations, with knowledge of available drilling techniques.
• Possess knowledge of remediation technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater, i.e. have experience of operating on contaminated land projects where there is petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, a working knowledge of CLR11 and BS10175, be proficient in logging soil and rock in accordance with BS5930 and have strong skills in the development and updating of CSMs.
• Possess the ability to work together in a team and also demonstrate the drive and self-motivation to work independently, with minimal supervision.
• Possess the ability to take ownership of and manage projects to meet deadlines and project budgets.
• Possess experience / sound knowledge of current and emerging environmental legislation, guidance and best practice applicable to contaminated land consultancy.
• Possess practical experience of the chemical analyses which can be performed on soil, water and air samples.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate via clear and prompt written and verbal communications to colleagues, clients, contractors, regulators and other consultants.
• Be competent and diligent in the production of technical reports to a high standard, that are commercially focused and to meet challenging deadlines.
• Demonstrate a good degree of flexibility and possess strong organisational and time management skills.
• Be computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft applications.

Additional Information:

Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.