Senior Geo-environmental Consultant in Croydon

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Start here. Grow here. Are you ready to shape the future of Investigations and Remediation? We’re looking for a Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant to join our growing Investigations and Remediation team, with opportunities to be based across our offices - Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Plymouth, and with an option for hybrid working.

In this role as Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant, you will lead ground investigation, contamination assessment, and remediation projects, acting as project manager and giving technical direction. The AECOM Investigations and Remediation Practice in the UK&I are working on approximately 400 live projects. Our experts provide one-stop access to services ranging from desk studies, site investigation, risk assessment, remediation (strategy development, design, implementation and validation), monitoring and close-out on a wide range of contracts.

The work we undertake covers sectors from transportation (road, rail, airports, and ports), industrial for specialist manufacturer clients, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, renewables including solar, hydrogen, wind and pump-hydro, developers, defence, public bodies such as Natural England and the National Trust and government agencies including the Environment Agency, SEPA, DEFRA and local authorities. Our award-winning team serves a wide range of end markets and clients.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• You will prepare fee proposals for external and internal clients and lead the input to projects from desk study and feasibility through ground investigation and interpretation to final design.
• You will develop conceptual site models, interpret soil/groundwater data, and progress projects through to remediation.
• This role involves client management, project management, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Become part of our dynamic Investigations and Remediation Solutions business, which boasts over 100 technical experts across the UK & Ireland working as one collaborative team. Our award-winning team specialise in the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, employing cutting-edge technologies and strategic approaches. We work collaboratively with colleagues and clients in a multi-disciplinary environment to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.

Enjoy the Perks. At AECOM you will enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. AECOM invests in Contaminated Land 101 Training to diversify skills in the brownfield sector.

Qualifications: Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A degree in an environmental, science or engineering based subject and be working towards Chartered status through a recognised institution like the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) or The Geological Society of London. Others will also be considered.
• Proven expertise in producing, reviewing, and approving technical reports.
• Proven understanding of contaminated land assessment regulations and guidance.
• Working knowledge of CDM regulations and site management.
• Hands-on experience within field investigation, including site management, drilling supervision, collection of soil, groundwater, vapour and ground gas samples, or the supervision of remediation activities.
• Development of robust conceptual site models.
• Qualitative and/or quantitative risk assessment.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and clients in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Clean driving licence, and willing to travel within the UK.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!