Remote Geo-Environmental Consultant in Derry

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AECOM is offering an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning Soil, Groundwater and Remediation Team. You’ll work in a collaborative, high-performing environment that prioritises wellbeing, flexibility, and professional growth. Our team supports a broad range of sectors — including industrial, energy, pharmaceutical, land development, ports, road, and rail — delivering services such as:

• Desk studies
• Site investigation
• Risk assessment
• Remediation strategy, design, implementation, and validation
• Environmental monitoring and close-out

This role provides an excellent platform to develop technical and commercial skills, take ownership of projects, and contribute to meaningful environmental outcomes.

Here’s what you will do:

• Deliver Phase 1 environmental assessments, ground investigations, and routine monitoring tasks;
• Work independently to ensure technical quality, budget control, and programme adherence;
• Support the preparation of fee proposals for internal and external clients;
• Manage projects from desk study and feasibility, through to delivery of site investigations and data interpretation, to remediation design and delivery.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career with a globally respected consultancy. At AECOM, you’ll be supported by industry-leading experts, given access to cutting-edge tools, and encouraged to grow within a company that puts people first.

Ready to take the next step in your geo-environmental career? Want to further your career within one of the UK’s top soil, groundwater and remediation consultancies? Join us. Make a difference. Build a better world.

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

• Education: Ideally, a minimum of an undergraduate degree in an environmental, science, or engineering-based subject.
• Technical Knowledge and Skills: A good understanding of contaminated land assessment regulations and guidance; Working knowledge of CDM regulations and site management; Development of conceptual site models; Qualitative risk assessment; Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to write clear and concise technical reports and documents.
• Field Experience: Hands-on experience with field investigation, including site management, drilling supervision, collection of groundwater and ground gas samples, and supervision of remediation activities.
• Other Requirements: Full driving licence; Willing to travel within the UK and work away from home for periods of time; CSCS card holder.

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.