Consultant – Environmental Impact Assessment (Hybrid working)

We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About The Opportunity

Amentum provides client-oriented solutions across our environment, energy, and defence businesses. With a strong order book and a diverse, exciting portfolio of projects across the UK and internationally, we need to expand our team of environmental specialists across multiple disciplines required to deliver a project lifecycle - from new build and operations through to decommissioning and site end use. We offer opportunities for significant career advancement, attractive remuneration, and flexible working, as well as leadership and client relationship role development. We are seeking a desk- and site-based Consultant with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) expertise to support project operations across our nuclear, environment, energy, and defence businesses. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects, including tasks related to writing scoping reports and environmental statements. Candidates with a regulatory background in reviewing EIAs are also encouraged to apply. This role can be based in Harwell, Rotherham, Cumbria or Birchwood.

Key Responsibilities

• EIA & DCO Delivery: Support delivery of Environmental Impact Assessments and Development Consent Order projects, collaborating with project teams throughout scoping, data collection, analysis, and final reporting.
• Scoping & Environmental Statements: Support the production of screening and scoping reports to support planning applications, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and regulatory compliance.
• Methodological Innovation: Help develop a reputation within the nuclear industry by creating and applying innovative methods of impact assessment for terrestrial, marine, coastal, and ecological environments.
• Digital EIA & Data Management: Support the development of our Digital EIA toolkit. Use datasets such as COPERNICUS, CEFAS, MMO, MAGIC, and SDG to enhance project outputs.
• Field Work & Client Liaison: Conduct site visits, support ecological surveys, and liaise with client project managers. Provide clear communication on project progress, findings, and next steps.

Here's What You'll Need

Below are the qualifications and experience that we’re seeking in applicants. We understand that not everyone will meet every single requirement, so if you believe you have most of the relevant experience and strong potential to succeed in this role, we’d love to hear from you.

• EIA Experience: At least one year of experience supporting the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments, including a focus on marine impacts (distinct advantage).
• Technical Background: Bachelor’s degree in marine sciences, environmental sciences, botany, zoology, chemistry, or a related field.
• Environmental Statements & Planning Consents: Demonstrable experience in supporting environmental statements and planning consents.
• GIS & Data Management: Familiarity with GIS packages, strong data management skills, and the ability to analyse and report spatial data effectively.
• Additional Knowledge: Awareness of at least one of the following: air quality management, noise abatement policy/legislation, or dispersion modelling methodologies for terrestrial and/or marine environments.
• Communication & Problem-Solving: Strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Flexibility: Willingness to travel (including potential overseas trips) to support client and project requirements.

This position provides an excellent opportunity for an early-career professional to deepen their skills in environmental impact assessment within the nuclear and other high-hazard industrial sectors. If you have the enthusiasm, technical aptitude, and desire to work on complex, impactful projects, we invite you to join our growing team.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team. Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join, then please let us know.