Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant in Northwich

About Us

Brownfield Solutions has been providing specialist geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy services since 2005, offering expert ground investigation, risk assessment, and remediation services for both brownfield and greenfield developments. We work across a range of sectors including property development, infrastructure, construction, and energy, helping clients understand ground conditions, manage contamination risks, and ensure regulatory compliance. Our team of experienced consultants, including environmental scientists, geologists and engineers, specialises in assessing geotechnical and geo-environmental constraints, providing tailored solutions to unlock the full potential of each site. As part of the Celnor Group, we maintain a supportive and friendly working environment where everyone can thrive, with a strong reputation for technical excellence, reliability, and problem-solving.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant to join our team in Northwich, with opportunities for rapid professional development and promotion for the right candidate. We’re looking for a team player with approximately 5+ years relevant experience who has drive, ambition and commitment to producing quality work. The right candidate will be self‑motivated and eager to develop their skills and knowledge. You’ll work as part of an experienced team delivering geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy services to a diverse range of clients including residential and commercial property developers, agents, planners, engineers, public bodies and private companies. Our workload is varied and engaging, with a good balance of site and office working, managing projects including ground investigations to satisfy planning conditions, contaminated land assessments, geotechnical design, remediation design, verification, Part 2A investigations, due diligence surveys and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance and legislative background to the geo-environmental and geotechnical industry, helping to spread knowledge to junior staff
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
• Conduct ground investigations involving various techniques, taking on the role of Project Manager for various schemes and delegating work to junior staff
• Produce project fee proposals and tenders
• Understand commercial aspects of business and take responsibility for project finances, with potential responsibility for invoicing projects
• Attend meetings, site visits and site work as required
• Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Develop client relationships and be an excellent written and verbal communicator
• Check and approve the work of junior staff including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, factual and interpretive reports
• Help produce guides, template masters, identify and develop tools to improve quality and efficiency
• Pass knowledge on and mentor junior staff
• Write interpretive reports including Phase I/II geo-environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments, and geotechnical assessments
• Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
• Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies with knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
• Undertake remediation verification and reporting
• Manage earthworks and materials/waste management including knowledge of MMPs under the CL:AIRE DoWCoP
• Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculation of foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
• Liaise and negotiate with regulators
• Comply with and assist with updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential Requirements

• Approximately 5+ years relevant experience
• Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in relevant subject (geology, environmental science, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, physical geography etc.)
• Full UK driving licence (manual transmission)
• Excellent IT skills and highly competent with MS Office
• Excellent problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to adapt, finding quick, innovative and practical solutions
• A strong and exemplary work ethic, able to work effectively alone or as part of a team

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree or Masters in relevant subject
• Chartered Status
• Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, Holebase, Surfer, Geo5 etc.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary of £40,000 - £45,000 dependant on experience and provide a comprehensive range of benefits including:

• Optional every second Friday off work (2FF scheme) - giving an extra circa 26 days off per year on top of paid annual leave
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (3 days reserved over Christmas shutdown, increasing with service and promotions)
• Twice yearly salary reviews as you become more experienced
• Company profit share scheme and enhanced 4% employer pension contribution
• Overnight stay allowance (£30 per night) plus expenses
• Generous training fund and CPD support with professional fees covered (for two bodies)
• £2,000 bonus on attaining chartership (one body only)
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and mental health
• Laptop/PC, mobile phone, company vehicles, and branded workwear provided
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity/paternity leave, adoption and shared parental leave
• Cycle to work scheme and recruitment recommendation bonus
• Potential for occasional home working

We have a friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment, with company social events throughout the calendar. We are a growing company so there will be opportunity to move up the career ladder and make your own mark on the direction of the company. Brownfield Solutions is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're the right fit for this role.