Principal Environmental Consultant in Stevenage, gb

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety‑first and client and customer‑centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

At M Group Highways, we are supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges – we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

We are the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor. Our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

We are seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant to join our consultancy and lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) support during design. You will work on a portfolio, collaborating with engineers, project managers, regulators and clients to manage risks, resolve challenges and deliver improvements to our Environment Strategy. You and your team will provide technical leadership across assessment, compliance and practice, ensuring handover to delivery and further developing the consultancy, strengthening standards and performance.

Responsibilities include:

• Environmental consulting and leadership across stages
• Coordinating internal and external inputs
• Implementing carbon reduction, nature‑based and climate resilience solutions
• Embedding requirements through stakeholder engagement
• Managing fees, budgets, programmes and resources to achieve commercial targets and support team development

What you’ll bring:

• Degree qualified in an environmental or related discipline, with Chartered Environmentalist or equivalent accreditation and strong consultancy experience in highways, construction or infrastructure
• In‑depth knowledge of EIA processes, assessment methods and planning legislation
• Proven delivery of environmental assessments, consents and sustainability inputs on complex projects, supporting carbon, biodiversity and sustainability initiatives
• Strong report writing, technical review and project management skills, with a collaborative, solution‑focused approach
• Experience leading teams, communication, stakeholder engagement, organisation, flexibility to travel, and a UK driving licence

Benefits and Compensation:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to thousands of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give‑as‑you‑earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice salary‑sacrifice EV/Hybrid car scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover
• Private Healthcare
• Flexible working arrangements

We may occasionally close job adverts before the stated closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to third‑party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.