Environmental Advisor in Woking

Environmental Advisor
Location: Hampton (Hybrid) with travel across Surrey
Rate: Up to £450 per day
Contract: Initial 6 Months
Engagement: Opportunity to work Outside IR35, subject to individual project assessment
The Opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced Environmental Advisor to provide specialist environmental advisory services across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects.
This is an opportunity for an experienced environmental professional who can operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing practical environmental advice throughout both the pre-construction and delivery phases of complex civil engineering schemes.
You'll work alongside project leadership teams, technical specialists and client representatives to identify environmental risks, develop practical solutions and ensure projects remain compliant with contractual and statutory obligations.
This assignment is ideally suited to someone who enjoys influencing project outcomes, challenging constructively where required and building trusted relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Whilst the initial contract is six months, there is a significant pipeline of work, providing excellent potential for long-term engagement.
Scope of Services
The successful consultant will provide environmental expertise across multiple projects, including:
Providing specialist environmental advice throughout pre-construction and construction activities.
Developing, reviewing and maintaining Environmental Management Plans (EMPs).
Advising on environmental risks relating to ecology, biodiversity, conservation and contaminated land.
Undertaking environmental assurance visits across project sites and providing practical recommendations.
Reviewing environmental risks and identifying proportionate mitigation measures.
Collecting, analysing and reporting environmental performance data.
Preparing technical reports, presentations and environmental documentation.
Advising project leadership teams on contractual and statutory environmental obligations.
Reviewing client requests, providing professional recommendations and challenging where requests fall outside contractual scope.
Managing priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
Working collaboratively with design, commercial and operational teams to support successful project delivery.
About You
We're looking for an experienced Environmental Advisor who can provide credible, pragmatic environmental advice across complex infrastructure projects.
You'll be confident working independently, capable of influencing project teams and clients, and comfortable challenging decisions where necessary to ensure environmental compliance and best practice are maintained.
You'll have excellent communication skills, be commercially aware and capable of building trusted relationships across multidisciplinary teams while balancing environmental requi...