Senior Geoenvironmental Consultant in Birmingham

Pell Frischmann is a specialist advisory and technical consultancy operating across the built and natural environment. The firm helps shape better futures for communities by providing consultancy services supported by sister companies and partners, to both public and private‑sector clients. Services span buildings, infrastructure and regeneration projects across the UK. Founded in 1926, Pell Frischmann brings a heritage of client‑focused solutions that deliver value through commercial awareness, sustainable aspirations and innovative practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking technically accurate assessments, preparing clear technical reports, and supporting less experienced staff.
• Working alongside geoenvironmental consultants across the company, liaising with internal and external clients, and managing expectations throughout projects.
• Maintaining and developing strong background knowledge and technical understanding, including the EAs Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) Framework.
• Applying technical and communication skills to ensure good report outcomes.
• Delivering high‑quality work in accordance with good practice, relevant standards, legislation, Codes of Practice, design methods, and Health & Safety.
• Communicating technical information understandably and ensuring deliverables meet client needs on time and budget.
• Planning tasks and workload to support timely project delivery.
• Supporting geoenvironmental consultants and graduates as the team grows.
• Project‑managing smaller projects with commercial and financial awareness.
• Contributing to bids, preparing simple bids, and assisting with business development.
• Ensuring compliance with internal management system procedures.

Role – Land Contamination Risk Management

• Preliminary risk assessments, including desk studies, conceptual site models and outlining next steps.
• Designing site investigation schemes, contributing to specifications, tender evaluations, overseeing fieldwork and scheduling geochemical analysis.
• Assessing ground conditions and preparing ground models to support conceptual site models.
• Conducting quantitative risk assessments (generic QRAs requiring human‑health experience; ground gas and controlled waters – advantageous).
• Preparing detailed quantitative risk assessments (experience beneficial).
• Appraising remediation options, developing remediation strategy, and verifying and validating remediation.
• Supervising fieldwork for site investigation and remediation verification (especially for senior levels).

Role – Materials and Waste

• Preparing waste classification assessments and waste acceptance assessments.
• Developing material management strategies and plans.
• Managing site‑won materials, including made ground, natural soils and secondary aggregates from demolition.

Qualifications

• Degree in environmental earth science, geoenvironmental, geological science or equivalent.
• Membership of a relevant environmental professional body.
• Chartered member (or working towards chartership) of a relevant professional body.

Experience

• Considerable years working in a UK consultancy, for private or public‑sector developers and operators on a range of development or infrastructure projects.

Skills

• Strong background knowledge and interest in geoenvironmental topics.
• Analytical, critical thinking and organisational skills.
• Full familiarity with UK land contamination policy, practice and guidance documents.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborative nature, building strong relationships.
• Ability to work well in teams.
• Commercial understanding of environmental consultancy procurement.
• Full UK driving licence with own transport.
• Familiarity with GIS (QGIS, ArcGIS) and Holebase.

Business Travel

Business travel within the UK for client/site meetings and team development meetings.

Benefits

Pell Frischmann offers a competitive salary and a range of excellent benefits. The firm supports ongoing personal and professional development, provides a collaborative and supportive working environment, and promotes employee well‑being. Benefits are available to all staff.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all, welcoming applications from all backgrounds and are delighted to be a part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, and to promote the wellbeing of all our employees.