Summary: The Senior Environmental Consultant (Operations and Compliance) is responsible for overseeing environmental land management operations and compliance for various projects, ensuring they deliver tangible environmental benefits. This role involves preparing Construction Environmental Management Plans, securing necessary consents and permits, and conducting inspections and audits. The consultant will work closely with project teams and high-profile clients, contributing to the growth of the environmental services team. The position requires a blend of fieldwork and office-based tasks, with occasional travel across East England and London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the ELM Operations Manager and Sustainability Manager across current contracts and to build the ELM service package.
• Overseeing, writing, pooling content and project management for completing and updating CEMPs across design and build contracts.
• Overseeing and project managing environmental consents (SSSI assents, consents, FRAPs, and other environmental permits).
• Providing support and/or taking a lead on operations and project management across existing projects.
• Management and supervision of the sub-contractors, and the associated compliance with internal and external requirements for delivery (environmental compliance, health and safety, certification, training).
• Assisting in Environmental Land Management technical advice and support to enable us to meet the technical and delivery requirements of its clients. This requires a good knowledge and experience of practical delivery of land management activities.
• Produce and quality control reports to ensure high quality delivery of content to the client.
• Contract compliance and auditing of performance.

Key Skills:

• Be suitably qualified in a relevant environmentally based discipline.
• Have a minimum of 5 years' experience for an Environmental Manager or Senior Environmental Advisor.
• Substantial experience of working within the environmental/land management consultancy sector.
• Experience and knowledge of land-based industries (Land Management, Construction, Forestry, Ecology and Landscape).
• Experience of reviewing contamination reports, waste data and compliance with UK legislation.
• Experience, knowledge, and practical application of environmental compliance, including consents, assents, audits and production of Construction Environmental Management Plans.
• Fully conversant in Scottish and/or UK consenting and environmental legislation.
• Experience of project management of works delivering land management and habitat and estate infrastructure design, creation and maintenance.
• Ability to prioritise works, amongst a demanding delivery schedule.
• Accurate information gathering and record keeping.
• Understanding of health and safety management and its application in the context of construction and rural land management.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships internally, and with clients and stakeholders.
• Client focused approach to delivery.
• Practical understanding of Habitat creation, maintenance and restoration. Practical understanding of ecology, ecological mitigation and wildlife legislation.

Salary (Rate): £296.00

City: Felixstowe

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Other