Job Description

AtkinsRéalis one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

We are seeking an ambitious Senior Environmental Consultant to join our Environment team to work alongside engineers, environmental scientists, and other staff on our portfolio of infrastructure projects in Ireland, particularly in the water, energy and transport sectors, as well as on specialist environmental projects.

Your Purpose:

We are currently looking to appoint a confident individual who:

Is capable of organising and managing large / strategic environmental projects, including EIARs.
Can motivate, mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the environmental team.
Has excellent project management skills, including technical delivery, management of finances, client liaison and programme delivery on complex and/or multi-disciplinary projects.
Combines excellent organisational, technical, numerical and communication skills to demonstrate logical thinking and concise reporting.

Responsibilities:

Project management of a wide variety of projects ensuring delivery on time, within budget and to high technical standards.
Liaison with clients, stakeholders, regulators, sub-contractors and other internal disciplines.
Preparation of proposals and input into bids for multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects.
Managing project teams.
Working with the local and wider AtkinsRéalis teams across Ireland and the UK.
Providing technical support and mentoring to more junior members of the environmental team.

Requirements:

Degree qualified in a relevant science or environmental engineering subject (e.g. environmental science, geology, hydrogeology etc).
Masters qualified in a relevant specialism preferred, but not essential.
Chartered Membership of relevant professional body.
Relevant post-graduate experience within a consultancy environment, specifically in the preparation and co-ordination of EIAR and non-statutory environmental reports etc.
Excellent working knowledge and demonstrable understanding of relevant planning and environmental legislation, and technical guidance and industry standards / best practice, particularly in relation to the preparation of EIARs.
Proven track record in technical report writing and ability to complete technical reports to required best practice standards.
Proven track record in project management of major environmental projects and development of bids.
Experience of providing technical support and mentoring as part of a team.
Experience in renewable energy projects both on shore and (preferred, but not essential) offshore and experience in sustainability and carbon management for projects preferred, but not essential.

About Us:

At AtkinsRéalis we put Environment, Sustainability and Health & Safety at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we’re always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and ability.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Principal Environment Scientist / EIA Consultant

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