Overview

Senior EIA Consultant role at RPS, a Tetra Tech company. The role is based in Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Manchester and can be hybrid and either full-time or part-time hours.

Our EIA team is working on some of the most exciting projects in the UK and internationally, including offshore and onshore wind farms, solar and battery storage projects, airports and data centres. We combine this with the opportunity to work on a range of smaller EIA projects, providing our team with opportunities to rapidly gain experience across a range of project types and sectors.

Our Projects Include

• Offshore wind and transmission projects, including Mona Offshore Wind Project, Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms and Ossian.
• Airports, including Gatwick and Manston.
• A range of large-scale solar projects, including those at all stages of the DCO process (from site selection/design through to the Examination stage).
• A range of DNS onshore wind projects in Wales.
• Onshore wind, battery storage and feasibility studies in Scotland.

Our track record means that we gain repeat business across these sectors. Our varied portfolio and a range of new opportunities means that our team is expanding.

Your Impact

Join RPS, a Tetra Tech company to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to grow your career while leaving a lasting legacy.

What You Will Be Doing

• Forming a key part of project teams for some of the largest and most prominent EIA projects in the UK.
• Working as a primary point of contact for clients on our small to medium-sized projects.
• Attending project meetings with topic teams and internal and external clients.
• Managing key elements of the EIA process, such as author briefings, cumulative assessments and survey programmes.
• Project management, including financial planning.
• Working with topic authors to deliver topic chapters on programme and in line with our high quality standards.
• Drafting reports, including project descriptions, non-technical summaries, scoping reports and bid documents.
• Technical review of ES deliverables.
• Provision of advice regarding all aspects of EIA, including responding to stakeholder and legal queries.
• Working with our digital and design teams to further develop our capacity in digital EIA.
• Mentoring junior or new members of the team.
• We welcome applicants who specialise in EIA, as well as applicants who are keen to combine this role with work with our sustainability and climate team, as well as applicants with technical writing skills for relevant topics, such as ecology, hydrology and socio-economics.

Who We Are Looking For

You will need to have excellent writing skills, be able to work collaboratively and have the ability to work with others. A good eye for detail is essential as is strong problem-solving skills, helping to address client concerns and 'make complex easy'.

Qualifications

• A first degree in a relevant environmental subject and ideally an MSc in a relevant topic e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management or similar
• Willingness to travel to client meetings/workshops, consultation events and to other RPS Tetra Tech offices (essential).
• Experience of working in a consultancy environment, including experience as part of EIA project management teams (essential).
• Experience in reviewing EIA deliverables, with a good understanding of what the EIA Regulations require (essential).
• Good financial project management skills (essential).
• An eye for detail (essential).
• Excellent people skills, to ensure seamless working with clients and colleagues (essential).
• Experience in working on NSIPs/DCO projects (desirable).
• A related technical area of expertise, or experience in writing technical assessments, such as hydrology, climate change, ecology or air quality (desirable).
• There will be some travel so a full UK driving license is required.

What is in it for you?

We’re proud to be an accredited training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes. We provide learning and development for everyone. We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects. We respect diverse ideas and perspectives and prioritise wellbeing. You’ll be joining a diverse community of experts and a company that puts its people first.