Senior Environmental and Sustainability Consultant

Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Reading, Southampton, Greater Bristol Area.

Overview

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation. We are proud to be a top employer in the UK and a recognised Top Inclusive Company.

Responsibilities

• Leading EIA screening and scoping, the production of Environmental Statements and other environmental reports.
• Coordination of technical input from multi‑disciplinary specialists.
• Assisting with monitoring programmes, resources and finances on environmental projects.
• Supporting business development and proposal writing for environmental services, either as stand‑alone services or as part of integrated services offered by Mott MacDonald.
• Client liaison and engagement with stakeholders.
• Mentoring and line management of environmental team members.
• Opportunities to develop an environmental technical specialism, in addition to environmental coordination.

Candidate Specification

Essential

• Relevant academic/professional qualifications.
• Chartership recently achieved through a relevant organisation (IEMA, IES, CIWEM or similar) or working at an equivalent level with demonstrable progress towards Chartership.
• Experienced in environmental assessment, EIA, SEA, relevant UK environmental planning legislation and/or ESG, sustainability strategy and appraisal development for infrastructure projects and national and local sustainability priorities.
• Experience of working in a client‑facing environment with ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes.
• Well‑organised with strong planning and management skills, with ability to produce high quality deliverables and monitor budgets and programmes.
• Experience working in diverse multi‑disciplinary teams and leading teams to produce environmental and sustainability deliverables to a high standard.

Desirable

• Bid/tender delivery experience including development of cost and quality responses.
• Experience of working on TWAO and/or DCO schemes, and experience of the Water, Defence, Energy, Marine or Rail sectors, would be beneficial.
• People management experience and supporting staff development including progression with professional qualifications.
• Confident delivery of environmental and sustainability workshops or training, both online and in person.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance equal up to 4x basic salary, with option to increase.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Annual bonus schemes.
• A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy or sell leave through flexible benefits programme.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Professional institution subscription and mentoring, formal training and self‑development options.

Application

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Accessibility

If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.