Location
Edinburgh

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, based on experience

About the Role
Due to the continued importance of climate change as a key issue for built development and major infrastructure, we are seeking a Senior Consultant to join our team. You will work across the Town & Country Planning and Development Consent Order regimes, supporting a strong pipeline of major applications across sectors including renewable energy, transport, urban regeneration, and new communities. These projects require climate change impact assessments as part of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). The role will focus heavily on climate change assessment to support UK consenting regimes, with opportunities to provide strategic advice on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Key responsibilities include working closely with project teams at pre-application and determination stages regarding carbon management and climate change, undertaking greenhouse gas emission assessments for Environmental Statements and planning documents, conducting climate change adaptation and resilience assessments, contributing to carbon management plans, performing carbon accounting (scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions), managing and delivering work to programme and budget, coaching junior staff, identifying growth opportunities, undertaking research to develop innovative services, producing high-quality reports, preparing thought leadership content, and attending site visits and project meetings.

At Stantec, we foster a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture that encourages personal and professional growth, offering genuine career opportunities based on merit.

Experience
- Strong knowledge of the planning system
- Broad understanding of environmental, social, economic, and sustainability issues
- Solid grasp of EIA Regulations for TCPA and DCO regimes
- Experience undertaking assessments following ISEP (formerly IEMA) guidance on greenhouse gas and climate change resilience and adaptation
- Proven track record authoring climate change chapters for Environmental Statements

About you
- Committed to continuous professional development with a willingness to learn and progress
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Personable, professional, highly motivated, ambitious, and driven
- Strong team-working skills
- Commercially minded with personal responsibility for work
- Detail-oriented with excellent time and workload management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages
- Hold a full UK driving licence and willing to travel nationally

Qualifications
- Relevant degree at 2:1 or above