Location
Cambridge or London office with flexible hybrid working arrangements.

Hours
Full Time

About the Role
AtkinsRéalis is seeking a pro-active and enthusiastic Geo-Environmental / Contaminated Land Consultant to join our award-winning Contaminated Land & Hydrogeology team within the Sustainable Land and Resource Management Practice. You will deliver innovative brownfield solutions to major UK infrastructure projects across transportation, energy, buildings and places, and water markets. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders on high-profile UK and international projects in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.

Your responsibilities will include organisation, collation and assessment of desk-based information for Phase 1 Contaminated Land Desk Studies; design and supervision of Phase 2 site investigations; undertaking environmental and geo-environmental site investigation and monitoring; contractor supervision; soil sampling and logging; environmental monitoring and sampling; and supporting others on site. You will ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies, prepare H&S plans, manage health and safety on site, and handle digital data management including development of conceptual site models and risk assessments for human health and the water environment.

Additional duties include preparation and delivery of factual and interpretative reporting, support with remediation design, implementation and verification, and managing your own work to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to quality and client expectations. You will also develop your competence and maintain CPD with support from the business.

Experience
- Degree qualified in a relevant engineering or science subject such as geology, geography, hydrogeology, chemistry, earth sciences, or environmental science.
- Relevant post-graduate experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.
- Proven track record of delivering work on time, on budget, and to quality and client expectations.
- Demonstrable understanding of land contamination and brownfield land issues, including relevant codes of practice and industry standards.
- Experience in site-based work including soil and rock logging, soil/gas/vapour/leachate/groundwater and surface water monitoring and sampling.
- Experience supervising and managing contractors undertaking trial pitting and drilling activities on brownfield sites.
- Experience managing data on large projects, especially GIS and AGS data, ideally using QGIS and/or ArcGIS.
- Familiarity with discharging Principal Contractor duties in accordance with CDM Regulations 2015.
- Experience delivering site-based work on active gas and electricity infrastructure distribution/transmission sites is desirable.
- Willingness to travel and undertake site-based work across the UK.

About you
- Proactive, organised, and able to manage your own workload effectively.
- Good organisational skills and an appetite for outdoor work in all weather conditions alongside desk-based tasks.
- Enthusiastic and motivated to develop your skills and maintain continuous professional development.
- Committed to health and safety and able to prepare and manage H&S plans on site.
- Collaborative team player who thrives in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline.
- Working towards Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body.
- Further training will be provided as required to support your development and role responsibilities.