Location
Birmingham, UK - Hybrid working model with regular office attendance, ad hoc site visits and meetings. Occasional travel across the UK required.

Hours
Flexible working can be considered within the needs of the business and project delivery.

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Tetra Tech is seeking a Principal Geo-environmental Consultant to lead the ground risk strategy behind complex, high-value projects that influence how places are planned, designed, and delivered. You will play a key role within the Ground Risk and Remediation team, supporting a broad portfolio of medium and large-scale projects across renewable energy, transport, property, residential, and water sectors. This role combines technical leadership, project management, and client engagement, overseeing geo-environmental work from desk studies and feasibility through to planning, design, and construction. You will act as a key point of contact for clients, project teams, and regulators, managing budgets from a few thousand to several hundred thousand pounds. Additionally, you will contribute to team development with line management responsibility for two to three technical staff.

Your impact will include building trusted client relationships, strengthening delivery controls across time, cost, and quality, growing repeat business, broadening exposure to multidisciplinary work, and shaping project strategy and technical direction. Long-term progression opportunities include becoming a trusted technical leader and expanding your influence across the business.

Experience
Strong, demonstrable experience in UK geology, contaminated land assessment, land quality assessment, site investigation, chemical testing, and remediation strategy development. Experience of engineering geology and geohazard assessment is advantageous. Proven ability to manage geo-environmental projects from start to finish, maintaining delivery, budgets, and programme while balancing technical quality and commercial awareness. Experience in client and stakeholder engagement, including acting as a credible point of contact for clients, contractors, regulators, and internal colleagues. Skilled in preparing and reviewing technical reports such as contaminated land risk assessments and remediation strategies.

About you
Technical leader with excellent project management and client engagement skills. Collaborative approach with a focus on capability-building and commercial success. Able to provide coaching, feedback, and practical guidance to junior colleagues. Strong communicator who can build confidence through clear, responsive delivery. Motivated to support team growth and business development.

Qualifications
Relevant degree in earth, environmental, or engineering discipline. Ideally chartered with a relevant professional body or an existing member working towards chartered status. Substantial experience in geo-environmental consultancy with a focus on contaminated land, risk assessment, and remediation. Interest in digital data capture, interpretation, and presentation is advantageous to support innovation and efficiency.