Location
Birmingham - Newhall Street

Hours
Hybrid working model with regular office attendance expected to support collaboration, team development and client engagement. Flexible working considered within business and project delivery needs. Occasional UK travel required.

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Tetra Tech is seeking a Principal Geo-environmental Consultant to lead the ground risk strategy for complex, high-value projects influencing 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. Your responsibilities will include leading geo-environmental work from desk studies and feasibility through planning, design and construction phases, acting as a primary contact for clients, project teams and regulators. This role combines technical leadership, project management and client engagement, overseeing project delivery and budgets ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand pounds. You will support business development activities and provide practical, risk-based advice on contamination, remediation and ground investigation. Additionally, you will contribute to building a collaborative, high-performing team with line management responsibility for two to three technical staff.

Your Impact in this Position
In the short term, you will establish trusted relationships with clients and internal teams, take ownership of live projects and enhance delivery controls across time, cost and quality. In the medium term, you will help grow repeat business, broaden exposure to major multidisciplinary work and influence project strategy and technical direction. Over the longer term, this role offers clear progression to become a trusted technical leader, expand your influence across the business and support growth across multiple sectors.

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 inception to completion, maintaining delivery, budgets and programmes while balancing technical quality and commercial awareness. Experience in client and stakeholder engagement, acting as a credible point of contact for clients, contractors, regulators and colleagues. Skilled in preparing and reviewing technical reports including contaminated land risk assessments and remediation strategies, ensuring high standards of quality and consistency.

About you
Technical leader with strong project management skills and commercial awareness. Excellent communicator able to build confidence and manage expectations with clients and stakeholders. Collaborative approach with a commitment to mentoring and developing junior colleagues. Proactive, solution-focused and able to make sound decisions with minimal supervision. Enthusiastic about contributing to business development and team growth.

Qualifications
Relevant degree in earth, environmental or engineering discipline is expected. Chartered status with a relevant professional body is ideal, or existing membership of a relevant professional organisation 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.