Location
Leeds Bradford

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, based on experience

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Consultant to join Stantec’s UK Air Quality team, based in either our London or Leeds offices. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across our Environmental Services group and teams in Engineering, Buildings, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Planning. Our Air Quality team delivers a diverse range of assessments across the UK, supporting all stages of the development process—from site promotion and planning applications through to discharge of conditions. We also undertake detailed technical studies to support Environmental Permit applications across power, water, industrial, minerals, and waste sectors. In this role, you will lead and contribute to air quality impact assessments involving road traffic, combustion sources, and odour emissions. You will apply dispersion modelling and monitoring programmes to produce high-quality reports and Environmental Statement chapters. We encourage the development and application of emerging approaches that consider both human and ecological receptors, supporting more holistic and future-focused assessments.

About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver, and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans, and efficient designs based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We address today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, focusing on clean growth, supporting radical economic changes, and meeting future community needs. Stantec is committed to equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent.

Experience
- Extensive experience as an Air Quality professional, including undertaking and overseeing air quality impact assessments.
- Proficiency in dispersion modelling using tools such as ADMS Roads, AERMOD, or ADMS5.
- Experience applying GIS in an air quality context, particularly for digitalising modelling inputs and outputs.
- Ideally, experience assessing highway schemes in line with Highways England guidance (DMRB, WebTAG).
- Advantageous experience evaluating emissions to air from power, minerals, industrial, or waste sector projects.
- Strong understanding of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) and the UK planning and regulatory system.

About you
You are comfortable working independently and within multidisciplinary teams on land development and regeneration projects. You bring experience managing, mentoring, and supporting junior colleagues, fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment. You are motivated to develop and apply innovative approaches that consider both human and ecological receptors.

Qualifications
- Relevant degree in a related discipline.
- Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution.