Location
Edinburgh

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 people across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving complex challenges and delivering impactful solutions together.

As part of our growing and agile Environmental Planning team, we are seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant with broad Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) experience. You will manage small to medium sized EIA projects and work closely with clients to deliver high-quality environmental outcomes. Your expertise may cover environmental management, technical or sustainability areas including protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality, or noise.

Our work spans some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations, focusing on protecting natural environments and water resources while supporting sustainable development for future generations. You will champion high environmental standards within multidisciplinary engineering projects, influence project development, and coordinate environmental work across teams.

Key responsibilities include managing projects or project components, resource allocation, subcontractor management, quality assurance, client communication, contributing to tender proposals, providing environmental advice, engaging with stakeholders, and developing clear, accessible reports for technical and non-technical audiences. You will also oversee technical, quality, commercial, and health and safety performance on projects.

Experience
- Strong working knowledge of EIA practices, procedures, and environmental and sustainability principles
- Experience across a range of project types, ideally including energy, residential/mixed use/regeneration sectors, and major infrastructure projects such as rail and highways
- Practical understanding of the UK planning system and consenting process
- Proven report writing, verbal, and presentation skills with experience reviewing others’ work to ensure quality
- Experience in multi-disciplinary project coordination, project management, and technical delivery
- Skilled in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities, regulators, and stakeholders

About you
Professional, proactive, and able to deliver high standards of environmental performance within complex projects. You are confident engaging with clients and stakeholders and can communicate complex environmental information clearly to diverse audiences.

Qualifications
- Relevant environmental or sustainability qualifications
- Desired: Experience delivering Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) and/or Integrated Impact Assessments (IIA)
- Desired: Knowledge and application of sustainability, waste, or carbon assessments
- Desired: Associate Membership of IEMA