Location
Central London office with flexible hybrid working options. Other office locations include Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, and Epsom.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
AtkinsRéalis is seeking a dynamic and motivated Senior / Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant specialising in environmental compliance, EIA, contaminated land, and brownfield development to join our award-winning Contaminated Land & Hydrogeology team within the Sustainable Land and Resource Management Practice. You will contribute to major UK infrastructure projects across transportation, energy, buildings and places, and water markets.

Your responsibilities will include assisting with the coordination and delivery of environmental work by multi-disciplinary teams, focusing on soils and geology, and potentially acting as Senior Environmental Manager on major rail infrastructure projects. You will manage contaminated land projects, oversee finances and programme delivery, provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff, liaise with clients and stakeholders, and support business development activities.

This role offers the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders on high-profile UK and international projects in a supportive, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary environment.

Experience
- Relevant post-graduate experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.
- Proven track record in technical leadership and delivery of Phase 1 Desk Studies, Phase 2 Site Investigations, remediation design, and verification/validation.
- Experience managing NEC3/4 and/or ICE contracts is beneficial.
- Knowledge of electricity substation and high voltage-related land contamination sites is desirable.
- Experience with MMPs, DoW Code of Practice, and ideally Qualified Person (QP) status.
- Experience with EIAs, due diligence, permitting, and risk assessments including controlled waters and human health.
- Familiarity with analytical modelling packages such as P20, ConSim, CLEA.
- Experience working with geospatial data (GIS) using QGIS and/or ArcGIS, managing large project data including AGS data.

About you
- Strong technical, people, and project management skills.
- Commercially aware with ability to complete tenders.
- Customer focused with excellent relationship management skills.
- Registered SiLC and SQP status would be particularly welcomed.

Qualifications
- Higher education qualification in a relevant engineering or science subject (e.g. geology, geography, hydrogeology, chemistry, earth sciences, environmental science).
- Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body is required or commitment to achieve chartered status within 6 to 12 months of joining with support from AtkinsRéalis.