Principal Consultant - EIA - #1696643

RPS is looking for Senior or Principal EIA Consultant to join us to be based at either Abingdon, Cardiff, Manchester, or Edinburgh. We are working on some of the most exciting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the UK and internationally, including large scale energy projects – think GW rather than MW! This includes solar, offshore wind, international interconnector, and energy storage projects. We are head EIA head for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Project, Morgan and Mona Offshore Wind Projects, Morgan and Morecambe Transmission Assets, TWP, XLinks interconnector and a large portfolio of energy storage and solar projects.

Our team works with BP renewables, EnBW, Flotation Energy, Alcemi, Photovolt Development Partners, XLinks, Statera and Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), as well as many major energy companies. Our track record in renewables, transport, and net zero carbon means that we gain repeat business across these sectors.

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding, and you will be guided every step of the way.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be working within a multi-disciplinary environment with the opportunity to be part of a highly regarded environmental planning team. You will partner with the wider RPS Health Impact Assessment, sustainability, climate change, planning, landscape, ecology, heritage, and transport teams. You will take care of a range of EIA projects within a consultancy environment and provide advice on EIA Regulations and screen, scope and produce Environmental Statements.

A Typical Week Could Include

• Working as a primary point of customer contact on some of the most prominent EIA projects in the UK
• Drafting reports, including project descriptions, non-technical summaries, scoping report and bid documents
• Sign off of ES documents in preparation for stakeholder or legal review
• Provision of advice regarding all aspects of EIA, including stakeholder and legal queries
• Working with our digital and design teams head up further developing our capacity in digital EIA
• Working to mentor junior or new members of the team
• Preparation of bid/tender documents with our bid team, as required
• Opportunities to work across a range of sectors
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

You will have excellent report writing and review know-how, be able to work collaboratively and have the aptitude to work with customers legal teams and other consultancies. A good eye for detail is essential as is strong solution-finding techniques, helping to address customer concerns. We would like you to have:

• A first degree in a relevant environmental subject and ideally an MSc in a relevant topic e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management or similar
• Experience of working in a consultancy environment, including experience of presiding over EIA projects (essential)
• Detailed knowledge of the EIA process (essential)
• An eye for detail (essential)Previous digital EIA experience or relevant credentials (desirable)
• Experience in working on NSIPs/DCO projects (desirable)
• Experience in the energy sector or on infrastructure projects (desirable)
• There will be some travel so a full UK driving license is required.
  
  

What is in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll, be helped as far as you want to go.

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide and development for everyone.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have a conversation with one of our recruiters prior to an interview with the Team. All applications will be considered.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world’s most intricate problems.

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