Location: Colchester, Essex

Salary: £23K to £38K depending on experience

The company is seeking to appoint a Consultant or Senior Consultant with experience of waste facility development and permitting.

The consultancy is the leading UK consultancy in this field. You will be working with an established successful team preparing regulatory applications to support the development of major waste management facilities including treatment plants, EfW and landfills. The work will include the preparation of Environmental Permits and planning applications and the technical reports that are needed to support these applications. Depending on your skills, experience and interests there will be opportunities to work on a wide range of related technical, scientific, and engineering subjects, including environmental impact studies, risk assessments, technical design, civils contract management, site investigations and contaminated land assessment.

The successful applicant would be expected to effectively liaise with our clients and the regulatory authorities. Excellent written and personal communication skills are essential together with a thorough and up to date understanding of the relevant regulatory regimes.

The work is multidisciplinary and we will consider candidates from a wide variety of technical backgrounds but particular preference will be given to candidates with experience in hydrogeology and related disciplines.

Applicants should have a relevant first degree and preferably a higher degree in a relevant scientific discipline with preference given to those with a qualification in a hydrogeology related subject. Chartered status and/or membership of a relevant scientific or engineering professional institution would be an advantage.

Applicants for the Consultant position should have a minimum of 2 yrs experience in consultancy, regulatory role or industry (salary benefits package £23k-£30k).

Applicants for the Senior Consultant position should have a minimum at least 5 years in environmental consultancy, regulatory role or the waste industry which includes at least 3 yrs experience of waste permitting, including for landfill sites. A salary benefits package £32k-£38k is on offer for this position.

The salary benefits package offered will reflect the successful candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.

The consultancy are a successful consultancy with particular expertise in the waste management and brownfield land development sectors. We are retained by all the major waste companies and work closely with other specialist consultancies to deliver successful multidisciplinary projects.

The position would be based at their offices on the outskirts of Colchester.

Screener questions

• How many years of waste permitting experience do you have?
• How many years of hydrogeology experience do you have?
• How many years of understanding of the relevant regulatory regimes experience do you have?
• How many years of liaise with clients & the regulatory authorities experience do you have?
• Do you have the following licence or certification: legal to work in the UK?
• Are you in Colchester, Essex?
• Do you speak Proficient English (Must)?