EHS Consultant

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Senior Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Consultant
At Arcadis, we never lose sight of what is most important. Because look beyond our projects and programmes and you will see it is about human stories. From remaking public spaces that bring people together, to making cities easier to navigate, we are focused on making an impact where it matters most - and improving quality of life.

It is a big challenge. And why we need people committed to bringing their best, who deliver on their promises. People who value different perspectives, build sustainable relationships, and dare to shape the future. People who seize the experiences available to transform their world - and the world around them.

It is a shared goal amongst 27,000 Arcadians. And one we can only achieve by working together and applying our skills and expertise across design, consultancy, engineering, project, and management services. It is how we will find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges, and how we’ll deliver exceptional results, today and tomorrow.

Job Description
If you’re an experienced and passionate EH&S Consultant ambitious to achieve your career potential, join our Strategic Environmental and Safety Consulting (SESC) team and we’ll make sure you get the experience and personalised learning support you need to take your career as far as you want it to go.

As a Senior EHS Consultant you will be focussed on helping our clients drive their EH&S performance in sectors as diverse as finance, industrial, manufacturing, transport, oil and gas, infrastructure, chemical, construction, aviation, local and central government and many other business sectors. This role would be prefect for someone ambitious and motivated by the opportunity to take a next career step, taking on new responsibilities and making an impact in our diverse business.

Your role will be based in our EHS team, delivering excellent EHS projects to our clients. However, the team works alongside our transactional services, sustainability, carbon and climate, digital and data analytics teams. So, a broad range of project opportunities will be open to you, to explore your passions and develop your technical & people skills within a highly experienced, supportive and motivated wider SESC group.

Day To Day Responsibilities May Include Amongst Others-

• Visiting client sites, working independently with their EHS leaders to help improve their EHS performance and promote best practice
• Linking in with the team meetings and supporting colleagues across the multiple SESC teams
• Developing broader skills to support your technical growth with bid writing, budget building, creating win themes, and collaborating to help grow a successful consulting business

You will be actively encouraged to challenge yourself, learn new things, and use your skills wherever they can make an impact across our SESC business. The role is predominantly home based in the UK currently, consistent with government Covid 19 guidance. In more regular times, this role is flexible around a home and office-based balance.
Requirements

• Experienced working on EHS and transactional service delivery, preferably within a consultancy environment or with experience of multi-disciplinary working and varied sector experience.
• Registered Environmental Auditor with an accredited Institution, i.e. IEMA and certified in H&S by an accredited Institution, i.e. IOSH
• You will need to be client committed to providing great service and solutions to improve our client’s businesses. Applying technical, people, commercial, quality and digital considerations into the design of a solution to a client’s requirements, should also play to your strengths
• You should be a natural collaborator with an affinity for developing positive relationships with clients and colleagues, promoting SESC services both internally within our wider Arcadis business, and externally to clients
• You should also be a fluent and confident report writer, possibly with experience technical reviewing the work of others and confident in understanding and applying quality and governance standards
• You will need to be flexible in attitude, willing to go that extra mile and able to travel nationally and occasionally internationally to deliver quality work to our clients

Why Arcadis?
At Arcadis, you’ll have the opportunity to build the career that’s right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it’s why we’ll take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions. Wherever you join us, you can look forward to a competitive reward package that includes an attractive starting salary, opportunities for career development and being part of a sociable community. We have a performance-related bonus scheme and an employee recognition scheme. Other benefits include membership fees to join your relevant professional body, employer contribution pension scheme, flexible working and a flexible holiday scheme.

We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams- Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Qualifications
Registered Environmental Auditor with an accredited Institution, i.e. IEMA and certified in H&S by an accredited Institution, i.e. IOSH