Environmentalist

About Amey

Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and creating a positive impact on society? Do you want to work flexibly in a way that empowers you?

With Amey Consulting, you’ll work with high profile infrastructure organisations, giving you the unique opportunity to bring ground-breaking work to life. Your solutions will have impact, making a genuine difference to people’s lives. You’ll work in a growing team that is inclusive, open-minded and where your professional development can thrive.

It’s where you feel valued and alive.

Fresh challenge, new opportunity

Are you an Environmentalist passionate about using your skills to make an impact? Are you a big thinker who loves to find innovative and sustainable solutions to protect and enhance the environment within the operational infrastructure?

Amey Consulting’s Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic Highway networks. We are passionate about the highways projects that we design and take pride in seeing our towns and cities thrive by improving connectivity, journey times and quality of life.

National Highways, formerly Highways England, have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme and Environment and Wellbeing Designated Funds that National Highways have ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 6 years.

The role

Our Environment and Sustainability team provides strategic environmental consultancy services across transport, utilities, defence and local government infrastructure. The team has a diverse range of skilled people with expertise in ecology, noise, air quality, landscape, arboricultural services, archaeology, carbon modelling, environmental assessment, environmental auditing, and GIS specialists, servicing the consulting needs within the wider Amey group.

We are looking to grow our capability in several areas following successfully securing the South West SDF contract for National Highways contract. We view this Environmentalist role as a key opportunity to build, develop and lead our delivery of Environmental Assessments across all the projects in the Amey Consulting portfolio. This role would involve providing input to DMRB topics including Biodiversity, Landscape, Cultural Heritage, Waste & Materials, Population and Human Health, Climate and co-ordinating environmental projects ranging from scoping reports to full environmental assessments.

In a typical week

• Provide guidance on best methods and practice to meet technical and project requirements
• Keep up to date with industry best practice and where, appropriate, brief junior environmental staff
• Liaise with clients on technical matters
• Advise on environmental aspects of projects including but not limited to environmental assessments, ecological studies, environmental hazards
• Undertake environmental site visits, inspections and surveys, to inform project designers throughout multiple disciplines (structures, geotechnical, drainage, highways)
• Prepare reports to respond to statutory bodies including the EA, Natural England and Local Authorities regarding scoping reports, planning submissions, environmental permitting and section 61 consents for projects
• Provide support and guidance for National Highways, including CEMP authorisation and audits, responding to planning applications and construction support
• Opportunities to develop ecological skills in a collaborative team environment, if desired
• Ensure compliance with Health and safety, Environmental and other appropriate regulations
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment in respect of: development and resourcing; timekeeping; document review and authorisation; technical training requirements
• Lead environmental designated funds projects from feasibility through to design, including Biodiversity, Landscape and Cultural Heritage

We want to hear from you if

• Degree in Environmental Science (or other relevant degree) with 3+ years’ experience delivering environmental assessment reporting within a consultancy environment;
• Membership of a professional body or qualifications/experience leading to membership;
• Experience of working on the assessment of infrastructure projects is preferred;
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment interacting with all disciplines in the environment team as well as design teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage budgets and resourcing ensuring project stages are delivered on time and on budget;
• Experience and expertise using Microsoft packages; particularly word and excel
• Good communication and presentation skills;
• Enthusiastic, energetic and dynamic approach to people and projects
• Forward thinking and interested in developing smart ways of working with teams to realize client and operational objectives
• Demonstrable experience of working in a collaborative or joint venture environment is highly desirable.

In return

Our rewards make us better people here at Amey Consulting. If you’re happy, you’ll think better. It’s a simple formula but one that puts your wellbeing as a top priority, that’s why we’ve worked hard to build a reward and benefits program that puts you first, including;

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional development and progression plan
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Additional Leave Purchase Scheme
• Amey Rewards Portal including healthcare, dental and childcare vouchers

Your career at Amey

Our success comes from a practical approach. We pride ourselves on solving complex challenges with original, real-world thinking, then turning it into a reality. Your solutions will have impact, making a genuine difference to people’s lives. It’s what makes a career with us unlike any other.

We value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be you, because your individuality is an asset. You’ll be surrounded by people who want you to thrive and embrace new challenges.

You’ll work in a team that is open-minded and where every idea will count. You’ll be stretched, but always supported. Well recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.

We don’t believe in typical: we believe a diversity of backgrounds and skills create the best environment and opportunities. It means we ask better questions to arrive at better answers because we learn from each other’s perspectives. And this means better outcomes for our clients our communities and ourselves.