Graduate/Assistant Consultant: Air Quality Consultant

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Role Location

The role is full-time and based in London with travel required across the UK for specific project opportunities. There will be the opportunity for some home working.

The Company

Air Quality Consultants Ltd was established in 1993 and has become the leading UK air quality consultancy providing specialist services for developers, industry, local authorities and central Government, both within the UK and internationally.

Air Quality Consultants Ltd alongside its sister companies, Noise Consultants Ltd and Logika Consultants Ltd, form the Logika Group of Companies. We comprise more than 60 environmental experts based in the UK and continental Europe, with the three companies managed by a single senior leadership team. We see flexibility and collaboration as essential to our continued success and we manage the Group of companies as if a single entity.

We provide people with the opportunity to progress and work on interesting projects with a wide range of valued clients who operate in a variety of sectors.

The Role

To support our continued organic growth, we are seeking to recruit a member of staff at Assistant Consultant grade to work as part of our team of around 35 air quality specialists based in the UK.

We provide a comprehensive service relating to modelling, monitoring and assessment of air quality, dust, odour and carbon impacts. We will provide training on the relevant software and skills needed in air quality consultancy and will provide you with in-house support and relevant experience in developing you professionally. We actively encourage attendance at external events and membership to professional bodies such as the IAQM and IES.

The successful candidate will be involved in exciting air quality and carbon projects across a range of sectors including transport, energy, industry and government. You will be involved in working with the team in delivering stand-alone air quality assessments for new developments, undertaking air quality monitoring, preparing chapters for Environmental Statements including those that form part of Development Consent Order (DCO) applications and undertaking leading edge research projects.

Depending on experience and interest, there are opportunities to support our Environmental Policy and Economics Practice. This new part of our business provides high quality policy advice, strategic insight as well as scientific, policy and economic analysis in a range of environmental policy areas. These include air quality and emissions and climate change.

This is an exceptional opportunity at an exciting time both for our business and for environmental consultancy. With us, you will be involved at the heart of the team and will play a key role in the delivery of our work. You will work in a friendly, supportive environment and will be given one to one support, mentoring, learning and development via experienced colleagues. External training will be provided where required.

Skills and experience we are looking for

You will have ideally worked or gained experience through academic research or environmental consultancy in the field of air quality or climate change.

Essential

• Strong mathematical / quantitative analysis skills
• Good communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Strong technical capability and ability to review and interpret data
• Strong report writing skills
• An understanding of the issues related to air quality including air quality legislation, policy and guidance
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver work to tight deadlines
• High level of proficiency in using Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability and willingness to undertake site-based monitoring and field work
• A full clean UK driving license, as travel will be required

Desirable

• Recent programming and/or machine learning experience
• Statistical analysis skills

Qualifications Relevant A-Levels or equivalent

• BSc or higher in an appropriate science-based discipline

What we offer

You would be part of one of the most highly respected air quality consultancy teams in the world, involved in shaping air quality best practice both in the UK and internationally. We are a growing Group of companies that wants to do things differently, with an exciting future that will help you shape and realise your ambitions. You will have a great opportunity to work with a talented and dedicated team and be able to develop your career as the company grows. We ensure we can support our employees through offering wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals. These include flexible working, trained mental health first aiders and readily available support through our Employee Assistance programme. Furthermore, along with a competitive salary, we offer a benefits package which includes an enhanced pension scheme, death in service life cover, discretionary bonus scheme, the option to buy additional annual leave, and much more.Air Quality Consultants Equal Opportunities Policy is to ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender, reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

How to apply

Please fill in the Application Form on the Air Quality Consultants website - www.aqconsultants.co.uk/careers

Please note, only applications submitted through the AQC website will be considered.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person