Senior/Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant Full Time

RPS Group

We are looking for a Senior/Principal Geo-environmental Consultant to join our Ground Risk and Remediation Team in London, to manage and oversee small to medium scale projects from commencement to completion and close out.

RPS projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. With us, you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll get to work on a variety of projects with a team of highly experienced and collaborative colleagues. We have a number of high-profile projects across a range of sectors and excellent opportunity for progression, reward and personal growth. With an enviable client list, and the highest calibre multi-disciplinary back-up team, we offer unrivalled opportunities to showcase your talents.

Key responsibilities:

Site Appraisals, desk-based assessments, analysis and interpretative reporting

Intrusive site investigations including monitoring

Data assessment and evaluation including Generic Quantitative Risk Assessment (DQRA would be beneficial)

Providing technical expertise to clients, designers and other RPS offices relating to land contamination risk assessment, remediation design and implementation

Writing and review of interpretative reports ready for approval by senior staff

Supporting more senior staff and potentially leading on work delivery

Developing core areas of expertise and actively engaging with professional organisations

Developing client relationships through effective and robust project management and strong communication

Who we’re looking for:

Ideally, you’ll be chartered with a relevant professional organisation (or working towards chartered status) and have solid experience in a geo-environmental role applying contaminated land, risk assessment and liability principles, within a consultancy context. You will need to have an understanding of geotechnical assessments and reporting.

Good financial and project management skills are a must, as are sound influencing and communication skills that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate working relationships with colleagues, clients and external bodies.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, in January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, 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 solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

What’s in it for you?

We will provide you with a competitive salary, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards.

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

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

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

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

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

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’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters followed by a two-stage interview process with the Team.

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.

We know we develop better solutions together.
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

Recruitment Agencies
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