​What is an Environmental Consultant?

Environmental Consultants are responsible for advising businesses on sustainability matters, which includes waste management, recycling, flood risk and impacts of climate change. The overall aim for an Environmental Consultant is to minimise or eliminate environmental damage.

Usually an Environmental Consultant will be employed by a consultancy, who will then work with clients to ensure their projects comply with environmental regulations.

What are the typical duties and activities for an Environmental Consultant?

From employer to employer the job description of an Environmental Consultant will vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:

  • Conduct field surveys and collect data about levels of pollution or contamination on a site or area of consideration

  • Conduct desk-based research, interpreting data which can include using software-modelling packages

  • Produce reports and share findings with multi-disciplinary colleagues, clients, sub-contractors

  • Manage legislative issues for clients and maintain an awareness of how legislation impacts projects.

Skills required to be a successful Environmental Consultant

To be successful as an Environmental Consultant, the below skills are important;

  • Knowledge of geography

  • Analytical thinking

  • Thinking and reasoning

  • Verbal communication

  • Written communication

  • Decision making

How can we help with your Environmental Consultant job search?

For over 15 years we have specialised in securing contract and permanent opportunities for Environmental Consultants across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.

Working globally with the largest contractors, consultancies, along with many infrastructure owners and operators, we are ideally positioned to work with talented Environmental Consultants and secure the market's leading Environmental Consultant opportunities.

With a reputation for being experts in the sectors that we operate, we are also renowned for consistently delivering the right opportunities to our candidates, working proactively in order to give our candidates the edge in a competitive marketplace.

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