Senior Environmental Consultant - Water Quality

Senior Environmental Consultant - Water Quality

Location: Remote Based

(ideally within 3hrs commute of Wokingham.(inc Midlands, EAnglia, SWest, SEast, SWales)

Salary: £38,000 - £55,000 plus company car or £350/mth car allowance scheme and package.

Summary

The UK's most trusted environmental services partner at the forefront of Britain's water, energy, and environmental infrastructure management is looking to hire a Senior Environmental Consultant to support the Consultancy Division in providing customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders with commercially aware, technically proficient and professional environmental water quality consultancy services

Key tasks and responsibilities

- Project managing response to environmental incidents including designing, and implementing, water quality impact surveys, data gathering & reporting
- Liaising with clients to provide technical advice on both trade effluent and surface water quality discharge compliance
- Responsible for overseeing delivery of routine and ad hoc water quality sampling and field data gathering for clients
- Report field data and laboratory analysis data to clients
- Control and take responsibility for project financials
- Support the wider Water & Ecology division through actions such as, but not limited to, aquatic macroinvertebrate and fisheries surveys
- Mentor and facilitate training and development of water quality consultants & technicians
- Ensure the quality of technical report writing
- Oversee a programme of water quality field equipment maintenance & calibration
- Administer supplier invoices and liaising with suppliers and the internal accounts team
- Provision of accurate and timely information to line management
- Assist in leading team performance by sharing knowledge and best practices at all levels
- Any other duties for which the post holder is qualified and able to carry out

Knowledge & experience

- Hold a degree in a relevant science related discipline and ideally some professional qualifications while working towards Chartership with a relevant organisation
- At least 5 years' experience working in an environmental discipline
- Comprehensive understanding of water quality (desirable but not essentail)
- Working knowledge of relevant environmental guidance, regulation and legislation
- Understanding of the role of regulators such as the Environment Agency
- Awareness of the available water pollution remediation techniques
- Understanding of chemical analyses which can be performed on water
- An understanding of the role of laboratory analysis in environmental monitoring
- Knowledgeable & experienced in scientific fieldwork.
- Knowledge & experience of biological water quality indicators such as aquatic macroinvertebrate and/or fisheries surveys (desirable)
- A full clean UK driving licence
- Competent user of Microsoft Outlook, Excel & Word
- Experience in management of a field team is desirable

Hours of work

Weekly contractual hours are 35 per week, with daily hours being 9am until 5pm, five days per week 1 hour paid lunch break each day. Overtime is available and due to the nature of the duties of this post will be required to occasionally stay away from home overnight.

If you would like to learn more about this fantastic opportunity and to apply get in touch

Navartis Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying highly skilled technical and management professionals within the global Transportation, Civil Engineering & Utility industries, if you are seeking a new position our recruitment team can locate the opportunity to suit your needs.