Environment Team Leader

Summary

Our client is a wholly independent, employee-owned company with 10,000 staff, turnover of £600 million and work in 100 countries for public and private sector customers world-wide.

The Cardiff office covers the South Wales area from Pembrokshire to Monmouthshire and north to include Powys. The office provides engineering consultancy services to include highways, railways, civil, structural and geo-environmental engineering.

Their Welsh based environmental consultancy business is growing steadily in response to high demand from infrastructure and energy sectors. They now have a need for a Team Leader/Manager to drive the business forward, as well as provide services including environmental impact assessment, landscape and ecological management.

Job description:

The successful candidate will take responsibility within the framework of our overall UK environmental business, for business development, project and programme management, staff development, and technical leadership.

The position will involve development and management of work such as:

Environmental impact assessment, particularly for infrastructure projects
Ecological studies in the context of the Habitats Regulations, DMRB, EnVIS and ArcMap.
Landscape Assessments.
Project Management
Proposal preparation
Team management and staff development
Candidate specification

Essential Quals:

A BSc degree in a core environmental science or environmental engineering or equivalent
Demonstrable experience including from within an environmental consultancy and in team leadership
An excellent track record in environmental business development
A sound understanding of Welsh, UK and EU environmental legislation, regulation and administration
The ability to coordinate effectively and professionally with all levels of staff and external clients/contacts
Driving licence and willingness to travel throughout South Wales

Desirable:

Previous experience of leading a design team
Experience in Wales, particularly in the transportation sector

Our client offers you

They offer a competitive salary and monthly profit share scheme. There are additional benefits in keeping with company status as an International Engineering and Management Consultancy.

Market leading Profit Share scheme
Contributory Pension scheme
Life insurance scheme
Meritocratic bonus and rewards
Extensive training and development support

They offer long-term skill set and career development opportunities working on high-profile and challenging projects as well as potential national and international secondments in line with an individual’s experience, career and business needs.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.