Junior Geoenvironmental Consultant

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As a geo-environmental consultant you will be an integrated member of our UK-wide team working in our project teams to undertake data collection site management task management and interpretation of results on a wide range of geo-environmental projects.

We are looking for a consultant at the start of their career who has experience of supporting on land contamination and/or ground condition assessments. As part of the Geoenvironmental team you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and conduct a variety of different tasks including ground investigations environmental sampling technical report writing environmental risk assessment development of material management plans and waste classification that will impact the success of said projects.

In return you will join an award-winning team and be part of one of the global top 3 consultants within the field. Working across various projects you will have the opportunity to work alongside international technical experts and continue building on your experience. Our environmental team works closely with our global colleagues to share knowledge and collaborate on projects all over the world.

There is flexibility as to your choice of location within the UK and you can select any of the following offices: Guildford Cambridge Cardiff Bristol Birmingham Manchester Warrington Leeds Newcastle Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Role accountabilities:

• Field based work undertaken across the UK including:
  • Site management of ground investigations and associated works with a strong focus on health and safety management and documentation.
  • The collection of site characterisation data including soil & groundwater sampling the logging of soils to appropriate British Standards and undertaking suitable in-situ field testing.
  • The collection of environmental samples and management of sample collection paperwork and scheduling for laboratory analysis
  • The compilation of site data for factual reports and development of interpretive reports including conceptual site models and undertaking of generic risk assessments.
• Desk studies and preliminary risk assessments.
• Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall project.
• Produce project outputs (e.g. documentation reports specifications) and ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis of the clients business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.

Qualifications & Experience:

• BSc qualified (or higher) in Geology Environmental Geoscience Environmental Science or similar or equivalent.
• Entry level experience of working in geo-environmental projects (i.e. contamination or geotechnical)
• Ability to work both independently within a local office-based team and larger multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects to tight deadlines and budgets.
• Experience of working on site and in supervising contractors e.g. drillers
• Proficient report writer Environmental Phase 1 & 2
• An awareness of potential risks associated with geo-environmental investigations including health & safety budgetary and technical considerations.
• Working towards professional membership and chartership.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1