Senior and Principal Geoenvironmental Consultant

Senior and Principal Geoenvironmental Consultant

WSP

Naas, Ireland

We have an opportunity for Senior and Principal Contaminated Land/Geo-environmental Consultants to join our team. This role is specifically to support contaminated land assessment and remediation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Project and task management;
• Management of site investigations;
• Supervision of field work including soil logging and environmental sampling, chemical and geotechnical testing, groundwater sampling and ground gas monitoring;
• Data collation, review and interpretation;
• Preparation, drafting and reviewing of technical reports including desk studies, ground investigation reports and remediation options appraisals and verification reports;
• Site investigation design;
• Liaise directly with clients, regulators and project stakeholders;
• Development of client relationships;
• Ensuring that all work is delivered in line with procedures and to the highest safety, health and environmental standards and Irish legislation;
• Support to early careers professionals.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

Experience

• Knowledge of the requirements for planning, designing and management of site investigations;
• Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations and their application to safe design and implementation of site investigations;
• Understanding of the land contamination regime within Ireland and the risk-based approach to the assessment of land contamination;
• Report writing including presenting complex technical information in a concise and accurate manner;
• Data handling, including experience in the use of GIS is desirable;
• Of different regulatory regimes, e.g. development planning consenting (TCPA and DCO), environmental permitting, due diligence, and GRR, environmental impact assessment;
• Of specialist technical areas, e.g. quantitative risk assessment, waste/material management, radiological characterisation, hydrogeology, remediation.

Qualifications

• Relevant technical degree e.g. chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, or environmental science;
• Working towards/be prepared to work towards Chartership/Professional Qualification (e.g. QP) with a relevant institution;
• The ability to travel is essential.