Principal Environmental Scientist/Consultant - Water

Principal Environmental Scientist/Consultant - Water

Jacobs

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Your impact

To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations, a number of new opportunities have been created.

As an experienced Water Environment Consultant, you will join our Water Catchment Management team in Scotland. You will become part of a highly respected, ambitious and collaborative team. This is your opportunity to work on, lead and deliver a portfolio of industry leading solutions to some of the most significant high profile infrastructure projects in the UK - where your expertise will have a real influence and impact on project outcomes.

You’ll take on a role where you’re trusted to lead, encouraged to innovate, and supported to grow—within a business known for technical excellence and clear career progression opportunities.

As a key member of the team, you will take a leading role in the delivery of water environment inputs, across a diverse range of industries, including, including road, energy, water utilities, and flood management schemes.

Combining technical leadership with collaboration, quality assurance and mentoring, helping to shape both projects and people, your remit will include:

• Coordinate and review Water Environment chapters for EIARs, ensuring technical accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Be recognized as the technical lead on water environment topics such as water quality, hydromorphology and flood risk for major infrastructure projects
• Ensure all environmental deliverables of projects are maintained to a consistently high standard, on time and to budget.
• Collaborate with engineering and esign disciplines to maintain the overall integrity of infrastructure designs.
• Support colleagues and peers during their personal and professional development, through mentoring, coaching and knowledge sharing.
• Foster and develop trusted, collaborative relationships with clients.
• Promote a strong health, safety and wellbeing culture within the team.

Here's what you'll need

We would love to hear from candidates who bring a strong blend of technical expertise, project experience and collaborative working, who have:

• Degree qualified in a relevant environmental subject.
• Membership of a professional body, and have chartership or actively working towards it.
• Proven experience of delivering Water Environment chapters for EIARs for major infrastructure projects.
• A robust understanding of environmental impacts associated with major infrastructure projects.
• A demonstrable track record in facilitating, reviewing and delivering high quality outputs.
• A sound working understanding of key environmental legislation, policy and issues.