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Geo-Environmental Consultant

AECOM
Leeds
3 weeks ago
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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

GREAT JOB, GREAT COMPANY

AECOM is offering an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning Soil, Groundwater and Remediation Team . You'll work in a collaborative, high-performing environment that prioritises wellbeing, flexibility, and professional growth.

Our team supports a broad range of sectors - including industrial, energy, pharmaceutical, land development, ports, road, and rail - delivering services such as:

  • Desk studies
  • Site investigation
  • Risk assessment
  • Remediation strategy, design, implementation, and validation
  • Environmental monitoring and close-out

This role provides an excellent platform to develop technical and commercial skills, take ownership of projects, and contribute to meaningful environmental outcomes.

Here's what you will do:

  • Deliver Phase 1 environmental assessments, ground investigations, and routine monitoring tasks;
  • Work independently to ensure technical quality, budget control, and programme adherence;
  • Support the preparation of fee proposals for internal and external clients;
  • Manage projects from desk study and feasibility, through to delivery of site investigations and data interpretation, to remediation design and delivery

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career with a globally respected consultancy. At AECOM, you'll be supported by industry-leading experts, given access to cutting-edge tools, and encouraged to grow within a company that puts people first.

Ready to take the next step in your geo-environmental career? Want to further your career within one of the UK's top soil, groundwater and remediation consultancies?
Join us. Make a difference. Build a better world.


Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

Education

  • Ideally, a minimum of an undergraduate degree in an environmental, science, or engineering-based subject

Technical Knowledge and Skills

  • A good understanding of contaminated land assessment regulations and guidance
  • Working knowledge of CDM regulations and site management
  • Development of conceptual site models
  • Qualitative risk assessment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to write clear and concise technical reports and documents

Field Experience.Hands-on experience with field investigation, including:

  • Site management
  • Drilling supervision
  • Collection of groundwater and ground gas samples
  • Supervision of remediation activities

Other Requirements

  • Full driving licence
  • Willing to travel within the UK and work away from home for periods of time
  • CSCS card holder

Additional Information

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn: Anne Marie Flynn

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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