Job Description
Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with over 30 years of experience in delivering successful projects throughout the UK and Ireland. We specialise in facilitating the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that drive the transition to Net Zero. Our success is rooted in our unique blend of skills and experience, as well as our team's unwavering dedication to our clients. Our Engineers and Consultants are known for supporting some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland, providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.
We currently have over 165 employees, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As our business continues to grow from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our team by recruiting a senior environmental consultant to be based out of our Stockport office in south Manchester with limited UKI travel.
The ideal candidate will possess excellent understanding of carbon assessments, environmental permitting and planning and environmental legislation and its application, with the goal of further developing these areas with the support of the company.
We are looking for you to have/be:
· Either be Chartered with membership of IEMA, CIWEM or similar or be actively working towards this;
· Be able to demonstrate prior project management experience with proven skills in the timely delivery of projects to client and budgetary constraints;
· Have significant experience working with all aspects of environmental permitting and compliance;
· Possess a solid understanding of environmental law in the UK, EU and internationally, and the practical application of such legislation;
· Experience in producing, reviewing and delivering high quality technical reports and environmental models for government agencies and private clients;
· Prior experience of interfacing effectively with clients, government agencies and on occasion the general public;
· Professional communication & interpersonal skills;
· Able to work independently as required but also as part of a wider project engineering team; and
· The ability to travel (infrequently) for project purposes in the UK and Ireland.
What you can expect from us:
At Fichtner we greatly value our employees and offer a flexible approach to the working environment. We have a team of mental health first aiders and wellbeing champions on hand for support and provide the opportunity for our staff to give back to our local community, through charitable events, STEM, and community work experience. We operate with the mantra that we all look out for each other, making sure we continually review our working practices to create the best experience for all. As part of the team, you can expect:
· A competitive salary and holiday package, with bonus scheme
· Further vocational qualification support/Chartership support
· Company electrical vehicle car leasing scheme
· Private medical & life assurance
· Cycle to work scheme
· Team and company social events
· Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team!