Senior Consultant

**Senior Consultant - Geosciences - Belfast**

RSK Ireland Ltd are seeking to recruit a highly experienced Geoscientist currently working at Senior level to work in our Belfast office. This opportunity is for a motivated and ambitious person with good interpersonal skills seeking to advance their career.

The Geosciences team within RSK Group is one of the UK and Ireland’s largest geotechnical and contaminated land consultancies with ambitious plans for growth. The Geosciences team provides consultancy and design services to both public and private sector organisations for a diverse range of projects including commercial and residential developments, infrastructure, utilities, transport, renewable energy, petrochemical and fuel retail companies. Our current workload includes major infrastructure projects, housing, warehousing & distribution developments and large scale remediation. RSK prides itself on providing its staff with a rewarding and challenging career, encouraging Continuous Professional Development and allowing employees to reach their full potential.

**Responsibilities**:
It is expected that as a Senior grade you will have a wider industry awareness and have strong client interface capabilities. You will have a project financial focus, be self-motivated, exhibit a proactive approach, and work well within a multi-disciplinary team environment. A primary role will be project management, overseeing work completed by third party contractors and mentoring junior staff.

More specifically, you will be responsible for:

- Managing projects including the production of high-quality interpretive reports, adhering to RSK procedures & completed within the given cost budgets and timescales agreed with the client.
- Design and management of site investigation works and projects in the sectors above.
- Effectively communicating with clients and colleagues to build strong working relationships with the aim of meeting and exceeding client expectations, and contributing to a strong team ethic.
- Manage projects to meet both commercial and technical requirements and working with technical and projects leads to deliver appropriate solutions wherever necessary.
- Supporting business development, developing new leads and managing the completion of tenders.
- Stewardship of health and safety in accordance with company standards.

**Essential Criteria**
- Minimum of 5 years post graduate experience;
- Knowledge of contaminated land, waste and planning legislation in UK / Ireland;
- Practical experience in designing, supervising and managing environmental site investigations, involving a variety of techniques such as rotary, dynamic/window sampling, trial pitting etc;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including interpretive report writing (GQRA, remedial strategies, ground gas risk assessments etc);
- Proven ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise workloads;
- Demonstratable experience in budgeting and managing costs on projects;
- Proficiency in MS Office packages;
- Knowledge of Excel to handle data and interpret data.
- Active and rolling CPD record;
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

**Desirable **Criteria**:

- QGIS, ARCgis, CAD or similar data management/software knowledge is a significant advantage.
- Managing Remediation Projects;
- Previous experience working with asbestos in soil.
- Experience of Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessments;
- Assessing risks associated with gases and vapours
- Professional membership of a recognised body and close to Chartered status;

**Salary and benefits**:

- £depending on experience
- A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays and private health care
- Hybrid working arrangements