Principal Environmental Planner

**Why Arup?**

Our Environmental Consulting teams offer clients a comprehensive range of environmental expertise, from initial strategy to project completion. We provide constructive challenge and creative input so our clients can respond to a fast-changing regulatory framework. Arup support the delivery of projects that protect the planet, enhance health and wellbeing, and have a positive impact on society as a whole. Our clients include public authorities, infrastructure developers, property companies and landowners. We help them to protect the environment through effective management of land, air and water.

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**The Opportunity**

You will work within a growing regional team with diverse backgrounds in environment, ecology, landscape, water, air quality, climate and more in the vanguard of sustainable development and transformational change. The team delivers a varied and impactful portfolio of projects in many market sectors including energy, water, cities, transport and property. Our core team of environmental specialists sits within the wider national portfolio of over 450 environmental professionals globally. We work at scales ranging across national, sectoral, city, organisation, programme and asset levels, helping clients manage the risks and opportunities in the environment.

We are looking for someone to support our growing portfolio of projects, focusing on the major cross-cutting environmental agenda and helping to embed environment and sustainability into the projects we deliver. Work is likely to include assisting and leading multidisciplinary environmental teams and co-ordinating work between our engineers and environmental technical specialists including inputting to and shaping project designs and outputs.

**Is this role right for you?**

We are looking for someone to work with the team in identifying the need for and coordinating environmental inputs to major infrastructure and buildings projects; Preparing Environmental Statements / EIA Reports and other environmental deliverables across a range of project types. This role is Client-facing on environmental aspects of projects and supporting business development and work-winning activities

Whilst you may have a particular interest or expertise in a specific sector or technical specialty, you will work across sectors, markets, and geographies and with colleagues and clients to deliver these services.

We are looking for the following skills and experience;
- Experience of environmental coordination and assessment, with a commitment to sustainable development.
- Skills in environmental consulting and undertaking environmental assessments along with strong report writing skills.
- Developing environmental mitigation strategies
- Able to work in a diverse multi-disciplinary design teams to influence environmental mitigation
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and guidelines
- Degree in a relevant qualification / Working towards Chartered Environmentalist status through an appropriate institution.

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**Rewards and Benefits**

***We care about you and want you to perform at your best, which is why we offer one of the most competitive benefits packages in our sector.

As a member organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme (payments are dependent on the firm’s financial performance).

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

**Different people, shared values.**

At Arup, we believe when talented people collaborate, great things are possible. Arup hires people with proven skills and open minds. We are taking deliberate action to create an inclusive culture that is grounded in our purpose to shape a better world.

At Arup, we appreciate that everyone’s circumstances are different and having the freedom to flex the way we work is essential to our wellbeing. If flexibility matters to you let us know when you apply, and we will discuss how this could work in your role.

**Our Application Process**

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