Senior / Principal Consultant

Seed Environmental was established in 2013 to serve the insurance market, offering incident response for domestic fuel oil spills. Since then, we’ve expanded rapidly. Today we manage complex environmental incidents for the construction, energy, chemical, industrial, and agricultural markets operating from 6 sites across the UK and Ireland.

You’ll join our office in Exeter during an exciting time of rapid growth. At Seed Environmental we care about our growing team of over 90 employees, working across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves on being an innovative and market leading environmental services provider where Customer Commitment, Safety, Integrity, People First, and Collaboration are our core values. Our vision is to provide the UK and Ireland’s best customer-focused service, alongside ensuring a positive team culture that promotes growth, success, trust, and wellbeing.

**The Role - Senior/Principal Consultant**

Reporting to the National Operations Director, as a Senior/Principal Consultant undertaking a highly autonomous role, your focus will be on providing cradle to grave project management for environmental claims projects, including all aspects of fieldwork data gathering, risk assessment and factual and interpretive reporting. Your duties will include:

- Project budgeting and invoicing, ensuring deadlines and targets are met in line with Client service level agreements
- Gathering robust fieldwork data working in a safe manner
- Observing health, safety and environment rules and procedures
- Maintaining project communication on technical and commercial levels to a diverse range of clients, regulators, and homeowners
- Writing technically sound and commercially focused proposals, scopes, and reports
- Managing and monitoring junior staff and the needs of the wider team

**Our Requirements - Senior/Principal Environmental Consultant**
- Proven experience (minimum 3 years) gained in a similar role as a Senior Environmental Consultant, with Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment experience (including supervising ground investigation subcontractors)
- Experience completing factual and interpretative Preliminary Risk Assessments (desk based and intrusive)
- Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in an engineering or natural science related discipline (e.g., Geology, Environmental Science, Physical Geography)
- A full UK driving licence, and willingness to travel throughout the UK and Ireland with occasional requirement to work away.
- Understanding of current and emerging environmental legislation
- Excellent organisational, time-management, analytical and numerical skills with an eye for detail
- Excellent communication and written skills, with the confidence to interact effectively with clients and the public
- Commercial awareness both in project costings but also in risk management
- Willingness to mentor and train junior staff

**The Package**
- Permanent contract, working Monday to Friday 8am to 17:00pm
- Salary in the region of £38,000 - £45,000 with the starting level dependent on experience
- Car allowance, with business related travel expenses paid
- Potential to earn an annual discretionary bonus
- 5% Employee and 3% Employer pension contribution
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to a maximum of 28 days plus bank holidays with length of service
- Death in service (x2 salary)
- Enhanced company sick pay after qualifying period
- One job related professional subscription per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full UK driving licence, and willingness to travel throughout the UK and work away when required
- Excellent organisational, time-management, analytical and numerical skills with an eye for detail and a solution-orientated approach
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills, with the confidence to interact effectively with clients and the public

Although not essential, an MSc or MSci level degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Contaminated Land, Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Science, would be advantageous.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £38,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person