Job Description

Water Environment Senior ScientistWe have an exciting opportunity for a Water Environment Senior Scientist to join our Water Environment business based in Belfast or Letterkenny.About The Team:Our Northern Ireland business employs over 300 staff and has been providing services to the UK and ROI for the past 70 years. We offer a wide range of opportunities, in a dynamic work place, where achievements are rewarded and progress encouraged. As one of Ireland's leading multidisciplinary consultancies, we are working on many high-profile Planning, Engineering, Water, Waste, Transport, Project Management and Environment projects and require innovative and motivated staff.About RPS:Our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry.Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise and lead, manage and co-ordinate multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a diverse range of water environment projects.
• Manage the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/ Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports) and supporting assessments and documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters.
• Be involved in all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance.
• Ensure a critical eye for detail to ensure that our deliverables are produced to the highest quality standards and compliance with our rigorous quality management procedures.
• Make effective use of your project management skills, appropriately managing resources and budgets (with support as applicable).
• Work as part of integrated team to improve the environmental outcomes of our projects - you will identify environmental constraints, identify impact avoidance and mitigation solutions, as well as opportunities to deliver benefits.
• Management of client relationships, internal teams and subcontractors.
• Promote our environmental services to both internal and external audiences. You will identify and lead business development opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development.

Who we're looking for:

• Comprehensive EIA consultancy experience, with proven skills in managing the preparation of environmental reports and the technical review of specialist chapters.
• A detailed understanding of marine / freshwater consenting and licensing regimes around the UK and ideally Ireland.
• The ability to lead collaborative teams, coordinating inputs from technical specialists.
• Requires the ability to work closely with our clients and the provision of bespoke advice that helps clients to successfully deliver their goals.
• Project management skills, including programming, staff resource and budget management.
• A commitment to innovation and continuing professional development.
• Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring.
• Developing skills in leading business development opportunities.
• Efficient verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing, and confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups.

Desirable:

• Experience in assessment of impacts in peatland environments would be desirable

Qualifications:

• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and
• Ideally an appropriate professional membership (Chartered Scientist, Environmentalists, or Water Manager preferred).

What is in it for you?We are proud to be an accredited training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master's degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we're happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.What happens next?The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have a conversation with one of our recruiters prior to an interview with the Team. All applications will be considered.RPS, A Tetra Tech company:RPS been part of Tetra Tech since January 2023. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.#LI-RM1 #LI-HYBRIDRecruitment Agencies
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