Environmental Consultant

Location

Birmingham | United Kingdom

Job description

  Avison Young is the UK’s largest independent property consultancy and this is a unique opportunity to join our specialist and well established environmental team based in Birmingham.

We are seeking a motivated Environmental Consultant, with a focus towards contaminated land, to join our team. You will have a varied workstream and play an important role towards the success of Avison Young across their transactional advisory, planning and property management services. You will be working daily with a diverse range of both public and private sector clients across all property sectors.

You will have experience of providing environmental advice in challenging transactional situations and be able to solve complex matters whilst at the same time being able to distil detailed information in a succinct, client friendly manner. This is a busy team and you should be able to manage your own workload to meet deadlines.

The successful candidate will be supported by the wider Environmental Team, which comprises of environmental, flood risk and drainage professionals, and other property colleagues within Avison Young. You will be given the support and opportunity to grow and further develop your skills within Avison Young.

The role will involve:

• Undertaking site audits across the UK and occasionally in Europe;
• Identify, assess and succinctly communicate environmental risks in short time frames;
• Preparation of Phase 1 Environmental Assessments for single properties, land and large portfolios;
• Project management of Phase 2 Ground Investigations;
• Project management of associated environmental works i.e. topographical, ecological, archaeological surveys, as required by individual projects;
• Data room document reviews;
• Input to abnormal cost assessments;
• Technical review of environment reports by others;
• Scope out, commission, supervise and manage sub-contractors;
• Assist with fee generation and writing of proposals; and Assist with the management of project budgets

• A minimum of BSc in a relevant environmental discipline (environmental science/geology/earth sciences);
• Member of a professional body (IES/IEMA/CIWEM/FGS/ICE);
• Chartered or working towards chartership (CEnv/CSci/CGeol/CEng);
• and Minimum of 5 years’ experience in environmental consultancy

Position essential requirements include:

• Ability to undertake site inspections across the UK;
• A clean UK driving licence;
• Attention to detail; Excellent technical report writing skills;
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team work;
• Understanding of key UK and European environmental regulations, environmental policy and regulation;
• Liaising with clients, regulators and other stakeholders

Position desirable but not essential requirements include:

• Flood Risk Assessment;
• Environmental Impact Assessment;
• Environmental compliance; Environmental permitting;
• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the context of due diligence;
• Understand the difference between seller vs purchaser due diligence approach;
• Knowledge of agricultural environmental stewardship schemes; Experience of geotechnical assessment;
• Knowledge of GIS packages (ArcGIS or MapInfo)

At Avison Young, we are committed to building an inclusive culture that empowers all of our employees to thrive, be successful and feel a sense of belonging. Avison Young is an equal opportunities employer, and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equally. This includes implementing deliberate strategies that advance underrepresented communities in commercial real estate careers.

If you are person with a disability, if you are neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, Avison Young will be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

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