Senior/Principal Environmental Consultant

Colliers is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers and investors on a local, national and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing and research. We provide our services across the core sectors (office, industrial, retail and hotel) as well as many specialised property types.

The UK business is headquartered in London, with 1200 specialists throughout 16 offices across the UK and Ireland. 

Project and Building Consultancy, the largest department within Colliers UK, is a multi-disciplinary Building Consultancy with a modern commercial outlook and close-knit team ethic.  The current growing Environmental Team is divided into three specialist services, Environmental Due Diligence, Floods & SUDS and Technical Services. We are looking to expand our Environmental Technical Services team to support the increase in demand in this market. 

As a Senior / Principal Environmental Consultant at Colliers, you are primarily responsible for professional environmental services relating to transactional due diligence and property development. You will be required to have experience in managing and preparing Phase 1 and Phase 2 Reports, Remediation Strategies and Verification Reports.  In addition, you will be required to set up internal and external consultants to prepare planning deliverables, such as liaising with our Flood team and sustainability teams, and appointing ecological surveys, acoustic surveys, air quality surveys, transport surveys, archaeological surveys, topographical surveys, and UXO surveys. 

Bringing your technical expertise, you will evaluate a broad range of environmental risk factors and communicate findings, in succinct, commercial language tailored to Colliers clients, which include property investors, fund managers, high net worth individuals and developers. You will also act as an internal source of technical expertise to other areas of the business from new graduates up to Director level. 

Working closely with the Technical Director and head of department to support this area of the business, you will be responsible for delivering a high quality of work whilst building and developing successful client relationships.   

We can offer an excellent benefit package with a competitive salary and industry leading bonus scheme.  You will develop your professional career at Colliers as this is a client facing role and business development will be an important part of your role. With the support of the technical director and the Service Line Head, you will be introduced to clients and will support the management of client relationships.  You will also receive excellent training and mentoring from industry experts and specialists to shape your career.  This will include internal training on commercial considerations, the built environment and professional development through the Colliers University and external consultants.   You will also be supported in obtaining your Chartership if you haven't already obtained this. 

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:  

• Advising clients on environmental liabilities including land/groundwater contamination issues and other pertinent considerations for planning applications, such as sustainability, flooding, UXO, ecology etc. 
• Project management and liaising with clients, Colliers surveyors, site occupants, sub-contractors and regulators. 
• Site walkovers (driving required). 
• Site set up and supervision of Phase 2 Ground Investigations including project co-ordination and management of junior consultants and sub-contractors. 
• Writing and reviewing technical due diligence reports. 
• Writing and reviewing Phase 1 and 2 Ground Investigation Reports to support planning applications. 
• Providing a first-class level of service and advice to help maintain a network of clients and ensure repeat business. 
• Applying technical knowledge in analysing problems and creating solutions bespoke to the clients needs. 
• Current understanding of relevant environmental regulations, legislation and assessment criteria. 
• Working with and supporting all business functions/service lines. 

Technical experience. 

• Demonstrable relevant experience. 
• Track record of undertaking site walkovers on a range of land uses and delivering Phase 1 reports for transactions and new developments. 
• Demonstrable evidence in Phase 2 Ground Investigations including the understanding of logging, sampling, data interpretation and reporting of complex conceptual site models. 
• Project management experience i.e. management of drillers etc 
• Client facing experience. 
• Problem solver who consistently delivers a high standard of work. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an effective communicator. 
• Self-motivated, ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines. 
• Driving license. 
• Standard MS Office skills. 

Qualifications 

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as Geography, Geology, Geological Engineering, or Environmental Science. 

 Desirable: 

• 3-7 years experience working in the environmental industry 
• A Masters degree in a relevant discipline. 
• Chartered or working towards chartership. 
• Business development experience. 
• GIS/CAD experience. 
• Waste Assessment/Hazwaste online experience 
• Openground experience 

At Colliers, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we will accommodate any suitable candidate requiring assistance to attend or conduct an interview. If you need any adjustments or support, please let us know when either scheduling your interview or in your application cover letter. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are here to support you throughout the process.