EIA Consultant Senior Principal / Team Lead

Are you a passionate environmental leader seeking a challenge to make a real impact? Do you thrive on tackling complex environmental challenges and building successful teams?

Then come and join us at Stantec.

We're seeking a passionate and experienced Environmental Impact Assessment consultant at senior/principal level to support our water sector EIA advice and delivery across the UK and support team growth.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues across the UK and Ireland and be responsible for technical oversight and governance for water sector EIA development projects, reporting to our UK&I Environmental Advisory, Assessment and Planning discipline lead. You will work alongside existing practitioners and support further growth and capability strengthening. You will also have the opportunity to work on a variety of non-EIA projects with significant environmental components.

You will have substantial demonstrable experience in providing strategic environmental advice and/or EIA delivery (including screening, consultation, scoping, and ES delivery) and in building strong relationships with key stakeholders. You should have a wide-ranging understanding of environmental constraints management and all facets of EIA. You might have a background as an environmental generalist, a town and country planner, or possess particular technical specialisms to bring to the role alongside our existing spectrum of technical teams. All environmental technical disciplines are represented in-house and are available to collaborate with you. We have a team of over 400 environmental and planning professionals delivering impactful projects across the UK&I, with strong growth in the regulated water industry.

You can choose to be based in any of our Stantec offices, with hybrid working arrangements allowing for a mix of home and in-office work, ensuring close ties to colleagues and clients.

About You

You hold an environmental or related degree and are chartered (e.g., through CIWEM, CIEEM, IEMA). You have a good understanding of the environmental consulting market across the UK and possess the entrepreneurial and commercial flair to help us grow our teams within a collaborative and supportive environment. You also have experience working within the regulated water industry.

You enjoy a diverse and technically challenging workload, delivering innovative high-quality solutions for clients, and working collaboratively to achieve shared goals. You are people-oriented, enjoy working with multidisciplinary teams, and are passionate about the environment and doing the right thing. You have experience in growing and developing environmental teams, mentoring, and managing people and project teams.

You possess broad EIA technical and legislative knowledge, with in-depth understanding of one or more environmental technical areas such as geo-environmental, ecology, archaeology, landscape, acoustics, or coastal/marine environments. Experience of undertaking EIA as part of the DCO process and of Strategic Environmental Assessment would be beneficial but is not essential.

Why Join us?

• Our People Culture: We are a close-knit team proud of our friendly and collaborative environment.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - be part of it!
• Awards: Stantec was awarded the International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best Place to Work - Large Consulting Firms , and is recognized among the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world .
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, private medical insurance, discounted gym membership, and more.
• Flexible working arrangements
• Great Projects: Leading transformational projects in water, infrastructure, and residential sectors, with positions on nearly all UK Water Frameworks for AMP8. Delivering projects that make a real difference to communities.
• Industry-leading training and development, including paid professional subscriptions.

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