Principal Soils and Agriculture Consultant

Job Summary

Principal Soil and Agriculture Consultant (Cambridge, Leeds, or other UK offices - hybrid working model). The role involves delivering high quality soil and agriculture consultancy and advisory services to internal and external clients across renewable energy, infrastructure, and environmental policy projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support delivery of high-quality soil and agriculture consultancy and advisory services to both internal and external clients.
• Comply with internal business management procedures and promote a strong health and safety culture.
• Plan, schedule and organise soil surveys using combinations of internal and external surveyors, ensuring necessary resources, budgets and controls are in place to meet programme and budget requirements.
• Organise, lead and carry out soil surveys, including augering and excavation using hand tools.
• Undertake the analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of soils data, including preparing reports and management plans.
• Support development of technically robust reports and soil management plans, including leading and supporting production of soils, agriculture and/or land use chapters for environmental statements as author or technical checker of project deliverables, ensuring high quality outputs.
• Support the continued development of our technical capabilities by keeping abreast of developments in soil and land management, including soil health and carbon sequestration.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in environmental science, ideally including soil science, or additional soil expertise acquired post qualification.
• Membership of the British Society of Soil Science and/or Institute of Agricultural Engineers.
• Experience of leading and managing soil surveys, ideally for agricultural land classification.
• Travel or overnight stays will be required.
• Understanding of soil chemical and physical properties and analysis for specifying soil and land suitability for re use.
• Experience in scoping and pricing work opportunities, managing projects, project budgets and leading stakeholder discussions.
• Experience of reviewing technical work and supporting wider team members.

Benefits

Core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well being, including career development opportunities, a flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Equal Opportunity Statement

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.