Senior Environmental Consultant

NG Bailey is seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to lead environmental management and compliance for diverse projects, focusing on the low-carbon transition. The role involves preparing Construction Environmental Management Plans, securing permits, conducting audits, and providing strategic advice to clients. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in environmental consultancy, strong knowledge of UK legislation, and a full UK driving license for site visits. This is a permanent, home-based position with UK-wide travel.
Home-based with UK-wide site visits

Permanent, Full-time

Circa £50k + Car Allowance & Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom is looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Environmental Consultant to join our growing team. This role will focus on leading environmental management operations and compliance across diverse projects, supporting the low-carbon transition in sectors like renewable energy, grid infrastructure, and data companywide projects, ensuring tangible benefits to the environment.

You will play a key role in developing and delivering environmental consultancy services, including preparing Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMPs), securing environmental consents and permits, conducting audits and inspections, and overseeing project operations and compliance. This is a client-facing role that requires collaboration with internal teams, subcontractors, and key stakeholders.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:
• Develop and deliver environmental consultancy services, including preparing Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMPs), securing environmental consents and permits, and conducting audits and inspections.
• Provide strategic advice to clients, ensuring environmental compliance across design and build projects.
• Oversee and manage multiple project sites, working closely with internal teams, subcontractors, and key stakeholders.
• Lead or support projects through licensing and consenting processes (NSIP/DCO), helping clients navigate regulatory requirements.
• Conduct environmental impact assessments (EIA), site investigations, and reporting, ensuring adherence to environmental legislation.
• Drive business development, identifying new opportunities, expanding our service offering, and strengthening client relationships.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members, ensuring high-quality technical delivery.

What We’re Looking For:
• 5+ years' experience in environmental consultancy & compliance
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation, planning, and consenting.
• Experience in EIA, screening & scoping reports and DCO processes for NSIPs.
• Chartered or working towards IEMA membership.
• Full UK driving licence (site visits required).

Qualifications and Certifications required:

Essential
• A degree or HND in an Environmental/Construction related discipline
• Full driving licence

Desirable
• IOSH Managing Safely
• NEBOSH
• SMSTS/SSSTS
• Member (or working toward membership) of a relevant professional body covering environmental and/or land management work areas (IEMA, CIEM etc)
• CSCS card; (Gold/Black)

Benefits

We are always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:
• Car allowance or salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Up to 25 days holidays depending on role (Options to buy & sell)
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

You will be working as part of a team where we are committed to creating a culture where we treat each other fairly and with respect, recognising everyone as an individual.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.