Senior Environmental Consultant

Stopford has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Environmental Consultant to join the team. You will be based at our office in Knutsford with the opportunity for hybrid working. There may be occasional travel required to other offices and client offices/sites. This is a full-time permanent position and in return you will receive a competitive salary.

About Stopford

Stopford’s business activities are at the forefront of the energy transition and together with our clients and partners, we are playing our part in tackling the biggest challenges of our time: Energy Security; Environmental Sustainability and Energy Affordability.

The Senior Environmental Consultant role:

Stopford are recruiting for a Senior Environmental Consultant to be responsible for providing environmental expertise within Stopford.

Reporting to the Lead Environmental Consultant, the Senior Environmental Consultant role includes the preparation of environmental reports and associated deliverables to support planning and environmental permit applications and liaison with the competent authority.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Environmental Consultant include:

• Delivering environmental expertise to clients through the provision of high-quality technical documentation, including reports, calculations, and assessments related to matters such as; environmental risk assessments, air quality, noise impact or permitting. Maintain professional written and verbal communication with clients at all times.
• Supporting the preparation of environmental consultancy proposals by preparing manhour estimates and drafting technical content. Assist the Business Development team with environmental input for pre-qualification and tender submissions.
• Engaging with regulatory bodies to support permitting and compliance processes, preparing submission materials and managing follow-up communications with relevant authorities as necessary.
• Collecting and interpreting environmental data to support assessments, ensuring data integrity and relevance to project goals.
• Contributing to maintaining and developing environmental expertise within Stopford by keeping up to date with legislative requirements and best industry practices.
• Ensuring environmental services delivered to clients adhere to Stopford’s Business Management System and maintain a high standard of quality.

Role requirements for Senior Environmental Consultant include:

• Degree in a relevant environmental discipline.
• Excellent knowledge of environmental legislation and policy.
• Professional affiliation with or membership of appropriate body.
• Relevant experience in a consultancy environment or other relevant industry experience.
• Experience of providing competent advice to clients and colleagues.
• Experience of liaising with the competent authority.
• Experience in environmental planning and permitting would be desirable.
• Customer focused by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating and meeting the needs of others.
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral.
• Working knowledge of Office 365 including One Drive and Sharepoint with proficient use of Word and Excel.
• Eligible to live and work in the UK.
• Full UK/EEC driving licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate may be required to achieve and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (SC clearance) for this role.

Benefits

Employment at Stopford brings many benefits including:

• Competitive salary?
• Profit related bonus payment (10%)
• Pension?(5% employer and 5% employee)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays?
• Additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
• Private medical insurance?
• Employee assistance programme?
• Free on-site parking?
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees?
• Long service awards

Please go to our website for a full job description to familiarise yourself with all of the responsibilities, skills and experience required before you apply.?

Please note that we do not accept applications from agencies, and you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.???

We look forward to receiving your CV for the post of Senior Environmental Consultant.??? ?

Closing date:? 13 July 2025

Stopford reserves the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist.? Therefore, we would recommend that you apply as soon as possible.???? ?

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.????