Environmental Permitting Consultant/Senior Consultant
Environmental Consultancy | Mainly Remote Working with Regular office attendance and UK site travel| Salary £35000-£60000 DOE
The Opportunity
Our client is a specialist environmental consultancy focused on waste management and land contamination, providing technical advice and solutions across a range of sectors, including construction and demolition waste. Their core expertise spans waste classification, waste assessment, land quality assessment, remediation management, the CL:AIRE Definition of Waste: Code of Practice and Technically Competent Management of permitted waste sites, supported by in-house sampling, chemistry and geoenvironmental capability.
As part of their continued growth, they are looking to recruit an experienced an Environmental Permitting Consultant or Senior consultant to strengthen their technical offering and help develop a dedicated environmental permitting service.
Initially, the role will focus on the preparation of standard rules and bespoke environmental permit applications and variations, particularly for soil treatment facilities, household, commercial and industrial (HCI) waste transfer and treatment sites, metal recycling and endo-of-life (ELV) sites, and deposit for recovery operations. As the business and team grow, there will be opportunities to expand into additional areas, including hazardous waste and other specialist permitting requirements driven by client demand.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong, hands-on permitting professional who wants to do more than deliver projects. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the service, develop client relationships and, over time, build and lead a dedicated team of environmental permitting consultants as Head of Permitting.
The Role
You will take a leading technical role in the preparation and delivery of environmental permit applications and amendments, providing practical, commercially aware advice to clients operating across the waste management and contaminated land sectors.
Key responsibilities will include:
Preparing, writing, submitting and managing standard rules and bespoke environmental permit applications, variations and amendments end-to-end, including responses to EA request for further information.
Supporting clients with permitting requirements for soil treatment facilities, HCI waste transfer and treatment sites, metal recycling/ELV sites and deposit for recovery operations.
Preparing supporting documents, including waste recovery plans, environmental risk assessments, site condition reports and management system documentation.
Liaising with the Environment Agency and other relevant regulatory bodies throughout the permitting process.
Providing technical advice on environmental permitting, waste management and regulatory compliance.
Working closely with clients, internal technical specialists, and specialist subcontractors, scoping and instructing their input to develop effective permitting solutions.
Managing a varied workload, balancing multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining high technical standards.
Contributing to the development and expansion of the consultancy's permitting services as client requirements evolve.
Helping to establish and develop a dedicated permitting team, with a clear path to Head of Permittin, responsible for its leadership, gorwoth and technical direction.
About You
We are keen to speak with an experienced environmental professional who has a strong understanding of the permitting process and the technical requirements associated with waste management and land contamination.
You will ideally have:
A demonstrable track record of environmental permit applications and variations you have prepared and seen through to issue.
Experience working with the Environment Agency and an understanding of the regulatory permitting process.
Knowledge of the Environmental Permitting Regulations and associated Environment agency guidance. Experience of the CL:Aire Definition of Waste: Code of Practice is desirable but not essential.
A working understanding of different waste streams, and waste treatment activities; land contamination is experience is desirable but not essential.
Stong project management skills, including scoping and managing subcontractor input.
Strong technical writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
The ability to manage a changing and varied workload, prioritising projects and deadlines effectively.
Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to liaise with clients, regulators, colleagues and third-party contractors.
A collaborative approach and the ability to work across different technical disciplines.
A WAMITAB/CIWM Certificate of Technical Competence, or willingness to work towards one (desirable).
A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to client sites nationwide.
The ambition to take on greater responsibility, develop a specialist service and build and lead a team as the business grows.
Most importantly, you will be a hands-on permitting specialist who enjoys solving technical challenges and wants to play a meaningful role in developing a growing consultancy service.
What's on Offer?
A genuine opportunity to shape and grow a service: Help develop the consultancy's environmental permitting offering, with the potential to build and lead your own team as Head of Permitting.
A varied technical workload: Work across soil treatment, waste transfer and treatment, metal recycling/ELV and deposit for recovery, and in time, a broader range of permitting activities.
Flexible working: Predominantly remote working, with office attendance approximately every six weeks and site visits as projects require.
A knowledgeable and supportive team: Work alongside technically competent managers, a CL:AIRE QP, chemists, sampling technicians and geoenvironmental engineers.
Competitive salary: £35,000 – £60,000 depending on experience, plus, pension / holiday / mileage / professional membership and CPD.
Long-term career development: An opportunity to progress to Head of Permitting as the service and team expand.
Apply Now
If you are an experienced environmental permitting professional looking for a role that combines hands-on technical delivery with the opportunity to build and lead a growing service, we would like to hear from you.
This is an opportunity to make a real impact within a specialist consultancy, helping to shape its future permitting capability while developing your own career.
Please send a cv to jack@wasterecruit.com or call 01252 353080 quoting reference M9736. Please include a short list of permit applications you ahve delivered (site type, permit type and your role).