Senior EIA Consultant

Job description / Role

The Middle East Environmental Team of a leading international consultancy service provider is looking to appoint an additional member of staff to their growing Qatar team.  
 
This is a senior role within the environment team managing major environmental projects from bid to implementation stages, providing technical co-ordination review and direction, client management and ensuring good project performance.
 
The main duties of the Senior Environmental Consultant include, but are not limited to:
 
Project Management and Project Direction for Environmental Impact Assessments, Strategic Environmental Assessments, Environmental Management Plans including the co-ordination and management of internal specialists and sub-consultants.

Ensuring that the quality of deliverables is to the consistent high standards necessary to obtain recognition as consultant of choice by ensuring that Technical Reviews are undertaken on all deliverables and are in accordance with local legislation and best practice.

Endeavour to apply industry best practice in all aspects of work and provide technical input into specialist reports.

Responsible for technical development of junior staff
Development of relationships with clients and the regulatory authorities as well as other interested parties in order to deliver effective solutions to clients to the appropriate schedule and quality.

Managing project financial performance and meeting profit and cash targets.

Development and implementation of winning proposal strategies.

Contributing to the technical input for multi-disciplinary bids.

Requirements

Minimum Education / Experience Criteria:
- Relevant Environmental degree and MSc/second degree from an accredited University
- Membership of an appropriate Professional Institute or Association
- Expert in field of EIA with 6 to 8 years of experience
- Extensive experience in undertaking high profile environmental projects
- Experience in negotiating with regulators to achieve the best environmental outcome for the client
- Experience in working in an international consultancy
- Work experience in the Gulf Region
 
The following are desirable:
- Ability to speak and write Arabic would be an advantage
- A technical skill in air quality, noise, water quality, geology, hydrogeology or ecology would be advantageous  
 
The successful candidate will be offered a competitive package that will be commensurate with duration and quality of experience.

About the Company

Allen & York is a market leading specialist Recruitment Company serving the Environment, Planning & Built Environment, Energy and Health & Safety sectors. We enjoy a distinguished reputation for quality and professionalism.

Our proven ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from a development of close working relationships, strategic understanding, personalised problem solving and specialist experience within the Natural and Built Environment market sectors.

Based in the United Kingdom and established in 1993, Allen & York provide high quality personnel to national and international organisations at all levels within the sectors of Environment, Planning & Built Environment, Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geo-environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Water Management and Waste Management.