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Senior Scientist - Contaminated Land
Salary not available. View on company website.
RPS Group Plc, Scotland-Wide.
- Remote working
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted 1 week ago, 25 Apr
Job ref: 0be36e342c2c44e49461f3b0b6e308a1
Full Job Description
What you'll be doing
Project Management and delivery of contaminated land investigations and remediation projects on time, within budget and in line with appropriate quality standards.
Site supervision of works throughout Northern Ireland including procuring and managing ground investigations;
Preparing technical reports including Preliminary Risk Assessments (Desk Study) and Quantitative Risk Assessments (GQRA/DQRA);
Attending client and design team meetings;
Preparing presentations;
Managing financial budgets of job tasks.
Preparing bids and fee quotations for new work
Supervision and mentoring of junior staff including undertaking review of technical reports and providing constructive feedback
Key attributes required for the position are sound technical knowledge, enthusiasm, self-motivation and excellent verbal and written communication skills. We anticipate the role will require a mixture of site and office based work, but this may vary as workload dictates.
You will hold a degree in geology, engineering geology, hydrogeology or relevant environmental science discipline. Whilst not essential, it would be beneficial for you to have a post graduate qualification such as a Master's degree. You should also be working towards Chartership with a relevant body, such as CIWEM IEMA or Geo Soc. You will also have substantial post-graduate experience in contaminated land or geo-environmental engineering including managing projects throughout the whole project lifecycle. You will have an in depth understanding of current UK contaminated land technical guidance, relevant legislation and the development planning regime. You will be able to undertake self-directed research to keep abreast of new and emerging trends within the contaminated land industry.
Experienced with designing, procuring, managing and supervising ground investigation on site, including soil logging and sampling, groundwater and ground gas monitoring. You must be able to make informed and experienced decisions on site with minimal input from line managers and be able to manage and direct sub-contractors.
Knowledgeable in current practice and governing standards/guidance for the investigation and remediation of contaminated land and must be able to produce detailed technical reports such as Phase 1 geo-environmental desk top study reports (PRA) incorporating preliminary risk assessment and Phase 2 interpretative reports including qualitative and quantitative risk assessments (GQRA/DQRA).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to write clear, concise and technically robust reports.
Confident in managing projects as they grow and evolve.
Good understanding of health, safety and environmental management and be proactive in encouraging good health and safety practices.
Team player with strong social, interpersonal and communication skills.
A full clean driving license.
Desirable
· Experienced in undertaking WM3 compliant waste classifications using HazWasteOnline
· Undertaking environmental due diligence assessments;
· Confident in using GIS software, Disability Confident
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