As a Senior Environmental Consultant at FiveRivers, you’ll be joining a team of passionate and
proactive industry experts with sustainability at its core. FiveRivers are an industry
specialist in the consultation, design, and implementation of ecological and environmental
solutions. With over 25 years’ of working with nature, the business is experiencing sustained
growth driven by its customer-centric focus.
The Role
This role draws on extensive expertise in ecological principles, geomorphology, environmental
science, and design innovation to create and implement solutions that harness the natural
environment’s benefits to meet project goals. A key focus is identifying approaches that
promote and enhance biodiversity.
Main duties will include:-
Project Management
- Lead and manage the delivery of design team projects, delegating tasks, mentoring junior
team members, and reporting to senior staff when additional support is required. - Oversee the line management of consultant-level staff or junior team members, ensuring
their performance aligns with project goals and company standards. - Manage and coordinate design team projects within the 5R Design and Build business unit,
ensuring adherence to Safety, Quality, Time, and Cost (SQTC) metrics. - Manage resource allocation and project capacity to ensure successful programme delivery,
while overseeing team competency development and workload distribution. - Commercial acumen applied, with a holistic understanding of link between project, programme
and business unit performance. - Responsible for management of project budgets, forecasting and commercial reporting.
Building and maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders such as clients,
subcontractors and supply chains. - Senior Environmental Consultants are responsible for CDM compliance, including design risk
management and environmental solutions. They are expected to take a holistic view of projects,
delegate tasks, and mitigate any identified risks. Unresolved risks must be escalated to senior
staff.
Team Management
- Ensure adherence to 5R processes and values while driving innovation and implementing
improvements across the team. - Mentor, support, and manage the team to fulfil their roles. Growing our people with role
succession and personal development at the forefront for business continuity. - You will foster a collaborative team environment and ensure effective communication among
team members. Mentoring, supporting, managing and growing a team in the fulfilment of their
roles. Growing our people with role succession and personal development at the forefront for
business continuity.
Bids and Tenders
- Expected that Senior Environmental Consultants will work with the Bids team and support
estimators in the management, coordination and production of high-quality fee proposals and
technical quality responses leading to successful award of contracts.
Business Development and Innovation
- In this role, you will support the Design and Build Manager in sales and key account
management, while actively seeking new business development opportunities. This includes
identifying key decision-makers and interpreting customer requirements to generate business for
the Design and Build team. - Additionally, you will be responsible for identifying and promoting 5R services and
innovations across various platforms, such as conferences, webinars, and articles, to enhance
the company’s visibility and growth.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Extensive project management experience
- Experience in designing solutions in the water environment (or similar industry)
- Experience in project management and has commercial acumen
- Experience of bidding and winning works in the environmental sector
- Experience of Auto CAD and ArcGIS experience preferable
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to present proposals
- Full driving licence (for site visits)
Role Requirements
- Minimum 4 years in consultancy or equivalent
We’re offering
- Up to £45,000 per annum dependent on level of experience
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- PayCare healthcare cashback scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Life assurance
- Time off for volunteering
- Regular training and career development
- Access to mental health support and professional financial advice
Please note, we’re flexible on location but there will be a requirement to visit the office
regularly, particularly when you first start. We are now based out of Codford, near Warminster
in Wiltshire.