Assistant & Senior Air Quality Consultants

Assistant & Senior Air Quality Consultants

Central Bristol

Permanent

My client is looking for both Assistant & Senior level Air Quality Consultants to join their team in Bristol. You will be supporting their clients in delivering sustainable and desirable developments through promoting their ethos of ‘designing with communities in mind’ and ‘Places first’ by providing insight at the initial conceptual stage of developments to ensure air quality positive design measures are embedded to minimize generation and exposure to air pollution (outdoor and indoor).

You will be working alongside colleagues in the wider Environmental Services team and Engineering, Buildings, Infrastructure, Transportation and Planning Teams.

The Air Quality team undertakes a wide range of studies across the UK throughout the development control process (i.e. in support of site promotion, input to planning application, condition discharge) for all scales and types of development. They also undertake detailed studies in support of Major Infrastructure (Highways etc) and Environmental Permit applications in the power, water, industry, minerals and waste sectors.

You will have experience in undertaking air quality impact assessments involving road traffic, combustion and odour emissions using air quality dispersion modelling software and monitoring programmes to inform report writing and contribute to Environmental Statement preparation. You will also have an interest in developing these skills to enhance assessments to reflect emerging requirements in relation to both human and ecological receptors to provide a more holistic approach to air quality.

About You:
You’ll have a BEng, BSc or MSc in a relevant subject, or equivalent level qualification. Membership of the IAQM (desirable), capable of working both independently and or as a part of our multidisciplinary teams on a variety of land development and urban regeneration projects.

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

• Experience of dispersion modelling (ADMS Roads and AERMOD or ADMS5) and be proficient with the application of GIS packages within an air quality environment and digitalization of the input and outputs of modelling packages.
• An understanding of the LAQM and UK planning and regulatory system in relation to air quality and wider environmental aspects.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.