Environmental Manager

Job Title: Environmental Manager
Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 (dependent on experience)
Location: UK Wide – Peterborough, Leeds, Warrington, Newcastle, Edinburgh or Glasgow
Type: Permanent, Full-Time, Hybrid

About the Role:

This is a strategic environmental management role working across a wide range of water and infrastructure-related projects. You’ll be involved in leading environmental input across flood defence, river restoration, sustainable infrastructure, and nature-based solutions, ensuring outstanding environmental outcomes through all stages of project delivery.

This is more than a technical role-it’s a chance to lead, innovate, and help drive the environmental direction of a thriving consultancy.

About Our Client:

Our client is a UK-based, independent, employee-owned environmental and engineering consultancy with a global reach. With offices across the UK and nine international locations, they are at the forefront of sustainability and climate resilience. The business is committed to innovation, high-quality client service, and the personal and professional growth of their people.

They pride themselves on fostering a healthy work-life balance and provide comprehensive staff benefits and development opportunities. Their culture is collaborative, supportive, and ambitious-with a genuine desire to build a more resilient future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical environmental leadership across a range of multi-disciplinary projects
• Guide environmental inputs through conception, design, planning, and delivery stages
• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to achieve optimum environmental outcomes
• Lead on business development activities including tendering and client engagement
• Support planning applications, EIAs, permits, and liaise with regulators and stakeholders
• Develop and mentor junior team members and support professional development
• Help embed sustainability into systems and processes (e.g. carbon reduction, circular economy)
• Ensure robust project management including budget, programme, and H&S compliance

What Our Client is Looking For:

• A degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) in Environmental Management, Planning, or a related discipline, or significant professional experience
• Chartered or working toward chartership with a relevant professional body (e.g. IEMA, IEEM, AEnvCoW)
• Demonstrable experience in environmental management within infrastructure or construction sectors
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills
• Commercial awareness and a record of successful project delivery
• Ability to lead business development and client relationship management
• Knowledge of relevant environmental legislation, planning systems, and permitting

Desirable:

• Multidisciplinary project leadership experience
• Experience across environmental consents (e.g. FRAP, waste, ecological)
• Understanding of coastal or riverine environments
• Innovation in design, assessment or mitigation techniques
• Mentorship or line management experience

What Our Client Offers:

• Employee-owned structure with profit-sharing
• Generous professional development budget and support towards chartership
• Flexible hybrid working policy
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
• Opportunities to contribute to charity and community outreach

Eligibility:

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Roles may be available on a part-time or flexible basis, and returners to the industry are encouraged to apply.

Opportunity for Growth:

This is a pivotal role within an expanding team, with clear opportunities to influence company strategy, shape environmental policy, and grow into more senior leadership. You’ll also contribute to industry innovation and help shape the future of climate-resilient infrastructure.

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.