Environmental Scientist
- Cities & development, Environment & geoscience, Water
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This role will sit within our Strategic Advisory Services Research (SAS-R) team. Our SAS-R team is a growing part of the Water Management Consultancy Practice and provides a range of innovative services to private and public-sector clients, especially in the fields of water quality, sewage treatment technologies and water related regulatory compliance.
As an Environmental Scientist / Environmental Engineer within SAS-R you will work as part of a dynamic and evolving team of environmental and engineering professionals from across the Atkins business to provide integrated services to our Clients.
Responsibilities
• Support or lead on the delivery of key technical areas related to water quality planning and research.
• To work effectively as part of a team with other professionals (Environmental Scientists, Engineers, Planners amongst others) throughout Atkins to support the delivery of ongoing research projects and to provide a consistent and integrated service to our clients.
• Support enquiries and provide input to bids for the future success of the business.
• Maintain excellent professional relationships with clients.
Requirements
• A post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline with a focus on water quality, environmental chemistry and wastewater engineering; familiarity with metals chemistry and the concepts of speciation and bioavailability is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of EU and UK environmental regulation; the Water Framework and Priority Substances Directives.
• Familiarity with UK water industry trade effluent and discharge permitting procedures.
• Excellent data analysis skills and a high degree of numeracy with good working knowledge of Excel, Access and GIS software packages. Knowledge of other specialist data analysis tools/approaches and programming languages advantageous.
• Excellent writing skills - clarity in scientific report writing demonstrated through existing work (e.g. scientific publications) and ability to adapt writing style to produce documents for different audiences.
• Experience in presentations through scientific conferences/meetings.
The Individual
• Highly motivated and proactive; focussed on achieving and delivering technical excellence.
• Skilled at collaborative working, have good interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively.
• Client focused and a high level of relationship management skills.
• Flexible and prepared to take on new challenges and learn new skills.
• Well organised - able to plan and deal with multiple projects running at the same time.
• Attention to detail and desire to work consistently to high standards.
Development opportunities
Atkins promotes personal development through a portfolio of training and opportunities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. We actively support staff in achieving chartered membership of relevant professional institutions.
Rewards and Benefits
Please refer to our website for details of our full benefits package.
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