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EIA Consultant (Graduate/ Assistant Level)

Logika Consultants Limited

Location: Bristol

The Role Location

Due to exciting project wins, we are currently looking for a graduate with a degree in a relevant subject to join our EIA team. The role is a full-time position based in our Bristol office.

The Company

Logika Group is a leading independent environmental consultancy, underpinned by a growing team of experts in environmental policy, strategy, design, and assessment.

With offices in London, Bristol, Warrington, Brighton, Leeds and Belgium, Logika Group comprises four specialist sister companies: Logika Consultants, Air Quality Consultants, Noise Consultants, and Logika Europe.

Over the last 30+ years, we have achieved sustained growth and honed our provision of high-quality services, while securing a large volume of repeat business from satisfied clients. We were recognised as a ‘top 25 leading player’ in UK Environmental and Sustainability Consulting by Environmental Analyst.

We pride ourselves on being able to:

• Employ the best people to provide the highest quality advice
• Provide a personal service
• Deliver meaningful work to a high technical standard, which protects and improves the environment
• Design innovative cross-disciplinary solutions

With a proven track record of success, Logika Group has been involved with UK Government expert groups and European Commission working groups, provided expert evidence at Public Inquiries, and helped clients gain planning consent for thousands of projects.

Logika Group is underpinned by three clear values – Community, Collaboration and Integrity - developed by our staff members to reflect our shared principles, approach to our work and positive company culture.

The Role

We are looking for a graduate to join our growing and reputable team at Logika. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of environmental projects. Your focus will be on supporting our environmental assessment team, but you may also, if workload requires, provide support to the work of the water management, air quality, carbon, health, socio-economics, noise and ecology teams.

Our new team member will assist in environmental inputs to large-scale infrastructure and major development projects, such as:

• Renewable power generation projects - including solar, hydrogen, BESS and wind
• Large-scale masterplan development
• Property development - including commercial, residential, industrial and healthcare development
• Aviation

There will also be the opportunity to work on projects requiring Strategic Environmental Assessment.

You will work with a range of internal technical environmental specialists and designers to support the management of environmental inputs to project designs and assessments. This will include early strategy development, through to feasibility, outline design, detailed design and discharging of conditions. You will have the opportunity to work within various consenting regimes, including Town and Country Planning and Development Consent Orders.

It is the philosophy of Logika that the role of an environmental consultant should be to ensure that environmental issues are at the heart of development design. Therefore, it is of importance that you are confident when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups and should be able to work effectively with technical environmental specialists and design teams to embed environmental design solutions into development proposals.

Skills and experience we are looking for

• A degree, and preferably a post graduate degree, in a relevant subject.
• An understanding of environmental legislation, the development planning process and Environmental Impact Assessment process.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent report writing skills an absolute must.
• An organised and methodical approach with a keen eye for detail.
• A strong understanding of the role of an EIA Consultant and a desire to forge a career in the sector.
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams whilst working to a deadline.
• Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups.

What we offer

We are a growing Group of companies that wants to do things differently, with an exciting future that will help you shape and realise your ambitions. You will have a great opportunity to work with a talented and dedicated team and be able to develop your career as the company grows.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a range of formal benefits and training, and development programmes to enhance employee satisfaction and professional development. These include, an enhanced pension scheme, private medical insurance, competitive annual leave entitlement which grows with length of service, additional annual leave purchase scheme, rail and bus season ticket loans, cycle scheme, group life assurance, staff training and CPD programme, employee recognition awards, social value programme and more.

Furthermore, we ensure we can support our employees through offering wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals. These include flexible working, trained mental health first aiders, and readily available support through our Employee Assistance programme.

Logika Group’s Equal Opportunities Policy is to ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender, reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

How to apply

Please apply using the application form on our website – www.logikagroup.com/careers

Further information is available on our websites:

www.aqconsultants.co.uk | www.noiseconsultants.co.uk | www.logikaconsultants.co.uk www.logikagroup.com

Work Location: In person