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Environmental Consultant

Environmental Consultant

📍 S72, Grimethorpe, Barnsley
£35,000 per annum
£35000 - £40000/annum
Industry: Consulting
Applications: <10
Posted: 15-06-2026
Company: Multi Trades Recruitment
Type: Permanent
Reference: 225250704

Job Description:

Environmental Consultant Location: Barnsley Salary: From £35,000 – £40,000 depending on experience Hours: Monday – Friday 08:30-4:30pm Start Date: ASAP

We are recruiting for an Environmental Consultant on behalf of our client, a leading environmental response and specialist consultancy business based in Barnsley.

This is a technical consultancy role supporting environmental incident response, contaminated land assessment and remediation projects across the UK. The role will involve a mixture of office-based work, fieldwork and travel, supporting major incident response projects and ensuring environmental compliance across a range of sites.

The successful candidate will be involved in site investigations, risk assessments, regulatory engagement, soil and groundwater sampling, technical reporting and project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

· Support environmental incident response and remediation projects

· Carry out site investigations and contaminated land assessments

· Complete soil and groundwater sampling and analysis

· Prepare detailed technical reports and project documentation

· Conduct environmental risk assessments

· Liaise with regulators, clients and project stakeholders

· Support pollution response and environmental compliance works

· Assist with planning, coordinating and managing environmental projects

· Travel to sites across the UK for fieldwork and project support

· Report to the Technical / Consultancy Manager

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

· Previous environmental consultancy experience

· Experience with site investigations, contaminated land and remediation projects

· Strong understanding of pollution response and environmental risk assessment

· Knowledge of soil and groundwater sampling methods

· Excellent technical report writing skills

· Confidence liaising with regulators, clients and internal teams

· Good project management and organisational skills

· Ability to work across both office and field-based environments

· Strong knowledge of UK environmental regulations

Requirements:

· Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Geology or similar

· 4–5 years’ relevant experience

· Strong knowledge of UK environmental regulation

· Full UK driving licence

· Willingness to travel across the UK for fieldwork

Benefits:

· Salary from £35,000 – £40,000 depending on experience

· Full-time permanent opportunity

· Company pension

· On-site parking

· Referral programme

· Varied role across consultancy, fieldwork and environmental response

· Opportunity to work on major environmental incident and remediation projects

This role would suit an experienced Environmental Consultant, Geo-Environmental Consultant, Remediation Consultant, Contaminated Land Consultant or Environmental Scientist looking for a varied role with fieldwork, technical reporting and UK-wide project involvement.

Please apply with your CV to be considered for the position.

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