EIA Consultant
Company
Location
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/24/2025
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Description
RPS, a Tetra Tech company is looking for an EIA Consultant to join us at one of our busy and vibrant offices in Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Manchester.The role is hybrid and can be full time or part time.
About The Team
Our EIA team is working on some of the most exciting projects in the UK and internationally, including offshore and onshore wind farms, solar and battery storage projects, airports and data centres. We combine this with the opportunity to work on a of range of smaller EIA projects, providing our consultants with opportunities to rapidly gain experience across a range of project types and sectors.
Our Projects Include
Your Impact
Join RPS, a Tetra Tech company to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to grow your career while leaving a lasting legacy.
What You Will Be Doing
This role would be a great move for a graduate with some consultancy experience who is ready for the next stage in their career. This role will increase your experience across a variety of projects from small to large long-term flagship projects.
You’ll be working within a multi-disciplinary environment with highly experienced and collaborative colleagues. There is a genuine ethos of ensuring a good work/life balance within this diverse and friendly team. You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly regarded team, including leading industry experts as well as partner with the wider RPS sustainability, climate change, planning, landscape, ecology, heritage, health and transport teams.
A Typical Week Could Include
Who We Are Looking For
You will need to have excellent writing skills, be able to work collaboratively and have the ability to work with others. A good eye for detail is essential as is strong problem-solving skills, helping to address client concerns and ‘make complex easy’.
We’d like you to have a first degree in a relevant environmental subject and ideally an MSc in a relevant topic e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management or similar. You’ll have some experience in working in a consultancy or related sector and an understanding of what is required to manage EIA projects. A desire to work in the renewables industry would be an advantage.
There will be some travel so a full UK driving license is required.
Qualifications
We’re proud to be an accredited training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.
We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.
Embracing diverse ideas, perspectives, and thinking styles is at the heart of what we do. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community of experts and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
Why Choose RPS, a Tetra Tech Company
In 2023 RPS joined Tetra Tech, enabling us to combine our expertise with the reach and resources of a prestigious global organisation.
We design, and manage projects in urbanisation, natural resources, and sustainability. As part of Tetra Tech’s strong team across 550 offices in over 120 countries, we deliver solutions that create lasting value in an increasingly urbanised and resource-scarce world. By leveraging our global expertise, we enable our clients to develop winning solutions for their clients and communities.
As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to provide market-leading development and project opportunities for our people, supporting their growth while addressing the challenges that matter. Our people drive our success, and this is where you come to build a career.
We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With over 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.
About The Team
Our EIA team is working on some of the most exciting projects in the UK and internationally, including offshore and onshore wind farms, solar and battery storage projects, airports and data centres. We combine this with the opportunity to work on a of range of smaller EIA projects, providing our consultants with opportunities to rapidly gain experience across a range of project types and sectors.
Our Projects Include
- Offshore wind and transmission projects, including the recently consented Mona Offshore Wind Project, as well as work for Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms and Ossian.
- Airports, including Gatwick and Manston.
- A range of large-scale solar projects, including those at all stages of the DCO process (from site selection/design through to the Examination stage).
- A range of DNS onshore wind projects in Wales.
- Onshore wind, battery storage and feasibility studies in Scotland.
Your Impact
Join RPS, a Tetra Tech company to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to grow your career while leaving a lasting legacy.
What You Will Be Doing
This role would be a great move for a graduate with some consultancy experience who is ready for the next stage in their career. This role will increase your experience across a variety of projects from small to large long-term flagship projects.
You’ll be working within a multi-disciplinary environment with highly experienced and collaborative colleagues. There is a genuine ethos of ensuring a good work/life balance within this diverse and friendly team. You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly regarded team, including leading industry experts as well as partner with the wider RPS sustainability, climate change, planning, landscape, ecology, heritage, health and transport teams.
A Typical Week Could Include
- Working as a key part of a larger team to support the project manager and project director on large-scale multi-disciplinary projects.
- Working independently to produce EIA screening and scoping reports and introductory chapters of an ES.
- Attending project meetings with topic teams and internal and external clients.
- Managing client programmes, including complex survey programmes.
- Review of ES deliverables for quality, in preparation for client or legal review.
- Working with our digital and design teams to further develop our capacity in digital EIA.
Who We Are Looking For
You will need to have excellent writing skills, be able to work collaboratively and have the ability to work with others. A good eye for detail is essential as is strong problem-solving skills, helping to address client concerns and ‘make complex easy’.
We’d like you to have a first degree in a relevant environmental subject and ideally an MSc in a relevant topic e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management or similar. You’ll have some experience in working in a consultancy or related sector and an understanding of what is required to manage EIA projects. A desire to work in the renewables industry would be an advantage.
There will be some travel so a full UK driving license is required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a related field.
- At least a years consultancy experience or completion of a graduate scheme in a relevant field.
- Technical skills in an EIA topic would be beneficial but are not essential.
We’re proud to be an accredited training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.
We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.
Embracing diverse ideas, perspectives, and thinking styles is at the heart of what we do. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community of experts and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
Why Choose RPS, a Tetra Tech Company
In 2023 RPS joined Tetra Tech, enabling us to combine our expertise with the reach and resources of a prestigious global organisation.
We design, and manage projects in urbanisation, natural resources, and sustainability. As part of Tetra Tech’s strong team across 550 offices in over 120 countries, we deliver solutions that create lasting value in an increasingly urbanised and resource-scarce world. By leveraging our global expertise, we enable our clients to develop winning solutions for their clients and communities.
As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to provide market-leading development and project opportunities for our people, supporting their growth while addressing the challenges that matter. Our people drive our success, and this is where you come to build a career.
We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With over 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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