We are looking for EIA Coordinator to join our growing EIA/SEA Team.
This is a hybrid role. The positions can be based in our Dublin, Galway, Cork, Sligo and Kilkenny offices.
About The Team
Our EIA/SEA Team (one of Ireland's leading teams in this sector) delivers high value technical advisory services in areas as diverse as EIA, AA, SEA, climate change and sustainability to clients across the transport, water, energy, natural and built environment sectors.
The RPS EIA/SEA Team has a well-deserved reputation of successfully delivering many of Ireland's most challenging and complex projects through early stage development.
About The Role
* The key responsibilities associated with the role will be:
* Lead on delivery of EIA/SEA projects;
* Oversee, guide and manage junior team members and sub-consultants to deliver project requirements;
* Take ownership of projects from inception to completion to clients;
* Prioritise projects while balancing client expectations, available staff resources and project deadlines;
* You will be working with the team on multi-disciplinary projects across a wide range of sectors and liaising with clients and other relevant stakeholders.
About You
Candidates will have substantial experience working in a consultancy / regulatory role in the environmental assessment field. A proven track record of working on EIA and/or SEA is essential. Membership of the Institution of Environmental Sciences or similar is desirable.
Key Skills/Attributes
* Familiar with relevant Irish and European planning and environmental legislation e.g. EIA Directive and transposing Regulations.
* Knowledge of the Habitats Directive, and the Appropriate Assessment (AA) process is desirable.
* Knowledge of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is also desirable.
* Experience in coordinating planning applications and associated documentation.
* Excellent organisational and coordinating skills.
* Excellent verbal communication and report writing skills.
* Commercial awareness, ability to define scopes of work and to deliver projects on budget.
* Must have worked as part of a wider team with experience of managing deliverables to deadlines.
* Hard working, pragmatic and highly motivated individual - client focused with good interpersonal skills and team approach.
Qualifications
Degree in science or engineering with an environmental component. A Master's in relevant field is desirable but not required.
Why RPS for you?
You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most interesting and challenging projects and matters facing our society where different perspectives, styles of thinking and ideas are encouraged. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative solutions as we seek to solve those problems that matter.
You will have the choice of work flexibility, with agile offices, hybrid working offered as standard and industry leading paid time off. We also offer autonomy in your role, with a purpose focused culture, excellent social and professional interaction with leaders in their respective fields. The chance to make a real difference in solving some of the biggest challenges facing our society such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
We are an accredited training provider and will support your learning and development. A personal development plan and transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you will be supported as far as you want to go. This is a workplace that works for you.
A career here is far from ordinary. Here you are not a number, you are part of the solution.
RPS, a Tetra Tech Company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, in January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
Our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Where you’ll be supported every step of the way. Here is where you come to build a career.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.
Our approach to Diversity and inclusion
Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.
‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:
‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’
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