Air Quality Consultant

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Providing technically robust and commercially driven assessments and advice, our Air Quality, Dust and Odour team provide tailored solutions for any project. All our Air Quality specialists are members of the Institute of Air Quality Management and Institution of Environmental Sciences ensuring professional service and expertise.

Who we are & what we stand for

BWB is a multi-award-winning engineering and environmental design consultancy with a proven reputation for technical excellence and exceptional client satisfaction. We’re rated Platinum Investors In People (IIP), a prestigious accolade that demonstrates our commitment to our people and establishes us as an employer of choice. We invest in our people and ensure they have everything they need to develop a fantastic career. We extensively research, benchmark and review all salaries and benefits against others within the industry.

Join BWB and your career will not conform to the traditional models of yesterday but will be a fulfilling and challenging journey into tomorrow’s digital age; a journey that you will play an active role in defining!

At BWB you matter, and you will make a difference. A difference to the world you live in; the communities you engage with; even the development of your career and the profession.

About the role

BWB Consulting has an exciting opportunity for an Air Quality Consultant to join our London office.

This role represents an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to our growing team in our London office. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, with a desire to develop their professional career with BWB.

Sitting within our Acoustics & Air Quality Service, the successful applicant would be expected to undertake specialist technical work such as air and odour dispersion modelling, Air Quality, odour and dust monitoring and report writing, all whilst working as part of a growing, integrated, progressive team.

We work on a variety of fantastic projects and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to work on projects from proposal stage right through to completion. Our projects vary in size from small scale through to national infrastructure projects. There is also the opportunity to undertake project management, manage project finances, and undertake mentoring and training with more junior team members. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to be involved in business development activities and contribute to the direction and growth of our team.

Our work is varied and widespread supporting our clients on projects both locally and throughout the UK as required. This is a fast paced, Client facing role in which you would have the opportunity to participate in a growing regional team. We value innovation and encourage thinking ‘outside of the box’, while always seeking to provide commercial solutions to complex environmental issues. Good financial and project management skills are a must as are great communication skills to build, maintain and consolidate strong working relationships both internally and external to BWB.

About the team

BWB is a leading Engineering and Environmental Consultancy with over 300 people based in five offices throughout the UK. We have an established reputation for delivering high quality environmental and engineering consultancy services to corporate, industrial, development and financial clients across a variety of sectors.

The Air Quality team are a rapidly expanding part of BWB’s environmental service offering, with involvement at all stages in the planning cycle from feasibility through to master planning, planning application support and the discharge of planning conditions. We also provide strategic advice and asset management services, and offer clever solutions to some challenging issues.

We are working on many different types of projects, including new road and rail schemes, new residential settlements, urban regeneration schemes, supermarkets, leisure developments and industrial and commercial schemes.

We aim to create a working environment that provides challenge, enjoyment and a real sense of satisfaction, with a view to encouraging personal and professional development in all our staff.

About you

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, confident, self-motivated and willing to take the initiative, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Willingness to travel and a full driving licence are essential to the role.

The successful candidate will have a relevant science based Air Quality or environmental sciences degree and be an Associate or Full member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences and Institute of Air Quality Management. A related Masters degree is also highly desirable.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate at least two to three years of relevant experience in an Air Quality consultancy setting.

Candidates will be required to show a good understanding and experience in the following areas:

• Effective working with design teams, project managers and clients;
• The Air Quality assessment process, as well as the standards and guidelines that are appropriate to our industry;
• The UK planning and Environmental Permitting process;
• Environmental Impact Assessment process, including writing ES Air Quality chapters;
• Air dispersion modelling software and processes including the ADMS-Roads and ADMS 5 software packages, DMRB and experience in using ArcGIS, QGIS and AutoCAD;
• Air quality assessment tools and processes including the Emission Factor Toolkit, background maps, NOx to NO2 calculator, NO2 fall off with distance calculator, annualisation process and the model verification process;
• Excellent use of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and Powerpoint;
• Air quality monitoring and the design and management of Air Quality monitoring strategies;
• Odour monitoring, including sniff testing – an odour acuity certification within the established range for surveying is highly desirable;
• Willingness to travel and a full driving licence are essential to the role, with your own vehicle or access to a vehicle for business use being highly desirable;
• Experience of mentoring and training graduate consultants and an appreciation of business development, client relationship management and project and financial management is also highly desirable; and
• Experience of greenhouse gas emissions assessments, climate change assessments and indoor Air Quality assessments are highly desirable.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday (with the option to purchase more), pension, life assurance and healthcare.
• Perkbox, Cycle to Work, paid volunteering days, regular social events, rewards scheme and much more.
• Access to personalised fully funded Learning & Development opportunities including charterships and paid professional subscriptions.
• Hybrid working.