Principal Acoustics Engineer

Role Details:

• Principal Acoustic Engineer - Energy Infrastructure
• Bristol based preferred, but will consider candidates nationwide
• Permanent role
• Offering up to £62,500 + £4560 Car Allowance
• Hybrid working / 9 day fortnight working options / Private Medical & more.

The Energy Division at ARM are currently recruiting an experienced Acoustic Engineer to join a market-leading and award-winning design and engineering consultancy, who are expanding the Energy Infrastructure team focusing on Wind Farm related projects.

About the company:

Our client provides innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for all their projects and they are the UK's largest and longest-established acoustic consultancies. Their wind farm experience stretches back to 1990, and now extends to over 250 wind farms both within the UK and abroad, acting as independent noise consultants for wind turbine manufacturers, wind farm developers, local authorities, and private individuals alike.

In the ever-evolving sector of energy infrastructure and renewables, they are also called upon to support other technological developments including solar farms, battery storage, waste to energy, and grid connections.

Job Overview:

We are looking for someone to take on a wide variety of projects. The majority focus would be on wind farms, but would involve other growing technologies.

The Acoustic engineer would be involved in all aspects of projects, from early stages to completion, with activities including environmental sound surveys, calculations and EIA chapter drafting. There would be training and use of our unique suite of dedicated software tools and equipment inventory.

The role would also involve maintaining and developing contacts with key clients in the industry - much of our work comes through repeat business by delivering a high standard of work support would be called on for preparing project scopes and fee proposals. There will be a need to be organised to manage and deliver timely and commercially successful outputs.

What you can bring:

• Acoustics Engineer with previous experience in wind farm noise assessments and other energy infrastructure projects.
• The candidate should have a working knowledge of all elements of a standard wind farm noise assessment: undertaking and analysing background noise surveys, noise predictions and writing up an EIA noise chapter and supporting information.
• Experience of other EIA-scale projects in the renewable sector or general build environment would also be considered useful but this is not a requirement of the role.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and membership of institute of acoustics would be expected.

Benefits Information:

Core Benefits:
* Private medical scheme
* Life Assurance
* Income protection
* Electric car salary sacrifice scheme (Senior Engineer)
* Travel Allowance (Principal Engineer)
* 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service
* Contributory pension scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
* Season Ticket Loans
* Professional membership subscription
* Flexitime
Flexible benefits
* 9-day fortnight - the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
* Hybrid Working - activity-based approach
* Employee stock purchase plan - a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
* Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
* Study Assistance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Referral Scheme
* Sabbatical Leave
* Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
* Flexible working - We're happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

How to apply:
If you are interested to find out more about this opportunity, please apply via the link or contact Jasmine White @ ARM and we will let you know if you have been shortlisted.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.