Renewable Energy Consultant

Renewable Energy Consultant

Location: Edinburgh

Reference: BY1289

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

Do you have consultancy experience in an environmental discipline? Interested in finding your place in the renewable energy industry? This is the position for you! An Environmental Consultancy working on exciting, new and industry leading Onshore Wind and solar projects are seeking an experienced consultant with environmental knowledge to join the team. Whether you have an educational background in the industry, or relevant experience - this could be the role for you.

The Renewable Energy Consultant will be working with a team of approximately 15 people on various EIA's around the Central Belt on onshore wind farm, solar and battery energy projects. You'll be largely office based (with some site visits) acting as the technical lead for a team of Environmental Consultants - running projects, carrying out technical desktop assessments, project managing, training more junior team members, contributing to business development, report writing and some bidding and tendering.

The Renewable Energy Consultant positions offers:

• An excellent salary (£30,000 - £35,000).
• Excellent pension scheme and company benefits.
• Hybrid working available.
• Opportunities to move your career into a specialist or broad industry with fantastic training opportunities.
• Varied projects and project leading opportunities due to the niche team size.
• Sociable and welcoming company.

To be considered for this Environmental Consultant position you should:

• Have experience working in Environmental Consultancy (preferably in the Renewable Energy industry, although this is not essential. Other disciplines considered include EIA, Air Pollution, Planning, Geo-environmental & Geotechnical consulting).
• Have a degree in renewable energy, physical geography, environmental science, geology or another relevant subject (preferably to MSc level).
• Commutable to Edinburgh and surrounding sites.
• Hold a full UK Driving Licence.
• Full right to work in the UK.

If you are interested in this or other roles Environmental/Remediation roles please do not hesitate to contact Beth Young on or call . We have many more vacancies available on our website. Please refer to www.penguinrecruitment.co.uk. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.