Senior Consultant/Associate - Climate Change & Air Quality

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Consultant to join Savills’ Environment & Infrastructure Team. The ideal candidate will have experience in either climate change and/or air quality , and be looking to expand their technical and commercial skillset to meet current project needs and further grow our GHG impacts and air pollutant modelling services.

This role will be delivering climate change and air quality assessments for major development and infrastructure projects across the UK. You will support the preparation of planning and consenting documentation, including projects within the NSIP and DNS regimes, while contributing to wider environmental services such as EIA, Health Impact Assessment and sustainability advice. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will provide technical and strategic consultancy across sectors including renewable energy, carbon capture, transport, water and utilities.

Working alongside Savills’ broad spectrum of planning, environmental, sustainability and land agency experts, this is an excellent opportunity to help develop our service offer. Savills expects regular office presence and encourages internal networking and team building and we are currently looking to strengthen our presence in the Environment & Infrastructure team hubs of London and Brighton.

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What we offer you:

• Career and Professional Development

• 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade

• Life Assurance

• Private Medical Scheme

• Virtual GP

• Global Mobility Scheme

• Rewards Platform

• Company Pension Scheme

• Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

Find out more about Savills offer

Team Overview

Savills is the UK’s leading real estate service provider. We work with property and infrastructure of all types, ranging from the world’s most iconic rural estates through to the country’s leading urban developments and the full range of infrastructure that services this. Our clients come from both the public and private sectors and we work with organisations of all sizes.

Savills’ Environment & Infrastructure Team was established in 2021 with a focus on infrastructure projects. Based in our planning division, we support our colleagues and clients with the challenges of consenting essential infrastructure, with a primary target sector of net zero, including carbon capture, renewables, hydrogen and water. We also provide specialist technical services in climate change, health and air quality to all types of projects such as new towns, commercial hubs, logistics and datacentres. We work closely with Savills Earth, our specialist sustainability division, which includes experts from Engineering & Design Consultancy, Property Management, Energy Consultancy, Social Value, Energy Procurement, Environmental Economics and Research.

The team has a number of existing appointments on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) across various project sectors including CCUS, hydrogen, renewables, water, waste water, railfreight, power transmission, and ports. We have a strong history of advising on NSIPs, DNSs, Section 36 projects, SIPs and similar, as well as conventional TCPA projects. Our climate change and air quality team also supports the whole range of urban masterplanning, commercial and industrial projects nationally across all Savills’ planning teams.

Recruitment agencies

Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.