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We are now looking for a tenacious and focused full-time, permanent Asbestos Operative to join our busy laboratory based in Dartford, UK.

The PA Group UK are a multidisciplinary, health and safety executive licensed asbestos removal and UKAS-accredited asbestos inspection and testing contractor.

Main responsibilities/duties:

• Working as part of a team to carry out Asbestos Removal Jobs (Licensable & Non-Notifiable Works)
• Assisting with completion of all site forms via Easybop, taking photos, disposal of waste and returning waste note to the office
• Liaising on site with Clients, Tenants etc
• On occasions being flexible with hours to suit project.
• Working on Housing Stock through to Commercial

Person Specification:

• Minimum of 12 months experience of Asbestos Removal
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must have good organisational and IT skills.
• Must have a full UK driving licence

Salary and benefits:

• Salary £155 per day
• Everything provided to complete the works is new and top specification.
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays and private health care
• Regular training and career development

The RSK Group are an equal opportunity employer

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The PA Group UK are a multidisciplinary, health and safety executive licensed asbestos removal and UKAS-accredited asbestos inspection and testing contractor.

Main responsibilities/duties:

• Supervision of Asbestos Removal Jobs (Licensable & Non-Notifiable Works)
• Completion of all site forms via Easybop, taking photos, disposal of waste and returning waste note to the office
• Supervise teams of operatives
• Liaising on site with Clients, Tenants etc
• Joint site visits with Contracts Managers to assess works
• Working on Housing Stock through to Commercial
• Can Tow Decontamination Units (Essential)

Person Specification:

• Asbestos Supervisor experience - desirable
• Full UK Driving Licence - essential
• The successful candidate will be an all-rounder, flexible, have good work ethic and have the ability to carry out the work effectively .
• The applicant will also have a sound knowledge of the Health & Safety procedures appertaining to asbestos.
• Must have good communication skills, both written and verbal.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary £180 per day
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays and private health care
• Regular training and career development

The RSK Group are an equal opportunity employer

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Job Title: Principal Process Engineer

Location: Peterborough

Benefits:

🌟 9-day working fortnight
💷 Competitive pension scheme
🌴 33 days annual leave
🤝 Paid volunteering day each year
👶 Enhanced parental leave
🩺 Private medical cover
🎓 Support of 2 paid qualifications
💰 Annual bonus (subject to company and individual performance)

Principal Process Engineer

Join the @one Alliance – a collaborative partnership of eight industry-leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8 and beyond, we’re looking for exceptional leaders who can set direction, drive innovation, and shape the future of water infrastructure.

At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring – ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.

Your Purpose

As a Principal Process Engineer, you will provide national and sector-leading expertise across the @one Alliance. Acting as the authority for the discipline, you will define standards, champion quality and innovation, and guide the development of value-driven, sustainable solutions. You’ll set the strategic direction for process engineering, support complex project needs, mentor senior engineers, and ensure the delivery of consistent, compliant, and future-focused designs that help deliver AMP8 outcomes and Anglian Water’s long-term environmental ambitions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as the process engineering authority, providing expert independent advice, arbitration, and governance across the Alliance.

• Lead the development and implementation of engineering procedures, technical standards, and quality frameworks, embedding a right-first-time approach.

• Support supplier and specialist partner selection through competency assessments, performance monitoring, and framework development.

• Identify, develop, and continuously improve standard products to enhance efficiency, consistency, carbon reduction, and natural capital outcomes.

• Undertake independent audits of design outputs to ensure quality, compliance, consistency, and adherence to specifications, addressing gaps through training and procedural improvements.

• Provide direction on complex or escalated design challenges, including sourcing external expertise where needed.

• Champion excellence in health, safety, and welfare, including CDM compliance and process-specific safety (HAZOP, DSEAR) reviews and standards.

• Mentor and develop Senior Process Engineers, lead discipline meetings, manage competency matrices, and champion professional pathways and qualifications.

• Support early-career development through apprenticeships and graduate programmes, fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high-performing environment.

• Drive a culture of innovation, digital adoption, safe experimentation, and continuous improvement, seeking external inspiration and embedding lessons learnt.

• Collaborate across Anglian Water and industry bodies to influence and improve standards, processes, and technical approaches.

• Promote sustainability, climate resilience, and carbon-reduction priorities across all process engineering practices.

About You

We’re seeking an influential and technically authoritative Principal Process Engineer with strong leadership capability and a passion for sustainable engineering. Ideally, you will bring:

• A degree in Engineering (or equivalent).

• Chartered or Fellow Professional Engineer status.

• Extensive experience within the water sector, particularly process engineering and capital delivery.

• Significant expertise in shaping engineering procedures, managing quality, and driving consistent discipline-wide excellence.

• Proven ability to lead senior engineers, mentor teams, and support long-term professional development.

• Experience in a Design & Build environment is advantageous but not essential.

• Strong understanding of CDM, HAZOP, DSEAR, and wider health, safety, and environmental requirements.

• Excellent communication, emotional intelligence, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.

• A passion for sustainability, innovation, and delivering low-carbon, nature-positive engineering solutions.

Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of our four business units:

Water

The Water Business Unit provides strategic design and technical support across the clean water network – from infrastructure planning to treatment resilience – ensuring secure and efficient water supplies for future generations.

Water Infrastructure Portfolio – Leading potable water pipeline projects driven by regional growth or mains renewal.

National Infrastructure Portfolio – Working alongside major infrastructure projects (rail, highways, energy) to protect and divert affected Anglian Water assets (potable and wastewater).
Water Non-Infrastructure Portfolio – Leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver clean water non-infrastructure design, including treatment works, pumping stations, and groundwater abstraction. Significant programmes include nitrate removal, PFAS removal, and upgrades to potable water treatment works.

Water Recycling (East and West)

Our Water Recycling teams are responsible for the design and optimisation of wastewater projects and treatment solutions (both infra and non-infra). We drive innovation to enhance environmental outcomes and improve the sustainability of our network.

Place Based Thinking

Delivering some of the largest and most complex projects within the @one Alliance, this team focuses on integrated solutions that protect communities, improve resilience, and deliver value across multiple sites and catchments.

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This is permanent full-time position (37 hours), with a minimum of three days per week in the Swindon office.

We are seeking a science trained consultant with experience in the Waste and Resources sector. Building on your academic and practical experience you would provide technical and commercial leadership to ‘WRc’s waste doctors’. We are experts in the chemistry and classification of varied waste streams including thermal treatment residues, shredded end-of-life vehicles and residues from polymer sorting and recovery processes. We also provide support around POPs to the regulator, trade bodies and industrial clients. The role offers wide ranging development opportunities and a pathway to promotion to Principal Consultant.

We provide clients with operational and regulatory compliance consultancy to support sustainable waste operations and recovery of end-of-life products for industries transitioning to the circular economy.

Key Responsibilities 

• Support leadership of the Waste and Resources team in planning and delivering high quality consultancy projects with the team
• Develop services to expand and improve current commercial offerings and develop costed proposals to meet customer needs
• Provide mentorship and training to junior colleagues to support and inspire their technical development

Person Specification

• Able to work in Swindon (SN5 8YF) at least 3 days per week
• A chemical or environmental degree
• Advanced subject matter expertise in solid waste characterisation and classification, emissions monitoring or sorting and recycling processes
• Strong working knowledge of UK waste regulation
• Significant experience in environmental consultancy, environmental management or regulatory roles

Salary and Benefits

• £45,000 to £60,000 depending on experience 
• Opportunity with the right skills and experience for promotion to Principal Consultant
• Life assurance
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays

Full job description attached

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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At Nicholas O'Dwyer, sustainability is at the core of our work. If you are looking to advance your career in a socially responsible company, which has a proven track record over 90 years, and is committed to creating a sustainable planet, we invite you to be part of our team.

Our mission is to provide innovative and reliable solutions using cutting edge technology and expertise, to ensure project success and employee satisfaction. We deliver infrastructure projects in water, wastewater, transportation, civil and structural engineering, flood protection, and energy including renewables. With headquarters in Ireland, we also operate in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

As part of the RSK Group, an amalgamation of over 200 companies with more than 17,000 employees, we benefit from a global network of opportunities while retaining our brand and autonomy.

About the Role:

We are currently recruiting a Senior Project Management Engineer to deliver client-side services in the Water Sector in Ireland.

The Senior Project Management Engineer will be responsible to actively monitor, chase information where required and resolve issues impacting the project management metrics, time, cost, quality, and health and safety. They would also be assisting with the project risk assessments and actively mediating to ensure the project management metrics are not impacted.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and monitor the delivery of the project around the schedule, interface, cost, variations, contract, and risk, liaising with the relevant team members and functions as required.
• Maintenance of project records in line with the programme project folder structure ensuring project data is up to date, easily navigated and accurate on each of the allocated project and programme folder.
• Report monthly on the tasks throughout the project’s lifecycle including construction works (during the construction phase) that have been undertaken.
• Wholly participate in regular programme manager meetings/calls.
• Assist with the development of programme level risk register to identify, prioritise and mitigate key risks with implementation of those mitigation measures to minimise risk on the programme delivery success.
• Gain records of monthly construction activity manhours works on allocated projects and promptly update within required timelines on the safety management system.
• Actively close out project construction activity safety inspection actions as identified by categorisation of severity with close out within required timelines.
• Investigate and report any incidents or accidents on allocated projects for resolution and ensuring non-reoccurrence in line with the HSQE SOPs.
• Identify opportunities to improve project management procedures, templates, and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in the Construction / Infrastructure sector on projects of a similar size and complexity.
• Relevant third-level qualification in engineering or related discipline.
• Qualification in project management such as PMP, and PRINCE II will be advantageous.
• Have a good knowledge & experience of Health & Safety legislation and regulations,
• Have a strong knowledge & experience of project management methodologies,
• Have a strong water engineering technical capability.
• Have a strong knowledge & experience of contract administration & delivery.
• Have the ability to set up ongoing procedures to collect and review information as needed.
• Experience in operating on-site, not just office-based an advantage.
• Track record of delivering construction/asset delivery projects on time and within the allocated budget.
• Knowledge of operating as a client’s project manager.
• Experience in dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of process and guidance to support project delivery.
• Capacity to self-motivate.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to govern and drive outcomes to ensure project outputs that meet required standards.
• Planning capability and ability to use Oracle Primavera 6 scheduling system an advantage.
• Report writing skills.

Are you experienced ecologist looking for your new challenge within the ecology sector?

Do you want to bring your expertise and knowledge to help us succeed?

Well then why not get in touch with us today!

The Role:

Southern Ecological Solutions, part of the RSK Group is seeking an experienced Principal Ecologist to play a key leadership role within our team based in the South East of England. This is a senior technical and client-facing position, suited to an individual with strong consultancy experience who is confident leading complex projects, supporting team development and helping to drive continued business growth.

You will act as a technical authority across a range of ecological disciplines, providing oversight, mentoring and quality assurance, while maintaining hands-on involvement in project delivery.

The role also offers significant autonomy, influence over project direction, and clear progression opportunities within SES and the wider RSK Group.

Main Responsibilities:

• Leading and managing complex ecological projects, including large-scale developments and infrastructure schemes
• Acting as technical lead and reviewer for PEAs, EcIAs, HRAs, protected species mitigation strategies and BNG assessments
• Providing expert advice on ecology, legislation and planning policy (including NPPF and local policy)
• Supporting and mentoring ecologists at all levels, fostering technical excellence and career development
• Overseeing survey design, seasonal programming and risk management across multiple projects
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, contributing to bids, tenders and fee proposals
• Supporting business development and representing SES at meetings, workshops and stakeholder forums
• Ensuring consistent quality, compliance and best practice across Midlands projects

Introduction to SES:

Southern Ecological Solutions is a trusted consultancy specialising in Ecology, Arboriculture, and Landscape Planning & Design. For over a decade, we've built a reputation for delivering pragmatic, innovative solutions to clients ranging from global corporations to private homeowners. At SES, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career while contributing to environmentally sustainable growth. Be part of a company that champions innovation and values its people as much as the environment.

We are also part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

Key Experience & Qualifications:

Essential:

• A Degree (or equivalent) in ecology or a related discipline.
• One or more protected species licences (e.g. bats, GCN).
• Extensive experience within a professional ecological consultancy.
• Strong track record of delivering and reviewing complex technical reports.
• In-depth knowledge of UK wildlife legislation, planning policy and guidance.

Desirable:

• Full or Chartered membership of CIEEM.
• Strong botanical competence (FISC Level 4 or equivalent experience).
• Experience leading BNG assessments and advising on biodiversity strategies.
• Experience contributing to bids, frameworks or strategic projects.

You will also be required to have a full UK driving licence and use of own vehicle.

Personal Attributes:

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in client-facing roles. You will be a strong leader and be able to mentor and provide valuable support to other staff members. Being a proactive self-starter will allow you to be successful and confident in leading on a wide range of projects across the business.

Why Join Us?

Along with a competitive salary of £35,000 - £48,000 for Senior Level Candidates and £40,000-£58,000 for Principal Level Candidates (depending on experience) you will enjoy a wide range of company benefits.

Company Benefits:

• Birthday Leave: Enjoy a day off to celebrate your birthday in addition to your annual leave.
• Generous Holiday Allowance: Start with 23 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 28 days.
• Life Assurance: Benefit from our life assurance plan to provide peace of mind.
• Hybrid working: Flexible working from home, site and the office with flexible working hours (role dependant).
• Private Medical Insurance: Access private medical insurance to take care of your health.
• Flexible Benefits Programme: Tailor your benefits with options to buy additional holidays, health cash plans, and discounted gym memberships, allowing you to choose what suits you best.
• Targeted CPD plan: Support, and rapid progression for ambitious candidates.
• Professional membership: Fees will be covered by the company.

Apply today or for any further information or queries about the role please do get in touch with the team today.

RSK Group is an Inclusive Employer

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With dedicated support and flexible working arrangements in place, Binnies is an excellent place to restart your STEM career.

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You would be a key part of our national Environmental team and work with our ecologists, landscape architects, project managers and other specialists to drive the quality of our designs and assessments. You would take on high profile ecological assessment advice roles in large scale Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, as well as supporting the growth and development of a range of smaller-scale habitat creation and restoration opportunities, from pilot projects through to on-the-ground delivery.

We are already developing new approaches through our Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), GIS and Digital Ecology specialists to optimise the use of technology in collecting data and this role would have the benefit of being supported by the outputs of these exciting work areas.

Depending on your skill sets and interest there would also be the opportunity to undertake wider ecological assessment, design and survey work.

You would be welcome in one of our offices and preferably in the South of the UK (Redhill, Bradford on Avon/Bristol) with hybrid working options available around those locations.

Binnies is an Ecological Registered Practice (CIEEM) and Landscape Practice (Landscape Institute) and holds the IEMA EIA Quality Mark, which is a benchmark of our high standards in EIA delivery.

About the Role:

· Taking a leading position in the Ecology team for the South East or South West England & South Wales for technical oversight and development for Ecology within the Environment Team.

· Supporting new emerging work in the Binnies portfolio including habitat restoration, wetland creation, habitat creation and building connections to Binnies specialist staff.

· Providing technical specialist input to Project-level Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), including on larger projects, including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (opportunities to engage in strategic planning advice can be supported within the role).

· Working with our dedicated Nature Recovery and BNG specialist team members to integrate ‘BNG+’ approaches to land management advice, habitat banking and wider landscape design into project outcomes.

· Providing support and advice on design of habitat restoration/creation schemes to maximise biodiversity outcomes on projects and strategies.

· Supporting business development and tenders.

· Working with our GIS and Digital specialists to maximise use of technology to optimise assessments, surveys and monitoring programmes.

We are happy to adapt the role to your preferences for maintaining your technical discipline and experience.

If you would like to discuss the role in advance of making a formal application, please contact our Head of Ecology Owen Peat peato@binnies.com

Qualifications/Requirements:

The role is suitable for an experienced Ecology professional with full membership of CIEEM or equivalent. You should possess and be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills and knowledge:

· have an ecological/environmental related degree;

· be Chartered, or currently eligible for Chartership;

· have experience of leading specialist teams or project delivery of ecological designs and/or assessments;

· have proven experience in leading ecological assessments on major projects (ideally NSIPs) covering EIA and/or HRA;

· have experience of working with Biodiversity Net Gain and landowner considerations;

· have experience of working with a range of regulators and stakeholders to improve the ecological outcomes of projects;

· have excellent written and oral communication;

· enjoy innovation and embracing advances in technology and ecology;

· hold a full UK driving licence.

Desirable experience includes:

· wider environmental impact assessment and consenting experience (multi-discipline);

· contribution to natural capital and ecosystem services assessments;

· line management;

· previous consultancy experience.

You would be a key part of our national Environmental team and work with our ecologists, landscape architects and other specialists to drive the quality of our surveys and assessments across diverse projects including new reservoir development, river restoration, catchment management, SSSI assessment and coastal management.

We are already developing new approaches through our Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), GIS and Digital Ecology specialists to optimise the use of technology in collecting data and this role would have the benefit of being supported by and learning from the outputs of these exciting work areas.

Depending on your skill sets and interest there would also be the opportunity to undertake wider ecological assessment, design and survey work. The successful applicant will be able to author concise and accurate reports to industry good practice guidelines, including methods and results of surveys and Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (or equivalent level reporting). There will be support to learn and input to Ecological Impact Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment, as relevant to your specialist interest areas.

Our focus for this role is to support our growing and varied project workload in the West of England and Wales and it is expected that frequent site attendance to support these projects will be required. You would be welcome in our excellently-located Chester office as a full time or hybrid worker.

Binnies is an Ecological Registered Practice (CIEEM) and Landscape Practice (Landscape Institute) and holds the IEMA EIA Quality Mark, which is a benchmark of our high standards in EIA delivery.

About the Role

To support Binnies in our ambitions for our Ecology team, the role would involve:

· Working with the Binnies ecology management team to deliver high-quality ecological surveys and reporting, alongside supporting the development of more junior team members.

· Providing advice on survey requirements to clients and internal project management teams.

· Discussing proposed survey protocols and site-specific survey plans with internal project teams, including the writing of site and task specific risk assessments.

· Leading survey teams for specialisms you are qualified and/or licenced in, including the management and analysis of recorded data.

· Authoring technical reports or report sections for work you have undertaken.

· Authoring Preliminary Ecological Appraisals and contributing to Ecological Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessments (with support from more experienced colleagues).

· Working with our BNG, Nature Recovery, GIS and Digital specialists to maximise use of technology to optimise surveys and reporting.

If you would like to discuss the role in advance of making a formal application, please contact our Ecology Team Leader Owen Peat peato@binnies.com

Qualifications/Requirements

The role is suitable for an Ecology professional with several years’ experience and working towards full membership of CIEEM or equivalent. You should possess and be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills and knowledge:

· Have an ecological/environmental related degree.

· Experience of undertaking habitat survey of non-complex sites, preferably using UKHab (or Phase 1 in Wales).

· Experience of working under statutory survey licences (carrying out survey work under your own licence or accredited under someone else’s).

· Competence and experience of utilising standard survey guidance, survey techniques and appropriate survey equipment.

· Competence in the development of risk assessments for the activity to a suitable standard and in accordance with Binnies’ strong commitment to health, safety and wellbeing.

· Experience of delivering Preliminary Ecological Appraisals for non- complex sites.

· Have excellent written and oral communication.

· Enjoy innovation and embracing advances in technology and ecology.

· Hold a full UK driving licence.

Desirable experience includes:

· Holding a protected species survey licence.

· Data analysis software experience.

· Field survey data collection app experience (e.g. Field Maps, Survey123).

· Ecological Impact Assessment experience.

· Protected Species Mitigation licencing experience.

· Ecological Clerk of Works experience.

· Previous consultancy experience.

At Nicholas O'Dwyer, sustainability is at the core of our work. If you are looking to advance your career in a socially responsible company, which has a proven track record over 90 years, and is committed to creating a sustainable planet, we invite you to be part of our team.

Our mission is to provide innovative and reliable solutions using cutting edge technology and expertise, to ensure project success and employee satisfaction. We deliver infrastructure projects in water, wastewater, transportation, civil and structural engineering, flood protection, and energy including renewables. With headquarters in Ireland, we also operate in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

As part of the RSK Group, an amalgamation of over 200 companies with more than 17,000 employees, we benefit from a global network of opportunities while retaining our brand and autonomy.

About the Role:

We currently are seeking Senior Resident Engineers - MEICA with the preferred candidates having at least 7 years of experience in a similar role.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to play a vital role within the site supervision team on Water and Wastewater infrastructure projects in a rapidly growing established Irish-owned company where efficient procedures and processes, in an ever-changing business environment, are a must.

The successful candidate will be an integral member of our Team and will work with our Staff to ensure the highest quality and standards are achieved in all our activities and services that we provide to our Clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will, amongst other things, be responsible for:

• Reporting to the Project Resident Engineer and Employer’s Representative.
• Liaison with the Site Supervision Teams on each Contract.
• Dealing with contractual matters on-site related to MEICA Works.
• Assessment of Contractor claims and writing reports on same.
• Assessment of Contractor payment applications against work completed.
• Assessment of Contractor performance against Contractual KPIs.
• Assessment of Contractor submissions including method statements and preparation of clear comments.
• Review Contractor MEICA design submissions including equipment details against client requirements and preparation of clear comments.
• Supervise works, keeping records, measuring, managing correspondence, and contractual documentation.
• Monitoring the commissioning of the works and process proving.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Key Requirements:

• Primary degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or other relevant disciplines.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in major engineering projects.
• Strong knowledge of the water industry is preferred.
• Familiarity with industry-standard forms of contract.
• Experience in the design, installation, and commissioning of MEICA infrastructure.
• Expertise with P&IDs, Electrical Wiring Diagrams, Control Philosophy, and Factory/Site Acceptance Testing.
• Awareness of Health & Safety and welfare at work requirements during construction and operation.