Senior Managing Consultant - Environmental Risk & Occupational Hygiene

Company Description

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work? J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Managing Consultant with a strong background in contaminated land, environmental remediation, pollution incident investigation, and environmental liability to lead complex projects across the insurance, commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and public sectors. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership on environmental losses, pollution incidents, contaminated land assessments, remediation projects, and environmental liability claims. Working closely with insurers, loss adjusters, brokers, solicitors, corporate risk managers, and property owners, the role will involve investigating environmental damage, determining cause and extent of contamination, developing remediation strategies, and providing expert technical advice to support claims and risk management decisions. This role requires a commercially focused environmental professional with proven consulting experience, strong technical expertise, and the ability to manage key client relationships.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and manage environmental consulting projects, including contaminated land investigations, environmental risk assessments, remediation projects, pollution incident response, and environmental liability assessments.
• Support insurers, loss adjusters, legal professionals, and corporate clients with environmental and occupational health-related insurance claims investigations.
• Conduct and oversee environmental and occupational hygiene assessments, including workplace exposure monitoring, indoor environmental quality investigations, and health risk evaluations.
• Design and manage sampling programmes for a range of environmental and occupational hazards, including asbestos, lead, mould, respirable crystalline silica (RCS), dust, fibres, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Legionella, indoor air quality contaminants, soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, and hazardous substances.
• Provide technical advice on environmental compliance, occupational health risks, contamination issues, and remediation strategies.
• Prepare and review technical reports, risk assessments, remediation plans, and expert advisory deliverables.
• Manage client relationships and act as a trusted advisor to insurers, property owners, industrial clients, legal professionals, developers, and public-sector organisations.
• Support business development initiatives through proposal preparation, client meetings, presentations, and networking activities.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources, and financial performance while ensuring high-quality client service and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Occupational Hygiene, Industrial Hygiene, Geology, Hydrogeology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Health & Safety, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant consulting experience in environmental consulting, occupational hygiene, contaminated land, environmental risk management, or related fields.
• Experience designing and overseeing environmental monitoring and sampling programmes involving soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, air quality, and hazardous substances.
• Strong understanding of contaminated land assessment, pollution incident response, remediation, and environmental liability management.
• Experience supporting insurers, loss adjusters, legal professionals, or corporate clients on environmental claims, liability investigations, or property damage matters.
• Working knowledge of relevant UK regulatory frameworks, including environmental, occupational health, and hazardous materials legislation.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects, budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong client relationship management and business development skills, with experience identifying opportunities and contributing to revenue growth.
• Excellent technical report writing, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel throughout the UK and internationally as required.

Preferred

• Chartered status or membership with a relevant professional body such as BOHS, IEMA, CIWEM, Society for the Environment, Geological Society, IOSH, ICE, or CIH.
• Professional qualifications in occupational hygiene, industrial hygiene, asbestos, environmental management, or health and safety.
• Demonstrated experience conducting and managing environmental and occupational hygiene investigations, including sampling and risk assessments for asbestos, lead, mould, respirable crystalline silica (RCS), dust, fibres, VOCs, Legionella, and indoor air quality contaminants.
• Experience supporting environmental liability, pollution, construction, property damage, or occupational exposure claims within the insurance sector.
• Experience providing expert advisory services, litigation support, or technical input to legal proceedings and dispute resolution matters.
• Existing relationships within the insurance, legal, loss adjusting, environmental consulting, or occupational hygiene sectors.
• Demonstrated success in winning work, developing client accounts, and supporting the growth of a consulting practice.

Additional Information

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all of our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely when needed
• Generous Annual Leave Policy
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal! J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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