Environmental Consultant – EIA – Marine Mammals

Overview

You will lead marine mammal assessments within offshore EIA and HRA projects, guiding technical work and mentoring junior specialists. As part of the Environmental Impact Assessment team, you’ll drive high-quality deliverables for wind, tidal, and related offshore projects. You’ll collaborate with regulators, stakeholders, and other disciplines to shape responsible project outcomes. This role combines scientific leadership with client-facing delivery, offering a chance to influence best practices in marine mammal impact assessment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and quality assure Marine Mammal chapters for EIAs and HRAs
• Provide technical leadership across marine mammal impact assessment, underwater noise, survey methods, and mitigation design
• Support project delivery on offshore consenting work (wind, tidal, carbon capture, subsea infrastructure)
• Project manage scopes and liaise with clients and stakeholders
• Support maintenance of best practice standards, client relationships, and industry leadership

Key requirements

• Experience as an environmental consultant in offshore wind, tidal, or marine energy consenting
• Proven authoring track record for EIA and HRA marine mammal assessments and protected species licensing
• Strong expertise in marine mammals and underwater sound; understanding of regulator and nature conservation bodies’ concerns
• Solid understanding of survey and monitoring techniques
• Good working knowledge of mitigation measures to reduce impacts on marine mammals
• Confident communicator with excellent analytical and writing skills

• confident communicator
• analytical thinker
• mentoring and collaboration
• marine mammal assessment
• underwater acoustics / underwater sound
• survey methods and monitoring techniques

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