PFAS Technical Lead

Overview

Senior role leading PFAS and emerging contaminants capability across Europe within a multidisciplinary consultancy. You will shape strategy, lead technical excellence, and drive market growth while engaging with clients and regulators. The position emphasizes thought leadership, capability development, and cross-border collaboration to deliver science-led remediation solutions. This is an opportunity to influence European strategy and build a high-impact practice.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: develop and deliver PFAS and emerging contaminants strategy across Europe and grow a market-leading service offering
• Technical Leadership: act as senior SME, provide governance and QA across complex projects, develop risk-based remediation strategies
• Business Development & Client Engagement: build relationships with clients, regulators and industry stakeholders; lead bids and opportunities; raise profile through thought leadership
• Innovation and Industry Leadership: identify funded research opportunities and promote best practices; collaborate with technology providers and academia
• Team development and collaboration: mentor technical staff and align capability growth with forecast growth and wider business strategy

Key requirements

• Significant experience in PFAS and emerging contaminants assessment and consultancy
• Strong site characterisation, conceptual site modelling, risk assessment and remediation planning experience
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary projects and provide senior technical review
• Track record in client engagement and opportunity conversion
• Experience with regulators, contractors and industry stakeholders
• Clear, concise, technically robust report writing
• Ability to mentor and develop technical teams
• Collaborative, ethical and commercially aware approach
• Good health, safety and environmental management understanding
• UK driving licence
• Postgraduate qualification (advantageous) and chartered status or progress towards chartership

• Collaborative leadership
• Strategic thinking
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• PFAS and emerging contaminants assessment
• Site characterisation and conceptual site modelling
• Risk assessment and remediation strategy development

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