Principal Environmental Consultant

Location/s: Belgrade/ Serbia, Sofia/ Bulgaria, Bucharest/ Romania
Recruiter contact: Maria Marchidan 

We’re looking for an international environmental consultant to join our team in our office in Sofia (Bulgaria), Belgrade (Serbia) or Bucharest (Romania). The focus of the role will be on environmental assessment for energy projects, particularly in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. We work on some of the most significant generation projects in the world, including solar, hydro, wind, and thermal generation technologies.

This is a permanent role and will offer excellent prospects for career development involving different power generation technologies, with focus on energy projects from development and construction to operations.

Key elements of the role will include:

•    environmental impact assessment 
•    environmental management and monitoring
•    environmental due diligence, equator principle compliance reviews and construction/operations monitoring
•    environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports
•    managing projects
•    coordinating subject matter specialists’ inputs
•    mentoring junior team members
•    preparing proposals
•    international travel

You’d be part of a truly multidisciplinary team; working alongside some of the best environmental specialists, social specialists and engineers in the industry. 

Essential Criteria

•    Fluent in English (i.e.: ability to work at site, participate in meetings, review documents, write reports).
•    Degree and masters qualified in an environmental subject.
•    Extensive experience of applying environmental requirements of international finance institutions such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and European Investment Bank as part of ESIA, due diligence and construction/operations monitoring of energy projects such as solar, hydro, wind, and thermal generation technologies in Europe and Africa.
•    Experience in managing projects, work planning, resource allocation, financial/budget management.
•    Experience in business development and writing proposals (aptitude in identification, progression, delivery, and success in bidding for new project opportunities).
•    Held previous roles demonstrating strong communication and writing skills, and being able to work within a team, mentor junior staff, motivate others to deliver to high standards, and to meet budgets and timescales.
•    Experience in reviewing complex documents, able to summarise and present the key issues in a clear and concise way.
•    Ability to travel internationally.

Desirable criteria 

•    Fluency or work proficiency in Spanish or French.
•    Applied experience in energy projects in other European or in African countries.
•    Experience of environmental permitting.
•    Demonstrable experience in any of the following key areas:
o    Environmental Social Governance (ESG) services
o    Climate risk assessment
o    Just Transition
•    Knowledge of the European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU CSRD) requirements (i.e.: sustainability-related disclosure requirements, double materiality assessment).
•    Membership of a relevant professional institute.
•    Health and safety qualification.
 

Mott MacDonald
 

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• An annual professional institution subscription 
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – subject to Company performance 
• Agile working 
• Benefits that suit you, including a meal allowance, annual leave allowance, and reimbursement of monthly public transport costs 
• Competitive annual leave 
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive 
• Life insurance 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.