Enabling (EIA) Assistant

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Enabling (EIA) Assistant to join the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA).

The 330km Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Project by Anglian Water is under construction and will be completed during AMP8. Beyond this we have a further 260km of water transfer pipelines and associated infrastructure to be delivered in AMP8.

What will you be doing as our new Enabling (EIA) Assistant?

You will be supporting our Enabling Co-ordinators with the immediate development of the environmental baseline information, standard methods and templates. The role will involve co-ordinating inputs from various disciplines and collating written deliverables, plus supporting maps for Screening, Scoping and Environmental Statements/Appraisals.

Successful delivery of the role will require you to be highly organised and to work in unison with all other team members and disciplines as required, ensuring consistency is maintained across the Enabling team and the SPA programme.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver all tasks assigned to you by the Enabling Coordinators promptly and cost effectively
• Contribute to targeted stakeholder consultation
• Contribute to development of a standardised approach for the production of consenting deliverables
• Produce consistent, technical, high quality environmental assessment deliverables
• Ensure health and safety, security and environment compliance

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours:

This job might be for you if you have:

• Practical experience in co-ordinating EIA inputs on large scale infrastructure schemes.
• Experience of drafting ES introductory chapters, cumulative assessment, and preparing Non-Technical Summaries would be an advantage.
• Experience of delivering of water infrastructure schemes would be a bonus but is not essential.
• An organised and collaborative nature who facilitates the sharing of guidance, standards and environmental expertise.
• A good eye for detail to ensure SPA consenting deliverables and methodologies are consistent.
• The ability to travel to Peterborough SPA office on occasion to build and maintain professional networks and collaboration.

Not only do we look for the best talent to join us on our journey, we also look for individuals to demonstrate key behaviours that align with our values and beliefs.

Working with the highest degree of integrity, we want SPA employees to take ownership and accountability for their outputs and be driven to continuously improve how they work. SPA employees should act with the customer’s best interest at heart, be clear and transparent communicators and be passionate about operating in an ethical fashion.

Our ambition is to build a more inclusive environment. We are committed to celebrating and promoting diversity.

Here at SPA we are looking for extraordinary people who want to help create a place where everyone can thrive and where people are excited to be part of the team. So, whatever your background and however you identify, please apply if you think this role was made for you.

What we can offer:

At Mott MacDonald Bentley you will be offered a competitive salary which is commensurate based on your experience.

Our core benefits include:

• Pension matched by employer up to 7%
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ Shared parental leave
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym Membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available