Principal Land Contamination and Remediation Consultant

Jacobs
Jacobs

Marketing & Communications

Belfast, UK · United Kingdom · antrim bt41, uk

Posted on Aug 12, 2026
Industry
Environmental

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Help Shape a Safer, More Sustainable Future - Dublin/Belfast

If you're passionate about solving complex environmental challenges and want your expertise to influence some of the most high-profile development and industrial projects across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, this could be your next career move.

Join an industry-leading team where you'll help clients manage environmental risk, unlock development opportunities, and tackle emerging challenges such as PFAS and other contaminants. Your work will directly support sustainable growth, responsible land management, and better environmental outcomes

As a Senior / Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant, you'll play a key role in delivering technically robust and commercially valuable solutions across a diverse portfolio of flagship projects.

You'll lead and support land quality and contamination assessments from initial investigation through to remediation, helping clients navigate environmental challenges with confidence. Beyond project delivery, you'll influence the development of our technical capability, mentor colleagues, and contribute to a culture built on safety, collaboration, and innovation.

Working alongside more than 70 contamination specialists across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, you'll help deliver solutions that make a real difference for our clients, communities, and the environment.

We're committed to creating an environment where talented people can thrive.

You'll benefit from:

  • The opportunity to work on large-scale, high-impact projects across multiple sectors
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technical challenges, including emerging contaminants such as PFAS
  • A clear pathway for career progression and professional development
  • Support towards achieving or maintaining Chartered status
  • A collaborative and highly respected team of geo-environmental specialists
  • Flexibility through our hybrid working approach, with a balance of office, site, and home-based work
  • The chance to mentor others and help shape the future of our technical services
  • A strong safety-first culture through our Beyond Zero values and Culture of Caring

In this role, you'll lead and contribute to geo-environmental projects across all stages of contamination assessment and remediation.

You'll:

  • Deliver and oversee Phase 1 desk studies, Phase 2 site investigations, interpretive assessments, and remediation projects
  • Develop land quality and remediation strategies for multidisciplinary projects
  • Prepare high-quality technical reports for clients, regulators, and planning authorities
  • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to colleagues
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders
  • Ensure projects meet environmental, planning, and regulatory requirements
  • Stay at the forefront of industry developments, including emerging contaminants and evolving best practice
  • Champion safe delivery and promote a positive safety culture across projects

This is a full-time position based on a 40-hour working week. We encourage our team members to spend at least 50% of their working time in an office or on site to support collaboration, learning, and client delivery.

Here's what you'll need

We're looking for someone who brings:

  • A degree in Environmental Science, Geology, Engineering, or a related discipline (Master's degree desirable)
  • Significant geo-environmental consultancy experience across contamination assessment and land quality projects
  • Experience delivering and leading intrusive site investigations, monitoring, and sampling programmes
  • Strong knowledge of environmental legislation, contaminated land risk assessment, and guidance including LCRM, EPA Ireland guidance, BS10175, ASTM due diligence assessments, and EIA Soils & Geology reporting
  • A sound understanding of emerging contaminants, including PFAS
  • Strong technical reporting and data interpretation skills
  • Chartered status or progress towards Chartership
  • The ability to build effective relationships with clients, regulators, and multidisciplinary teams

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Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.


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