Senior/Principal Environmental Social and Governance Due Diligence Consultant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Everyone has an important role to play.
With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.Role description:
We are looking for an experienced Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Due Diligence Consultant to join our Sustainable Operations group.
We are a dynamic team, focused on delivering transaction solutions, and EHS and compliance assessments to our clients across a wide range of sectors, from aviation, to industrials, to financial, residential and many others in between.
Often, we will be working with other Arcadis teams undertaking asset or commercial due diligence, both in the UK and internationally.While the role is based in our transaction advisory team, there will be scope to grow your skills and capabilities within the wider EHS Advisory team environment.
The pace will be fast and the environment dynamic, you will have the scope to lead a commission and a team, but always you have the support of senior colleagues and the People first approach of the Arcadis culture.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
Around the world, we're feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity.
The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent.
We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.Role accountabilities:
As an ESG Due Diligence Consultant, you will be responsible for conducting thorough assessments of prospective investments, acquisitions, and partnerships, evaluating their ESG performance and potential risks.
You will work closely with our clients to provide strategic recommendations, enabling them to make well-informed decisions aligned with their sustainability goals.
The focus of the role will be delivering technically excellent projects to ensure our clients' highest expectations are fulfilled, responding to opportunities, creating winning proposals, and helping grow the team revenues.
Duties of the role will include but is not limited to:
Managing due diligence projects leading personnel from a variety of backgrounds and specialties, from within Arcadis UK, other Arcadis locations and external experts Rigorously but efficiently analyse data, trends and practices to identify key risks and opportunities for our clients Present detailed information in a clear and concise format, and technically review report deliverables in compliance with business quality systems Produce and coordinate ESG due diligence reports on target properties and organisations Create and respond to opportunities to deliver transaction advisory services Support on the development of winning bids including, proposal development and budgets, compliance with business governance, and transitioning successful bids into a well-planned project delivery phaseQualifications & Experience:
Demonstratable experience in working in transaction environments with a detailed understanding of technical ESG and EHS issues and commercial matters, preferably within an environmental consultancy Knowledge of current and emerging ESG investment and compliance trends Strong analytical and report writing skills, including efficient preparation of ESG Due Diligence reports and Environmental Phase I assessments.
Experience of different formats of digital presentation of report findings would be an advantage Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
Additional certifications or qualifications in ESG or sustainable finance will be advantageous.
NEBOSH Certificate and understanding of key H&S regulations preferred Desired:
Chartership or Working towards ChartershipAcross Arcadis, we embrace flexible working.
Because in a changing world, we recognise the need to work smarter, to deliver in an agile way.
That means each person taking ownership, balancing their workload and meeting client promises in a way that works for them.
And it means finding time to focus on what's important to you.
We trust you to find the right mix.
It's something we'll never compromise on.Why Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best.
We believe everyone's contribution matters.
It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.
Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.Together, we can create a lasting legacy.Join Arcadis.
Create a Legacy.Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race.
A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.#SA#LI-MM3
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