Graduate Environmental Scientist / Planner

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a graduate environmental scientist/planner for a permanent position within our expanding environmental team.


Job type: Permanent

Location: Sandyford, D.18 or Santry, D.17

Salary: Competitive

About the role

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will gain valuable experience delivering projects across a range of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure development and tourism.  

Your professional development will be supported through on-the-job learning and access to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, both inhouse and with external professional bodies. This will deepen your understanding of planning, environmental and sustainability issues and help you to build the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to become chartered.

Current projects:

Responsibilities

  • Planning and environmental appraisal of sites/lands

  • Preparation of supporting documentation for feasibility studies and planning applications

  • Preparation of inputs for and coordination of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) 

  • Preparation of inputs for and coordination of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) 

  • Inputs to assessments of Climate Action Plans

  • Liaison with clients, stakeholders, regulators, subcontractors and other internal disciplines as required

Essential

  • Relevant planning/environmental science qualification (BSc, BA, MSc)

  • Knowledge of EIA and SEA processes

  • Good knowledge of planning, environmental, climate and sustainability issues

  • Excellent scientific report writing and interpersonal skills

  • Comfortable working in a busy environment with tight deadlines

  • Excellent attention to detail and quality outputs

  • IT skills, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint 

  • Fluency/high proficiency in spoken and written English

  • Self-motivated, positive, proactive and focused

Desirable

  • Relevant MSc qualification

  • Experience using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) or similar 

  • A desire for the delivery of environmentally sustainable solutions

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is a leading civil, environmental and structural engineering consultancy. An independently owned firm, we employ a multidisciplinary team of more than 260 people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork and UK offices. 

Our people are the heart of our business, and we invest heavily in their personal and professional development through all stages of career development. We are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and operate an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) training scheme.

We offer wellness packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

How to apply

Roughan & O'Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.

Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising through the recruitment process for compliance purposes in line with the Employment Equality Acts, 1998-2015.

Roughan & O'Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms.  CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O'Donovan, and no fee will be paid in the event of candidate(s) being hired.

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