Senior EIA Coordinator

Job Description

Role Purpose

Egis Engineering Ireland is seeking to appoint a Senior Environmental Consultant to join our expanding Planning and Environmental team.

The Senior EIA Coordinator / Senior Environmental Specialist will lead and coordinate the environmental assessment process for complex infrastructure and development projects. The role focuses on ensuring the technical quality, consistency, and robustness of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs) and associated environmental documentation, while working closely with planning, design, and specialist teams.

This is a senior technical role with responsibility for environmental integration, risk management, and mentoring junior staff.

Key Responsibilities

We are interested in hearing from passionate and proactive professionals who can demonstrate experience in the following areas:

• Lead the preparation and delivery of EIARs from project inception and scoping through option selection, design development, statutory submission and post-submission responses.
• Lead multidisciplinary environmental teams and coordinate inputs across planning, design, technical and specialist disciplines.
• Coordinate environmental specialists (ecology, water, noise, air, traffic, etc.), ensuring timely inputs and consistency across chapters.
• Provide senior technical review and quality assurance of EIAR chapters, environmental reports and associated deliverables.
• Review EIAR chapters for compliance with EIA legislation and Irish guidance.
• Ensure correct application of the mitigation hierarchy and integration of mitigation into project design.
• Manage environmental deliverables in line with agreed scope, programme, budget and quality requirements.
• Provide senior environmental input and critically review specialist assessments covering topics such as water, soils, biodiversity, climate and waste, drawing on subject-matter specialists where required.
• Review baseline data, impact assessments, and significance conclusions for technical robustness.
• Ensure appropriate consideration of Habitats Directive, Birds Directive, Water Framework Directive, and EIA Directive requirements.
• Support preparation of environmental management measures, CEMP inputs, and monitoring proposals.
• Work closely with planning colleagues to align environmental assessments with planning strategy and submission requirements.
• Identify and escalate significant environmental and consenting risks, advise project managers and clients on appropriate responses, and support evidence-based project decisions.
• Liaise with clients, statutory bodies, and internal teams on environmental matters.
• Support responses to statutory queries, RFIs, and public submissions.
• Contribute to early-stage constraints mapping and environmental inputs to option selection and design development.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients on environmental assessment matters, including progress updates, technical advice and issue resolution.
• Monitor project performance against agreed scope, programme and fee, manage changes in scope, and identify additional service requirements where appropriate.
• Mentor and support junior environmental consultants and coordinators, including review of work and professional development guidance.
• Support bids, tenders and proposals through preparation of environmental scopes, methodologies, programme inputs and fee estimates.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of a Level 8 or Level 9 qualification (or equivalent) in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Water, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8–10 years’ experience in environmental consultancy or infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience coordinating EIARs and managing multi-disciplinary environmental inputs.
• Experience undertaking senior technical review and quality assurance of environmental assessment documentation
• Strong understanding of Irish and EU environmental legislation and guidance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience acting as Lead EIA Coordinator on large infrastructure projects.
• Prior involvement in the design and consenting process for large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading public consultation and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Experience in water/wastewater treatment plants
• Membership of a professional body (e.g. IES, Engineers Ireland, CIEEM).
• Strong interest in sustainability, climate adaptation and environmental policy development.

Competences

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• High attention to detail and quality
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Confident decision-making on environmental risk
• Collaborative and proactive approach to teamwork

Additional Information

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.