Junior Environmental Consultant Soil & Groundwater Remediation

Company Description

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Job Description

Our Environmental Services team currently has an exciting vacancy for a French speaking Junior consultant Soil & Groundwater remediation to be based in our Leuven or Ghent office. The successful candidate will work in a dynamic team which undertakes a wide variety of projects for mainly international private sector clients based in Belgium and abroad. These projects involve, but are not limited to contaminated Soil investigation and remediation, risk assessments, remedial design and follow-up.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Performing the environmental oversight of remedial works on the site for short or longer period of time under the supervision of a project manager
• Control the performance of the remediation contractor works with respect to the remedial action plan
• To coordinate field service subcontractors and fully supervise ground investigation works if required
• To collect soil and groundwater samples/data during assessment and remedial action activities.
• Daily reporting of works on site
• To coordinate with laboratories to secure appropriate analysis and in a timetable consistent with project requirements.
• To compile and interpret field and analytical data into accurate and comprehensive conceptual site models
• Undertaking desk studies, site investigations, laboratory procurement for environmental analysis, data analysis, factual and interpretive report writing.
• To ensure that health and safety issues are addressed throughout the life of a project. AECOM has a strong safety culture which is supported across the business worldwide. As part of our team, you're expected to implement safety, quality and customer focus into your day-to-day activities. You'll participate in all safety initiatives, you'll ensure the safety of yourself and your colleagues and you'll support and achieve safety objectives through orienting, training and coaching.

Qualifications

• Master or BSc degree in Geology, Geography, Bio Engineering or another technical, environmental or chemical field of study.
• We are looking for a French speaking colleague with fluent English written and verbal language skills.
• Graduate or approximately 1 to 3 year experience in a similar role within the environmental consultancy sector.
• Confidence with client communication, customer focus.
• Demonstrated excellent analytical and report writing and communication skills.
• Solid attention to detail and thorough approach to work.
• Able to work both independently and in teams.
• Room for self-development and initiative in a young and dynamic team.
• Willingness to travel occasionally within mainly Belgium and occasionally in the Netherlands or abroad to meet the needs of specific projects.
• The candidate should have a valid driver license for a car
• Confidence with working in a team;
• Strong commitment to AECOM's health and safety culture.

Additional Information

• AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects;
• At AECOM we know the importance of ensuring our people have the opportunity to grow in the broadest possible sense of the term. 'Freedom to Grow' is a new, flexible and inclusive work culture within AECOM giving our diverse talent pool the freedom to work in the way they feel most productive and energized, so everyone can bring their best self to work, thrive and reach their full potential. Freedom in this context ranges from choosing the time and place we work, through to the workstyle we choose to deploy, the way we communicate and think. Our guiding principle throughout this journey is, if it works for you, your team and your clients then it works for AECOM; and

AECOM offers a salary, which is competitive to the market and a good variety of secondary benefits such as 32 vacation days, seniority days, group insurance, hospitalization insurance with DKV, laptop and smartphone, monthly net allowance, meal vouchers, eco vouchers and 100% payment of public transport from home to work. Our offices are located near the train stations of Leuven and Ghent.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.