Penguin Recruitment Ltd

 

A rapidly expanding multidisciplinary consultancy providing specialist services in engineering consultancy serving public and private sectors worldwide have an urgent requirement for a highly skilled Acoustic Consultant with considerable experience at principal level. You will have expertise relating to environmental acoustics and transport schemes with a proven track record in business development, project and people management and mentoring junior members of the staff. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Acoustic Consultant to progress their career within this prestigious organisation enjoying a generous salary, bonus scheme, benefits package and shares.

Salary: £35K-45K + Comprehensive benefits package & Bonus

Qualifications:

• A strong first or higher degree in acoustics, ideally combined with science, architecture, construction management or engineering studies at graduate or post graduate level

• Membership of the IOA or equivalent body is strongly desired for this role.

Experience:

• Considerable experience of Acoustic Consultancy within the Environmental sector at Senior/Principal level

• Experience of relevant legislation, standards and codes for both the UK and a wider international market would be expected.

• Excellent written, oral and visual communication skills.

• Strong background in business development

• A proven track record in effective project and financial management

• Ability to write fluent and intelligible reports, placing a high emphasis on accuracy

• Strong project and people management skills are essential

• Ability to manage time, resources and projects effectively

Duties:

• Act as an ambassador for teamwork, training and mentoring more junior staff where necessary

• Presentation of expert evidence at Public Inquiries on behalf of both developers and objectors.

• Resolving complex acoustical engineering issues assuring compliance with statutory bodies

• Managing current and future assessment projects,

• Managing noise issues related to the planning process

• Summarising data interpretations and providing conclusions

• Supervising and co-ordinating the work of others and co-ordinating work with engineers of other disciplines

• Managing project teams to ensure production of deliverables to agreed timelines, financial forecasting and control of projects to ensure that they remain within budget

• Build client relationships, respond to enquiries, communicate with clients to establish their needs and draft fee proposals

• Contribute to group expansion and develop and maintain business through networking, contact nurturing and presentations

Benefits:

• Excellent salary + Bonus + benefits

• Career development opportunities.

KEY WORDS Acoustics, Acoustic consultant, Noise, Sound, Vibration, CADNA-A, Noise monitoring, Noise modeling, IOA, sound reduction index testing, amioa, mioa, ppg24, BB93, ppg24, end 2002/49/ce, bs4142, ISO 17025

Interested in this or other roles in Acoustics? Please do not hesitate to contact Kate Loring on Kate.loring@penguinrecruitment.co.uk or call 01792 365104. We have many more vacancies available on our website. Please refer to www.penguinrecruitment.co.uk. 

This is a permanent role.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

This position is open to European Union Citizens or holders of UK work permits

www.penguinrecruitment.co.uk