Position: Assistant Technical Advisor
Job ID: 1237/53
Location: Gravesend
Rate/Salary: £34,478
Type: Permanent
HSB Technical Ltd is a specialist recruiter within the Power & Propulsion, Shipbuilding, Shipping & Energy and Aerospace sectors. We have a number of permanent and contract vacancies for multiple businesses across the UK and overseas.
The below job description will outline this position of: Assistant Technical Advisor
Typically, this person will support the environment team in planning and working in the field to complete technical tasks and environmental surveys.
HSB Technical’s client is a very established and well-regarded business entity.
Duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Technical Advisor:

• Assist technical leads with various project tasks on an ad-hoc basis.
  
• Support data collection, surveys, and fieldwork, including rapid litter appraisals, river condition surveys, and air quality monitoring data collection, as required.
  
• Assist in coordinating administrative tasks for various projects within the environmental portfolio, including general directions and byelaws
  
• Manage the Environment team’s shared inbox, allocating tasks such as river works licensing, planning applications, external queries, and internal requests.
  
• Collaborate with leads to provide timely and accurate guidance on river works licenses, dredging applications, and internal projects for internal teams.
  
• Lead the provision of accurate advice on low-risk and temporary river works license applications.
  Qualifications and requirement for the Assistant Technical Advisor:
  
• Good understanding of river and estuary ecosystems and able to travel the length of the Thames.
  
• Experience with the consenting process for marine infrastructure projects
  
• Experience with assessments under the Water Framework Directive or Habitat Regulations (highly desirable)
  
• Degree level (or equivalent) education in an environmental field.
  
• Solid understanding of environmental considerations, particularly in water quality, air quality, or ecology
  
• Experience providing technical advice and coordinating projects
  This vacancy is being advertised by HSB Technical who have been appointed to act as the recruitment consultancy for this role