Senior Acoustician / Noise Consultant Birmingham, England
Job description
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Our Acoustics Team is based in both Warrington and London and is involved in some of the UK’s most complex and stimulating projects that are both diverse and technically demanding. We are a highly motivated and skilled team supporting some of the largest projects in the UK and are currently looking for a talented individual to join our team to support project delivery.
As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
Role accountabilities:
As an Acoustician you will take on a key role within the team, providing project support for onsite monitoring, as well as office based tasks including 3D modelling and reporting.
A key aspect of the role will be to support the growing Building Acoustics capability within the Team, assisting the development and delivery of specialist building design projects in the residential, education, automotive and commercial sectors, along with supporting the Environmental section of the Team in the delivery of major infrastructure projects around the UK including projects for clients such as HS2 and National Highways.
You will assist the management team on a project basis to meet budgetary, quality and timeframe targets, with the potential to be fully trained on the Arcadis Project Management Systems.
Building Acoustics
- Undertake building acoustic assessments/reviews supported by the team management, subject to experience and grade;
- Undertake acoustic and other building acoustic monitoring surveys across the UK as directed by the team management;
- Data analysis, manipulation and interpretation to support in the preparation of technical reports and design advice;
- 3D Modelling using proprietary acoustic modelling software.
Environmental Noise
- Undertake acoustic assessments supported by the team management covering large scale EIA infrastructure schemes and smaller scale projects;
- Undertake acoustic and other environmental monitoring surveys across the UK as directed by the team management;
- Data analysis, manipulation and interpretation to support in the preparation of technical reports;
- 3D Modelling using proprietary acoustic modelling software.
Qualifications & Experience:
- It is a key requirement that the individual has experience of Building Acoustics Project delivery and/or Environmental Acoustics Project Delivery.
- Full and detailed knowledge, relevant to grade, of appropriate building acoustics Specifications, Standards and Guidance appropriate for the UK (worldwide would be beneficial but not a requirement).
- Experience undertaking acoustic and other environmental monitoring surveys.
- 3D Modelling experience using proprietary acoustic modelling software packages; etc. ODEON, INSUL; Ideally experience of either SoundPLAN, IMMI and NoiseMAP 5.0
- Being familiar with relevant H&S regulations.
Given the national spread of the business a certain level of flexibility in working hours and location is important. However, your base office would be either Warrington or London, sitting within our existing teams. By exception and subject to experience and capability other locations such as Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol may be considered for a more senior post.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
