Senior Environmental Expert (m/f/x)

About Us

With over 1.800 employees, Fichtner is Germany’s leading independent planning and consultancy enterprise. We are global players and tackle challenging projects in more than 100 countries. Among our clients are companies from the sectors of central utility supplies and waste management, international development and commercial banks, investors, public administrations, and energy-intensive industrial enterprises. We offer our clients a unique combination of engineering consultancy with classical management consultancy.

Your Tasks

• Providing professional consultancy to our clients on environmental and social aspects, especially in international projects in the energy and infrastructure sector
• Leading and handling environmental projects, especially large-scale projects in the energy and infrastructure sector
• Independently preparing and performing EIAs / ESIAs, environmental due diligence studies, environmental management plans and environmental audits, and handling them in interdisciplinary teams
• Providing technical assistance in preparing proposals for our services and assuming responsibility for the technical and economic results of our projects

Your Profile

• Degree in environmental and landscape planning, biology, geography or similarAt least ten years of relevant professional experience in international projects in the energy, infrastructure and industry sectors
• Experience in preparing EIAs / ESIAs and environmental due diligence studies, and in conducting environmental audits
• Knowledge of sociological aspects would be an advantage
• Experience in international development cooperation and in implementing environmental management systems would be an advantage
• Team player with experience in leading interdisciplinary project teams
• Very good command of spoken and written English, while German and any additional foreign languages, especially French, would be an advantage
• Willingness to undertake business trips and project assignments at our clients’ premises domestically and abroad

Corporate Benefits

• We provide an environment that unites enduring value with innovative capabilityCulture of staff appreciation, equal opportunity and attractive career prospects in an international job environment with staff originating from more than 40 nations
• Long-term development opportunities, with our staff’s average length of service standing at 10 years
• Wide degree of latitude, flexible working hours and the ability to work under your own responsibility
• Comprehensive fringe benefits, workplace health promotion, e-bike leasing, company get-togethers and communal sporting activities
• Conveniently located offices with company car park and very good connections to public transportation
• An office canteen with a choice of freshly prepared menus
• A comprehensive and thorough induction with the possibility to participate in training and further education programs as well as languages courses in a company whose support you can always rely on and a working environment that promotes job satisfaction