Principal Air Quality Consultant

  • Penguin Recruitment
  • Sep 01, 2025
Full time Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Air Quality Consultant
Location: London
Salary: 50,000 - 65,000 + Benefits

A leading consultancy is looking for a highly skilled Principal Air Quality Consultant to join its expanding team in London. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced professional with 8-10 years' experience to take on a senior technical role, delivering large-scale projects while mentoring and developing a team of dedicated air quality professionals.

The successful Principal Air Quality Consultant will provide leadership across a variety of air quality services, from dispersion modelling and environmental assessments to technical reporting and ES chapter writing. You will also play a key part in business development, proposals, and client management, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards.

Benefits for the role of Principal Air Quality Consultant include:

  • Salary of 50,000 - 65,000 depending on experience

  • Annual company performance bonus

  • Company pension and private medical insurance

  • Life assurance and wellbeing allowance

  • Reimbursement of professional subscriptions

  • Hybrid working with one day a week remote

Duties for the role of Principal Air Quality Consultant include:

  • Leading air quality projects across infrastructure, planning, and development sectors

  • Supervising data collection, modelling, analysis, and interpretation

  • Preparing detailed technical reports and environmental statements

  • Providing mentorship and guidance to junior colleagues

  • Supporting business development and contributing to strategic initiatives

Skills and experience required for the role of Principal Air Quality Consultant:

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant environmental or engineering discipline

  • Strong knowledge of UK air quality frameworks and guidance

  • Proficiency in ADMS-Roads, ADMS 6.0 and GIS tools

  • Membership of IAQM/IES and chartered status desirable

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills

  • Full UK driving licence

If this role is of interest, or you are looking for other roles in Air Quality, please contact Aidan Morgan at Penguin Recruitment. There are many more vacancies available on our website.

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