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Air Quality Consultant

🏢 Arup • 📍 Edinburgh, Scotland • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£32,172 - £34,100
£2,681 - £2,842 / mo

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Edinburgh, Scotland
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68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Position Overview & Specifications

Role: Air Quality Consultant
Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Sheffield or Nottingham

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, advisors and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world. The position is for an Air Quality/Senior Air Quality Consultant to join the Air Quality team within our Climate and Sustainability Services in the North/North West and Yorkshire region. You will help deliver and manage air quality projects as part of a team or as standalone projects.

Why Arup?

Don’t take our word for it, here’s what some of our people have to say…

The opportunity

Activities will include providing high quality technical consultancy and advisory support to clients, contributing to and managing the delivery of projects on time and to budget, including managing resources and undertaking regular project reviews and business development and preparation of effective technical proposals to win new contracts. Clients include technology-giants, private industry, private developers and other organisations and public sector authorities. You will be working in a multi-disciplinary environment alongside other environmental, planning, engineering and urban design specialists.

Is the role right for you?

Experience required:

  • Demonstrable track record of delivering air quality assessments for a wide range of schemes and Experience in writing and editing technical and non-technical reports, and fee proposals
  • Proficient in data analysis and interpretation, with good GIS skills (ArcGIS or MapInfo)
  • Experience in the use of relevant industry software (e.g. ADMS, Aermod)
  • Ability to interpret environmental guidelines, policies, plans, strategies and legislative requirements and assess their applicability to a project to identify appropriate solutions
  • Experience of air quality monitoring techniques (automatic and passive)

Qualification:

  • BSc/MSc or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Is the role right for you?

Not ready to apply just yet, or have some questions? Please email Joe.LaniganSmith@arup.com

If this role is not quite what you are looking for but you are interested in other opportunities, please sign up to our Talent Community where you will be kept up to date with roles suitable for you.

Rewards and Benefits
We care about you and want you to perform at your best. As a result, we offer one of the best benefits packages in our sector this includes: Global Profit Share scheme (subject to scheme rules employees can receive two Profit Share payments per year which are dependent on the firm’s financial performance), Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. -

You will also have access to a grade-related Flexible Benefits Fund which you can choose to take as extra cash or spend on a wide range of Choice Benefits to help with your work/life balance and financial security.

Different people, shared values.
At Arup, we believe when talented people collaborate, great things are possible. Arup hires people with proven skills and open minds. We are taking deliberate action to create an inclusive culture that is grounded in our purpose to shape a better world.

At Arup, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. Our internal employee networks - BAME, Culture, Disability, LGBTQ+ and Women - provide a space for you to express your views and to make a positive difference - discover more about life at Arup here.

Learn how our Work Unbound policy is giving all our members greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work.

Our Application Process
To understand what to expect next, please visit our UK Application Process page. Stay safe online - Arup will never ask for payment or your bank details as part of our recruitment process.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

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Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

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Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Air Quality Consultant roles across Arup's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Architectural & Engineering Services.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £32,172 - £34,100 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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