Contaminated Land & Remediation Specialist

Environmental compliance that keeps remediation on programme.

Chartered Environmentalist with over 25 years turning contaminated and complex land into developable ground — site investigation, remediation, materials management and the compliance reporting that satisfies the regulator. Available to clients such as remediation contractors, developers, waste management operators and consultancies across East Anglia and nationwide.

Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) Fellow, Geological Society (FGS) 25+ years' experience CSCS · SSSTS
What I do

End-to-end support, from desk study to regulator sign-off

Engaged directly by clients or embedded within larger project teams — equally at home writing a risk assessment at a desk or standing on a live earthworks site keeping the environmental compliance watertight.

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Investigation & risk assessment

Phase 1 desk studies through to intrusive Phase 2 investigation, quantitative human health and controlled waters risk assessment.

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Remediation & validation

Options appraisal, remediation strategy and design, on-site delivery oversight and the validation reporting that closes it out.

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Site-based compliance

Environmental clerk of works on live remediation and earthworks — RAMS, audits, monitoring and Environment Agency liaison.

Selected work

Trusted on some of the UK's most demanding sites

From a £7bn London regeneration on former landfill to nuclear new-build enabling works on the Suffolk coast.

Why Jeremy

Why clients keep him on the list

The reasons contractors and developers come back — and pass his name on to others in the sector.

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Broad technical expertise

Contaminated land, remediation, permitting, waste, ground gas and environmental due diligence under one roof — so you're not stitching three consultants together to cover one site.

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Attention to detail

The forensic care that gets reports accepted first time and stands up to regulator scrutiny — the difference between a permit surrendered or a planning condition discharged, and a job that drags on.

Responsive

A direct line to the person actually doing the work. Calls returned, deadlines met, and no account-manager layer between you and the answer you need.

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Continually developing

Chartered and committed to ongoing CPD — current on LCRM 2025, asbestos in soil and the latest guidance, so your project gets today's best practice.

Need a safe pair of hands on contaminated ground?

Whether it's a single site condition report or an embedded environmental compliance role for the length of a remediation programme, let's talk.

Services

How I help remediation contractors and developers

Flexible engagement — day rate, project fee, or embedded within your team as a named specialist. Below is where I add the most value.

Not sure which you need?

Tell me about the site and the programme — I'll tell you straight where I can help and where you'd be better served elsewhere.

Project experience

A track record across regeneration, energy and infrastructure

A selection of named projects spanning power station and gasworks remediation, urban regeneration on former landfill, nuclear new-build enabling works and permit compliance for waste and landfill operators.

About Jeremy

25 years making complicated ground developable

I'm a Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of the Geological Society with over 25 years in contaminated land investigation, remediation, waste management and environmental permitting. Since 2019 I've run my own practice, Jeremy Head Environmental Consulting Ltd, working directly for clients and as a named consultant within larger project teams.

My career has taken in former power station sites, gasworks, landfills, quarries, fuel sites, schools, hospitals and industrial facilities — as a consulting project manager, site investigation specialist, remediation engineer and contaminated land officer. That range means I can move between the technical detail of a risk assessment and the practical realities of a live earthworks site.

I'm actively broadening the range of contractors and developers I work with across East Anglia and the wider UK.

Career history

Jeremy Head Environmental Consulting Ltd — Director2019 – present
SLR Consulting Ltd — Associate Consultant2015
URS (AECOM) Ltd — BP Portfolio Manager2012
ARCADIS UK Ltd — ExxonMobil / ABB Project Manager2008
Temple Group Ltd — Senior Consultant2005
Mayer Environmental Ltd — Environmental Consultant1999

Accreditations & skills

  • Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
  • Fellow, Geological Society of London (FGS)
  • Member, Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
  • BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience, University of Sheffield — 2:1
  • CSCS card holder
  • SSSTS — Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme
  • CITB Site Safety Plus
  • CIRIA Asbestos in Soil & Made Ground — Non-Licensed Work
  • First Aid at Work (valid to Dec 2028)
Insights

Notes from the field

Occasional, practical pieces on contaminated land, remediation and site compliance — written for the contractors and developers who have to get it built.

Get in touch

Let's talk about your site

Based near Bury St Edmunds, working across Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and nationwide. The quickest way to reach me is a call or an email.

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    Phone07980 698 683
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    Emailj@jeremyhead.co.uk
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    Based inBury St Edmunds, Suffolk — covering East Anglia & the UK
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    CompanyJeremy Head Environmental Consulting Ltd

Enquiries are emailed straight to Jeremy.