Associate Director - Environmental Impact Assessment

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Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects

If so wed love to hear from you at AECOM.

We are recruiting experienced  Environmental Consultants to join as an  Associate EIA Director.   Our Environment & Sustainability business has over 650 staff working across the UK and Ireland. As we are a national team we are flexible in terms of location this includes our offices in Basingstoke Belfast Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Chesterfield Croydon Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Leeds London Aldgate Manchester Newcastle Nottingham Plymouth St Albans Warrington.

We would welcome interest from candidates looking for either a parttime or fulltime position.

As an Associate EIA Director youll lead and manage multidisciplinary environmental inputs to largescale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure and helping the UK achieve its net zero goals this includes:
 

• Energy generation projects including carbon capture and storage hydrogen and renewables (solar and wind)
• Energy distribution and transmission projects (including international connectors)
• Strategic national and regional rail projects
• Highway improvements and greenway projects
• Regeneration projects including portside developments
• Developments within the ecommerce minerals and waste water defence aviation commercial/ residential and industrial sectors

You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes (DCO TCPA TWA hybrid Bill etc.). 

You will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team. We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Heres what youll do:

• Lead:  Lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects helping our clients gain development consent. This includes leading the preparation of EIA screening letters Scoping Reports and Environmental Statements requiring the technical review of specialist chapters. Managing resources delegating activities monitoring and managing project budgets
• Collaborate: Work as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints avoid impacts and develop solutions in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy as well as delivering benefits where possible. Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
• Create: Lead and support business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
• Inspire: Support staff development and mentoring
• Champion: Promote AECOMs environmental services to both internal and external audiences

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

To apply for this will role youll need to be able to demonstrate interest and experience of coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. You should have:

• Proven experience of successfully managing EIA projects environmental assessment methods and applicable planning legislation
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams
• Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
• Excellent verbal and report writing skills including technical reviewing with an eye for detail
• Project management skills including staff resource and budget management
• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and an appropriate professional membership
• Willingness to occasionally travel to client offices
• Chartered Environmentalist status
• Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring
• Experience of the DCO and/ or TWAO consenting regimes

Additional Information :

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at . 

At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives. 

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public and privatesector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.