Environmental Consultant

3 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects? If so, we’d love to hear from you at AECOM.
We are recruiting experienced Associate Directors to join our Impact Assessment team within our Environment & Sustainability business that has over 650 staff working across the UK and Ireland. As we are a national team, we are flexible in terms of office location – this includes offices inBasingstoke, 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 part-time or full-time position.
As an Associate Director Impact Assessment you’ll lead and manage environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure, such as:
Energy generation projects, including those that include carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables (including solar and offshore)
Energy distribution and transmission projects (including international connectors)
Strategic national and regional rail projects
Highway improvements and greenway projects
Developments within the ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial/ residential and industrial sectors
In this role you will lead environmental inputs across all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance. 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 also play an instrumental role in helping to seek out and secure new commissions, and be actively engaged in client relationship management.
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.
Leading multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, supporting projects to gain development consent
Leading the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/ Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports) and supporting documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters
Working 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
Client engagement and management
Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets (with support as applicable)
Promoting AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences
To apply for this will role, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate interest and experience of coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. An excellent understanding of the EIA processes, environmental assessment methods
Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing
Project management skills, including programming, staff resource management and budget management
A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and an appropriate professional membership
Willingness to travel
The following would be a bonus:
Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring
AECOM is the world’s 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 private-sector 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. You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.



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