Technical Director Environment Impact Assessment

4 weeks ago

Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

Start here. Grow here.

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 an experienced Technical Director Environment to join our Environment & Sustainability business that has over 650 staff 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. However do get in touch if this does not work for you because for the right candidate well explore other options. We would welcome interest from candidates looking for either a parttime or fulltime position.

As a Technical Director youll lead 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

As a Technical Director youll 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.

Your role will include:

  • Expertise: Lead and direct multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects helping our clients gain development consent.  This includes the technical review and verification of environment report inputs as well as directing staff resources and budgets (with support as applicable)
  • 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
  • Create: Lead and support business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development. Active engagement with our clients and ongoing client relationship management
  • Inspire: Active role in 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 experience of directing and managing multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. You should have:

  • Experience of leading consultancy services
  • An excellent understanding of the EIA processes environmental assessment methods
  • A detailed understanding of relevant consenting and licensing regimes
  • Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups and clients
  • The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team leading inputs from specialist technical teams
  • Excellent verbal and report writing skills including technical reviewing
  • Project director skills including programming staff resource 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:

  • 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

Key Skills
Administrative Skills,Mac Os,IT,General Services,Cost Estimation,Investment
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