Associate Director Environmental Consultant

1 week ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom AECOM Full time
Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.
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.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description:


Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects? If so, we'd love to hear from you at AECOM.

As an
Associate Environmental Consultant 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
  • Regeneration projects, including portside developments
  • Developments within the ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial/ residential and industrial sectors


As an
Associate Environmental Consultant you'll 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 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:

  • 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 and Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports), including the technical review of specialist chapters
  • Client engagement and management
  • 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
  • Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
  • Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
  • Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets (with support as applicable)
  • Supporting staff development and mentoring
  • Leading and supporting business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
  • Promoting AECOM's environmental services to both internal and external audiences

Qualifications:

You'll have:

  • Proven experience of successfully managing EIA projects (including screening and scoping), environmental assessment methods and applicable planning legislation
  • Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
  • The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams
  • Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing with an eye for detail
  • Project management skills, including 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 to clients offices
Additional Information

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

About AECOM


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 ene

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