Environmental Development Director

10 hours ago


Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom AECOM Full time
About the Role

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 recruiting an experienced Technical Director of EIA to join our Environment & Sustainability business and deliver our increasing portfolio of renewables and net zero projects, with a particular focus on the solar sector. As a national team, we are flexible in terms of office location - this includes offices in various locations across the UK.

As a Technical Director, you'll lead environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure.

  • Delivering: under the Planning Infrastructure 2008 regime, leading EIAs for Development Consent Order applications.

If you do not currently have this experience, we are also happy to help you move into this sector if you have an interest to diversify and transition your skillset and your skills are transferable.

Key Responsibilities

As a Technical Director, you'll lead and oversee EIAs for renewables and solar projects, 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/requirements, construction, and scheme operation/maintenance.

  • Lead: multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, supporting projects to gain development consent.
  • Direct: 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.
  • 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.

The following would be a bonus:

Estimated Salary: £80,000 - £110,000 per annum



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