Uk & Ireland Service Line Leader - Air, Noise & Climate Environment

Do you enjoy leading and growing a national team of multi-disciplinary professionals? Would you be at home in a forward-thinking environment and health business delivering services to our trusted clients? Would you thrive in an environment where sustainability is at the core of what we do?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Environment and Health Market as our UK&I Air, Noise & Climate Service Line Leader and make a positive impact to our people, society and the environment.

**Your new role**

Ramboll is looking for an experienced Director to lead our Air, Noise & Climate Service Line in the UK, reporting to the Environment and Health UK&I Director. You will be working alongside other Service Line Leaders in Impact Assessment, Biodiversity & Ecosystems, Site Solutions, Health Sciences and Compliance, Strategy & Transactions. As our new Service Line Leader you will be responsible for the operation, development and growth of our UK&I ‘Air, Noise and Climate service line. The service line is a national team, and also part of our global Air & Climate service line delivering sustainable solutions for private and public sector clients.

You will be responsible for maintaining and growing key client relationships, business development strategy, performance of project portfolios and the strategic management, growth and development of the teams within the Air, Noise and Climate service line. With experts in air quality and noise monitoring, modelling and assessment, sustainability and climate related services our Air, Noise & Climate team can provide integrated and technically robust solutions to the most complex client challenges.

**Your new team**

You will be responsible for a team of approximately thirty UK&I air, noise and climate professionals working throughout the UK.

We offer a supporting and collaborative culture and environment, in which you can develop and grow in your role. Finally, we enjoy what we do We are looking for naturally curious and personable people to join and strengthen our team.

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- ** Drive strategic direction**: instil purpose and set the direction for the Air, Noise and Climate Service Line, ensuring alignment with global business area, global service line and geography needs
- ** Drive profitable growth**: Responsible for delivery of revenue, growth and profit of the Service Line against the budget. Develop and implement an agreed growth strategy and Business Plan (including financial KPIs) with priority actions for the Service Line. Enhance Ramboll’s market position through targeted marketing, business development and other activities
- ** Technical excellence**: Develop and enhance staff development, training, mentoring, and work product quality in alignment with the Service Line strategy direction and business plan priorities, including establishing consistent proposal and report templates and scopes, where applicable
- ** Lead collaboration**: develop strong and productive networks with other Ramboll Business Areas, Geographies, Service Lines and Sectors in order to bring the best of Ramboll to our clients
- ** Recruitment, resourcing and team building**: Facilitate resource management as a national team, and plan and lead recruitment for the service line to enable resilient mix of competencies and overall service line growth
- ** Foster innovation**: Promote the integration of new methodologies, tools, and practices to continuously improve the Service Line's value proposition, quality and efficiency
- ** Risk Management**: Implement Ramboll’s governance, project management and compliance process in the service line and instil the Ramboll Leadership Principles in the way we work. Determine bid go/no go opportunities and ensure compliance with the Decision Gate process
- ** Win Work**: Lead selected/strategic client engagement and management (including Key Account Management), and support others to develop and grow trusted advisor relationships with our clients

To succeed in this role, you must be both client-focussed and have a proven track record in leading and developing teams that deliver technically excellent, high-quality services for our clients and collaborators.

**About you**
- Appropriate degree in environmental sciences, environmental engineering or a related environmental discipline
- Master’s degree in an environmental discipline (advantageous)
- Relevant sector experience
- Growth mindset, with ability to prioritise revenue growth through expanding team and personal sales and key client relationships
- Track record in leadership and P&L management roles
- Strong business acumen, understanding of market trends and value propositions
- Ability to identify skill needs and attract new consulting talent to support service line growth
- Strategic management of workload, deliverables and resources across multiple projects
- Effective communicator