Principal Environmental Consultant

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

**Job Description**:
Are you passionate about helping to resolve the UK’s energy challenges? If so, there’s a great job waiting for you at AECOM.

You will work on our portfolio of major energy projects, including power generation with carbon capture, carbon capture pipelines, projects in the emerging hydrogen sector, large scale solar, and power transmission and distribution projects (including international interconnectors). You will have the opportunity to work on projects that are transforming our energy systems and helping the UK to deliver its net zero ambitions.

You’ll provide environmental inputs across all project lifecycles, from early strategy development, through feasibility, optioneering/ option and site selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of consents, construction and scheme operation/ maintenance.

**Your role will include**:
+ Managing and coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a range of energy projects, with a focus on the management of environmental assessments in support of gaining development consent

+ Managing 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

+ Liaising with clients and internal supply teams

+ Working collaboratively with design teams to ensure environmental considerations are appropriately taken into account, as well as developing sustainable initiatives

+ Working in partnership with other members of the wider business

+ Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets (with support as applicable)

+ Leading and supporting business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development

+ Promoting AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences.

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:
**You’ll have**:
+ Experience of providing consultancy services to the energy sector

+ An excellent understanding of the EIA processes, environmental assessment methods and applicable planning legislation

+ A detailed understanding of relevant consenting and licensing regimes

+ Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups

+ The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from a specialist technical teams

+ 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 and an appropriate professional membership

+ Willingness to travel

**The following would be a bonus**:
+ CEnv qualification

+ DCO experience

Experience in the nuclear sector

Additional Information

We will give you 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get