Principal/Associate Director

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Are you ready to make a difference in delivering award-winning contaminated land and remediation projects? AECOM’s Contaminated Land & Remediation Practice is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Principal Consultant or, for the right candidate, an Associate Director to join our multidisciplinary Edinburgh office. This role will support our growing project portfolio and Scottish client base across various sectors, helping shape a better and more sustainable environment.

About the Role

As a key member of our Practice and Scottish team, you will:

• Lead Diverse Projects: Take charge of contaminated land and remediation projects for both private and public sector clients, including developers, global oil & gas companies, the nuclear industry, Fortune 500 corporations, regulatory bodies, and government agencies such as SEPA, Scottish Water, and Transport for Scotland.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work alongside other AECOM business lines, contributing to multi-disciplinary design, build, and construction schemes.
• Deliver Comprehensive Services: From desk studies and site investigations to risk assessment, remediation strategy development, and implementation, you’ll deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Grow Client Relationships: Serve as a “Trusted Advisor,” maintaining and developing strong client relationships that generate repeat business.
• Mentor and Lead: Manage and mentor project staff, fostering their development while ensuring project delivery meets the highest technical standards.

What We’re Looking For

We seek an ambitious and experienced professional who:

• Possesses excellent technical and commercial acumen, with the ability to oversee projects from feasibility to completion.
• Is skilled in managing budgets, adhering to timelines, and delivering high-quality results.
• Demonstrates independence, leadership, and a collaborative approach to mentoring and team growth.
• Has strong experience in contaminated land and remediation, with a proven track record of success.

About Our Practice

• AECOM’s Contaminated Land & Remediation Practice is one of the largest in the UK, with a reputation for delivering award-winning projects.
• Our services include desk studies, site investigation, risk assessment, remediation design and implementation, monitoring, and project close-out.
• Nationally, we collaborate with other AECOM business units, including Environment, Water, and Energy, to deliver integrated solutions for complex challenges.

Why AECOM?

AECOM is a Fortune 500 company and a global leader in infrastructure and environmental services. With a presence in more than 150 countries, we design, build, finance, and operate transformative infrastructure assets for governments, businesses, and organizations. We pride ourselves on delivering innovative solutions to the world’s most complex challenges.

Join AECOM to shape a better world. Discover how we deliver what others can only imagine at AECOM.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Develop Workload and Footprint: Expand AECOM’s presence and workload based out of the Edinburgh Office.
• Focus on Business Development: Lead efforts in bids and tenders to secure new opportunities and drive growth.
• Deliver Projects: Manage and deliver projects effectively, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
• Foster Team Development: Enhance team skills and capacity to support overall growth.
• Capture and Deliver Projects: Take a leading role in project acquisition and successful execution.
• Drive Regional Growth: Build external client relationships and collaborate with internal AECOM teams in line with market strategy.
• Client Management: Maintain strong client relationships and ensure effective communication.
• Lead Tenders and Bids: Oversee tender and bid submissions to secure business opportunities. 

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? 

Here’s what we’re looking for: 

• Ensuring that health and safety issues are addressed throughout the life of a project in compliance with AECOM policies and procedures.
• Close support to our Regional Director, Technical Directors and other Associates in project delivery, work winning and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction. 
• On the job mentoring of junior staff, including supporting them to achieve chartered status. 
• Lead input to team and client meetings, being prepared to own decisions and put forward alternative ideas and concepts. 
• Prepare and oversee fee bids and proposals.
• Provide oversight, technical leadership and verification of project deliverables. 
• Ensure rigorous adhesion to AECOMs industry leading quality assurance programme. 
• Management of sub-consultant, contractor and other supplier relationships to the benefit of project delivery

Preferred Qualifications :

For this role you will ideally hold a minimum of a strong undergraduate degree in an environmental, science or engineering based subject, be chartered with a relevant UK institution, and be able to travel within the UK to support projects.

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 ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's 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 

Your benefits will include:

Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also be able to explore flexible working arrangements through our FREEDOM TO GROW* way of working. Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

You’ll also be able to give back to communities with up to two paid CSR days each year. Through our charity, The AECOM Foundation, you can volunteer to support children in developing countries. And if you’re a member of the Reserve Forces you’ll receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more 

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn: Alina Popescu. 

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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 energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector 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 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 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 well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.