Associate Director EIA - #2187700

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

We are recruiting experienced Environmental Consultants to join as an Associate EIA Director. Our Environment business has over 650 staff working across the UK and Ireland.

We would welcome interest from candidates looking for either a part-time or full-time position.

As an Associate EIA Director you'll lead and manage multidisciplinary environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure and helping the UK achieve its net zero goals - this includes:

• Energy generation projects, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables (solar and wind)
• 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

You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA etc.).

You will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team. We are a founding member of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) EIA Quality Mark, whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Here's what you'll do:

• Lead: Lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, helping our clients gain development consent. This includes leading the preparation of EIA Screening Reports, Scoping Reports and Environmental Statements, requiring the technical review of specialist chapters. Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets
• 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. Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
• Create: Lead and support business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
• Inspire: Support staff development and mentoring
• Champion: Promote AECOM's environmental services to both internal and external audiences