Technical Director - Environmental Impact Assessment
AECOM Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Company Description
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 the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
Job Description
We are recruiting an experienced Technical Director Environmental Impact Assessment to join our Environment & Sustainability business. As a Technical Director you’ll lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure and helping the UK achieve its net zero goals.
* 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
As a Technical Director you’ll lead environmental inputs across all project life stages. You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes.
Your role will include:
* Expertise: Lead and direct multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects
* Collaborate: Work as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions
* Create: Lead and support business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
* Inspire: Active role in staff development and mentoring
* Champion: Promote AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences
Qualifications
To apply for this role, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate experience of directing and managing multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. You should have:
* Experience of leading consultancy services
* An excellent understanding of the EIA processes, environmental assessment methods
* A detailed understanding of relevant consenting and licensing regimes
* Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups and clients
* The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, leading inputs from specialist technical teams
* Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing
* Project director skills, including programming, staff resource and budget management
* A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and an appropriate professional membership
* Willingness to travel
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.
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