Associate Director- Environmental Impact Assessment

AECOM; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm is seeking an experienced Associate EIA Director in Glasgow. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs on large-scale development projects. This role requires proven project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a degree in a relevant environmental discipline. The company promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Experience managing EIA projects and assessment methods.
• Ability to coordinate inputs from technical teams.
• Experience with DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs across projects.
• Collaborate with design teams to identify environmental constraints.
• Support staff development and mentoring.

Skills

Project management skills

Excellent verbal and report writing skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Confidence engaging with stakeholders

Education

Degree in a relevant environmental discipline

Chartered Environmentalist status

Job description

Overview

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. 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. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We are recruiting experienced Environmental Consultants to join as an Associate EIA Director. Our Environment & Sustainability business has over 650 staff working across the UK and Ireland. We are a national team with flexible location options, including offices in Basingstoke, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Croydon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans, Warrington. We welcome interest from candidates seeking either a part-time or full-time position.

As an Associate EIA Director, you will lead and manage multidisciplinary environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that transform our infrastructure and help the UK achieve its net zero goals.

As an Environmental Impact professional, you will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team. We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark, and our work aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Responsibilities

• 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 letters, Scoping Reports and Environmental Statements, with technical review of specialist chapters. Manage resources, delegate activities, monitor and manage project budgets.
• Collaborate: Work as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions in line with the mitigation hierarchy, delivering benefits where possible. Partner with internal supply teams and 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 internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for. To apply for this role, you should be able to demonstrate experience coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. You should have:

• Proven experience of successfully managing EIA projects, environmental assessment methods and applicable planning legislation
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams
• Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
• Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing with an eye for detail
• Project management skills, including staff resource and budget management
• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters) and an appropriate professional membership
• Willingness to occasionally travel to client offices
• Chartered Environmentalist status
• Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring
• Experience of the DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and 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 [e-mail]

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.