Principal EIA Consultant

AECOM; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm is seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant in Basingstoke, UK. You will manage environmental inputs to EIA processes and work with various teams to ensure high-quality deliverables. Candidates should have experience in environmental assessments and strong project management skills. This position offers hybrid working options and a commitment to sustainable practices.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Flexible work environment

Well-being programs

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary environmental inputs.
• Strong understanding of EIA processes and planning legislation.
• Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental inputs to EIA screening and scoping reports.
• Ensure deliverables meet high-quality standards.
• Apply project management skills to resources and budgets.

Skills

Project management skills

Environmental assessment methods

Excellent verbal and written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in a relevant environmental discipline

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects and helping the UK to deliver its net zero commitments? If so, we’d love to hear from you at AECOM. You will work daily with technical experts within our Environmental Impact (EIA) team and help manage environmental inputs to large-scale development projects as part of a national team with flexible hybrid working locations.

We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark and align with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. Offices are available in multiple locations, with hybrid working options.

Responsibilities

• Provide Expertise: As a Principal Environmental Consultant, manage environmental inputs to EIA screening and scoping reports, Environmental Statements, and supporting documents. Review specialist chapters, and participate across project life cycles from strategy and site identification through feasibility, option selection, outline design, detailed design, conditions discharge, construction, and operation/maintenance. Work across portfolios with various consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill, etc.).
• Ensure Quality: Ensure deliverables meet high-quality standards and comply with quality management procedures.
• Project Management: Apply project management skills to resources and budgets, with applicable support.
• Collaborate: Work within integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, mitigation solutions, and opportunities to deliver benefits.
• Client Contact: Manage client relationships and internal supply teams.
• Growth: Promote AECOM’s environmental services, and identify and lead business development opportunities including fee and technical proposal development.

Qualifications

Required: demonstrated experience managing and coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure projects; consultancy experience; strong understanding of EIA processes, environmental assessment methods, and applicable planning legislation; knowledge of relevant consenting and licensing regimes; ability to engage with diverse stakeholders; ability to coordinate inputs from specialist teams; excellent verbal and written communication skills; project management skills (programming, resources, budgets); degree in a relevant environmental discipline (Masters preferred) and professional membership; willingness to travel.

Desirable: Chartered Environmentalist status; interest in line management and mentoring; experience with DCO and/or TWAO regimes.

Additional Information

About AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm delivering services across the project lifecycle, with a focus on transportation, buildings, water, energy, and the environment. We value equity, diversity and inclusion, and prioritize ESG. We are a Fortune 500 firm with significant revenue and a commitment to sustainable legacies.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity: We offer hybrid work options and a flexible, dynamic work environment. We strive for a safe and respectful workplace where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. We provide compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet diverse needs. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and support Reasonable Accommodations for applicants with disabilities; contact [e-mail] for Disability Confident interviews guidance. All information is kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.