Principal EIA Consultant

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

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm in Cardiff seeks a Principal Environmental Consultant to manage environmental inputs and projects in line with net-zero commitments. This role involves collaboration with technical teams, engaging stakeholders, and promoting environmental services. A strong background in EIA processes and project management is essential. The position offers flexible, hybrid working conditions.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Wide array of compensation and benefits

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure projects.
• Excellent understanding of environmental assessment methods and planning legislation.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and manage resources.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental inputs to EIA screening and scoping reports.
• Deliver high-quality deliverables in accordance with quality management procedures.
• Promote environmental services to internal and external audiences.

Skills

Consultancy services

EIA processes understanding

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Verbal and report writing skills

Education

Degree in environmental discipline

Chartered Environmentalist status

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 established Environmental Impact (EIA) team across the UK and Ireland, and contribute to projects aligned with our ESG strategy. This position offers flexibility in office location and a hybrid working model.

What You’ll Do

• Provide Expertise: As a Principal Environmental Consultant, manage environmental inputs to EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/ Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports) and supporting documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters. Be involved in all project life stages from strategy and site identification through feasibility, option selection, design, conditions discharge, construction, and operation/maintenance. Work across a portfolio of development projects with multiple consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill, etc.).
• Ensure Quality: Deliverables are produced to high quality standards in accordance with rigorous quality management procedures.
• Project Management: Manage resources and budgets effectively (with support where applicable).
• Collaborate: Work within integrated design teams to improve environmental outcomes, identify constraints, mitigation solutions, and opportunities to deliver benefits.
• Client Contact: Manage client relationships and internal supply teams.
• Growth: Promote AECOM’s environmental services to internal and external audiences and lead business development opportunities including fee and technical proposal development.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience providing consultancy services and coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure projects.
• Excellent understanding of EIA processes, environmental assessment methods, and applicable planning legislation.
• Detailed understanding of relevant consenting and licensing regimes.
• Confidence engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams.
• Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing.
• Project management skills, including programming, staff resource management and budget management.
• Degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters) and an appropriate professional membership.
• Willingness to travel.

The following would be a bonus:

• Chartered Environmentalist status.
• Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring.
• Experience of the DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes.

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. We are a Fortune 500 firm and our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through technical and digital expertise, ESG priorities, and a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. See aecom.com for more.

Additional Information

We offer hybrid work options and a dynamic environment where integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer. We provide a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the needs of our employees and their families. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10128922

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited