Senior EIA & Environmental Impact Lead

AECOM Corporation; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant to lead environmental inputs to EIA projects in the UK, based in Croydon or St Albans with a hybrid working model. You will oversee Environmental Statements, engage with clients, and drive multi-disciplinary teams across urban development schemes.

Deliverables include environmental assessments, scope management and opportunity development in a dynamic, highly collaborative setting with a strong ESG focus.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of EIA, environmental assessment methods, planning legislation, and licensing regimes.
• Experience delivering consultancy services with strong project management, programming, resourcing and budgeting.
• Excellent verbal, report writing and technical review skills; capable of coordinating multidisciplinary inputs.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental inputs to EIA screening, scoping and Environmental Statements (and future Environmental Outcomes Reports).
• Involve all project life stages from strategy through to detailed design, construction and operation.
• Collaborate with integrated design teams to identify constraints and mitigation opportunities.
• Manage client relationships and internal supply teams.
• Identify and lead business development opportunities and fee/technical proposal development.

Skills

EIA expertise

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Planning legislation

Environmental assessment methods

Education

Masters in environmental discipline

Chartered Environmentalist

Professional membership

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant to lead environmental inputs to EIA projects in the UK, based in Croydon or St Albans with a hybrid working model. You will oversee Environmental Statements, engage with clients, and drive multi-disciplinary teams across urban development schemes.

Deliverables include environmental assessments, scope management and opportunity development in a dynamic, highly collaborative setting with a strong ESG focus.