Senior Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Consultant

AECOM; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to enhance the environmental performance of infrastructure projects. In this role, you'll collaborate with technical experts, manage environmental assessments, and engage with clients to promote sustainable practices. This innovative firm is at the forefront of tackling the UK's net zero commitments, offering you the chance to work on transformative projects that positively impact communities. If you're driven by a passion for environmental sustainability and innovation, this is the perfect opportunity to make a difference in the world while growing your career in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant environmental discipline, preferably a Masters.
• Experience in EIA consultancy and environmental report preparation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate environmental inputs to EIA reports and assessments.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables and manage project resources.

Skills

EIA Consultancy

Project Management

Environmental Reporting

Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Review

Education

Degree in Environmental Discipline

Masters Degree

Job description

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

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.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

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.

By joining us you will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact (EIA) team which comprises over 165 staff across the UK and Ireland. We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark, whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

As we are a national team, we are flexible in terms of office location - this includes offices in Basingstoke, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Croydon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans, Warrington as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

At AECOM, we're at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of projects through long-term partnerships with key clients. This position offers an opportunity to be involved in large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure - this includes:

• Energy generation projects, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables (such large scale solar and floating offshore wind)
• Energy distribution and transmission projects (including projects forming part of the Great Grid Upgrade)
• Carbon capture pipelines
• Strategic national and regional rail projects
• Highway improvements and greenway projects
• Regeneration projects, including port side developments
• Developments within the ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial/ residential and industrial sectors

Here's what you'll do:

• Provide Expertise: As a Senior Environmental Consultant you'll coordinate 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. You'll be involved across all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance. You'll have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill etc.).
• Ensure Quality: Your role requires a critical eye for detail to ensure that our deliverables are produced to the highest quality standards.
• Project Management: Your role will enable you to develop your project management skills by coordinating resources and budgets (with support as applicable).
• Collaborate: You will work as part of integrated design teams to improve the environmental outcomes of our projects - you will identify environmental constraints, identify impact avoidance and mitigation solutions, as well as opportunities to deliver benefits.
• Client Contact: Your role will require direct contact with our clients and our internal supply teams.
• Growth: You will promote AECOM's environmental services to both internal and external audiences. You will support business development opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and an appropriate professional membership.
• EIA consultancy experience, including coordinating the preparation of environmental reports and the technical review of specialist chapters.
• A developing understanding of relevant consenting regimes.
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams.
• Developing project management skills, including programming and budget management.
• A commitment to innovation and continuing professional development.
• Experience of the DCO and/ or TWAO consenting regimes would be beneficial, but not essential.
• Efficient verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing, and confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups.

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We 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]

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you.