Senior Manager - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Jacobs; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical cover

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced EIA professional to join our Environmental Planning team in the UK. You will lead environmental assessment and consenting strategies on major infrastructure projects, guiding clients and regulators to deliver compliant, sustainable outcomes.

You will mentor multidisciplinary teams while expanding client relationships and delivering high-profile programmes. Joining Jacobs means working on diverse, nationally important projects with hybrid working options and a

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects within infrastructure sectors.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams across disciplines.
• Chartered status, or commitment to achieve chartership, with a relevant body such as ISEP/CIWEM/IES.
• Degree in environmental, planning, scientific or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental assessment and consenting strategies on major UK projects.
• Guide clients, regulators and specialists to navigate planning processes successfully.
• Develop and mentor project teams, strengthening client relationships.
• Drive delivery of flagship infrastructure programmes with focus on sustainability and net-zero goals.
• Collaborate across portfolios including energy, water, utilities and transport.

Skills

EIA leadership

Client relationships

Stakeholder engagement

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Environmental planning degree

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

• This is your opportunity to help deliver the environmental strategies behind some of the UK's most ambitious developments, advising clients on projects that are vital to the country's energy security, water resilience, transport connectivity and net zero ambitions.
• As a Senior Manager, you'll be a trusted voice in the room from day one. You'll guide clients through complex environmental challenges, steer consenting strategies, and bring together specialists from across multiple disciplines to achieve successful outcomes.
• Whether supporting major energy networks, new water infrastructure, rail enhancements or transformative development projects, your expertise will help unlock projects that matter.

What's In It For You

If you're looking for a role with greater influence, bigger projects and genuine career freedom, you'll find it here.

At Jacobs, you'll have the platform to grow your reputation, expand your network and work alongside some of the most respected environmental professionals in the industry.

We offer

• The chance to lead flagship infrastructure projects across the UK
• Real autonomy and trust to make decisions and drive outcomes
• Flexible and hybrid working to suit your lifestyle
• Clear opportunities to progress your career and broaden your expertise
• A collaborative environment where knowledge‑sharing is encouraged

Compensation that reflects your skills and experience

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• 24 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 10 additional days
• Enhanced pension contributions of up to 10%
• Private medical cover and Digital GP access
• Family planning and fertility support services
• Enhanced parental leave and family support programmes
• Employee Networks We have a commitment to hiring a diverse workforce and supporting colleagues of different backgrounds
• Life assurance at four times your salary
• Income protection for long‑term financial security
• Access to wellbeing support, including Calm and Daily Burn
• Professional memberships funded and ongoing development opportunities
• Paid volunteering time, matched charity funding, and community engagement programmes
• Jacobs offers hybrid working and a standard 40‑hour working week

About The Opportunity

• We're growing our Environmental Planning team and are looking for an experienced EIA professional ready to take on a strategic leadership role.
• You’ll join a highly regarded team delivering environmental assessment and consenting support on some of the UK's most exciting infrastructure programmes. Working closely with clients, regulators and technical specialists, you’ll provide direction, solve complex challenges and help projects navigate the planning process successfully.
• You’ll work across a diverse portfolio that includes
  • Renewable energy and hydrogen
  • Water and water resource management
  • Utilities and transmission infrastructure
  • Rail and transport
  • Major developments and nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Our clients include National Grid, the Environment Agency, National Highways, Network Rail, water utilities and HS2, giving you the opportunity to work on projects that are visible, high‑profile and nationally important.
• Beyond project delivery, you’ll play an important role in developing teams, strengthening client relationships and contributing to the continued success of the business.

Here's what you'll need

• Strong experience leading Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects within infrastructure sectors
• A track record of managing client relationships and stakeholder engagement
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams
• Chartered status, or a commitment to achieve chartership, with a relevant professional body such as ISEP, CIWEM or IES
• A degree in an environmental, planning, scientific or related discipline

Build the Next Chapter of Your Career

You already know how to deliver great projects. Now's your chance to work on some of the most complex, visible and rewarding programmes in the UK while growing your influence, your network and your career.

If you're excited by the prospect of advising major clients, leading exceptional teams and tackling challenges that truly stretch your expertise, we'd love to hear from you.

Jacobs offers hybrid working and a standard 40-hour working week

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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