Senior Consultant - Environmental Compliance & Permitting

AECOM; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Global benefits

Well-being programs

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead environmental compliance and permitting projects across Ireland, including Industrial Emissions licensing, audits and regulatory advisory for pharma, manufacturing, technology and energy sectors. The role is based in Dublin, Cork or Belfast with a flexible hybrid working model.

You will manage projects, liaise with clients and regulators, mentor junior colleagues, and collaborate with our environmental, engineering, sustainability and planning teams

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience in industrial or consultancy environments.
• Proven track record in environmental licensing and compliance services.
• Extensive knowledge of Irish and European environmental legislation.
• Excellent report writing, technical reviewing, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental compliance, permitting and regulatory advisory projects for industrial, pharma, manufacturing, technology, energy and infrastructure clients in Ireland.
• Undertake environmental compliance audits, gap assessments, site inspections and legislative reviews.
• Identify environmental compliance risks and develop corrective actions and improvement plans.
• Prepare and review technical reports and regulatory submissions (Industrial Emissions licences, audits, liability risk assessments, restoration plans, annual reports).
• Manage projects and workstreams, including scope, programme, budget, quality and client communication.
• Liaise with clients, the EPA and other regulatory authorities on environmental matters.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members.
• Support proposals, tenders and business development; stay updated on legislation.

Skills

Environmental licensing

Regulatory compliance

Report writing

Stakeholder liaison

Project management

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Environmental Science

Job description

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

Start here. Grow here.

We are looking to hire an experienced Senior Consultant - Environmental Compliance & Permitting. This opportunity can be based from our Dublin, Cork and Belfast office while also benefiting from our flexible hybrid working model.

You’ll join a specialist environmental compliance and permitting team, supporting clients across Ireland’s pharmaceutical, manufacturing, technology, energy and process industries. You’ll deliver a varied mix of licensing, auditing and regulatory compliance projects through global frameworks and site‑specific commissions.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Lead and deliver environmental compliance, permitting (including Industrial Emissions licensing) and regulatory advisory projects for industrial, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, technology, energy and infrastructure sector clients across Ireland.
• Undertake environmental compliance audits, gap assessments, site inspections and legislative reviews.
• Identify environmental compliance risks and develop practical corrective actions and improvement plans.
• Prepare and review technical reports and regulatory submissions, including:
• Industrial Emissions Licence applications and amendments;
• Environmental Compliance Audit Reports;
• Environmental Liability Risk Assessments;
• Closure, Restoration and Aftercare Management Plans;
• Annual Environmental Reports;
• Solvent Management Plans; and
• Environmental compliance registers and assessments.
• Manage projects and workstreams, including scope, programme, budget, quality and client communication.
• Liaise with clients, the EPA and other regulatory authorities on environmental compliance and permitting matters.
• Work with specialists across AECOM’s environmental, engineering, sustainability and planning teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members.
• Support proposals, tenders, client development and identification of new opportunities.
• Keep up to date with environmental legislation, regulatory developments and industry best practice in Ireland and Europe.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Education

• A degree (or equivalent qualification) in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.

Experience & Technical Expertise

• Demonstrable experience working in an industrial or consultancy environment.
• Proven track record in delivering environmental licensing and compliance services, including preparation of associated documentation.
• Extensive working knowledge of relevant Irish and European environmental legislation.
• Excellent report writing, technical reviewing, and communication skills.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across a range of projects, including those with tight deadlines.
• A proactive and positive attitude, with strong team collaboration skills.
• Confidence in liaising with colleagues, industrial clients, and regulatory authorities.

If this matches your experience, knowledge and aspirations we would welcome your application.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.