Associate Director - Environmental Impact Assessment

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects?

If so, we’d love to hear from you at AECOM.

We are recruiting experienced  Environmental Consultants to join as an  Associate EIA Director.   Our Environment & Sustainability business has over 650 staff working across the UK and Ireland. 

We would welcome interest from candidates looking for either a part-time or full-time position.

As an Associate Director - Environmental Impact Assessment  you’ll lead and manage multidisciplinary environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure and helping the UK achieve its net zero goals - this includes:
 

• Energy generation projects, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables (solar and wind)
• Energy distribution and transmission projects (including international connectors)
• Strategic national and regional rail projects
• Highway improvements and greenway projects
• Regeneration projects, including portside developments
• Developments within the ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial/ residential and industrial sectors

You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill etc.). 

You will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team. 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.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead:  Lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, helping our clients gain development consent. This includes leading the preparation of EIA screening letters, Scoping Reports and Environmental Statements, requiring the technical review of specialist chapters. Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets
• Collaborate: Work as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy, as well as delivering benefits where possible. Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
• Create: Lead and support business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
• Inspire: Support staff development and mentoring
• Champion: Promote AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and experience:

EIA and Consenting Experience

• Proven experience managing EIA projects, environmental assessment methodologies and relevant planning legislation.
• Experience of Development Consent Orders (DCO) and/or Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAO).

Multidisciplinary Project Management

• Ability to coordinate specialist technical inputs and work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing project programmes, staff resources and budgets.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Confidence engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and clients.
• Excellent verbal, written and technical report-writing skills, including reviewing and quality assurance.

Qualifications and Professional Accreditation

• Degree in a relevant environmental discipline, preferably at Master's level.
• Appropriate professional membership and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status.

Leadership, Mentoring and Flexibility

• Interest in line management, staff development and mentoring.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and willingness to travel occasionally to client offices.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (AnneMarieFlynn)

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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. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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 [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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