Associate Director EIA Marine Projects

Associate Director EIA – Marine projects

Company Description
At AECOM, we\’re delivering a better world. 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 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 positively influencing the environmental performance of marine development projects ? Join our team as a Marine Associate Director and you will have the opportunity to work on our range of marine projects in sectors such as offshore wind, interconnectors, subsea cables, ports and harbours, and coastal developments. By joining us, you will work daily with technical experts, including our in-house marine ecology team, within our established Environmental Impact (EIA) team which comprises over 165 staff across the UK and Ireland.

As we are a national team, we are flexible in terms of office location – ideally, you would be based in one of our offices across the UK, including Basingstoke, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans, and Warrington, as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

In this role, you will lead and input to our growing portfolio of high-profile marine projects.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Provide Expertise: Lead, manage and co-ordinate multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a diverse range of marine projects. Manage the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/Environmental Statements, and supporting assessments and documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters.
• Ensure Quality: Ensure that our deliverables are produced to the highest quality standards and compliance with our rigorous quality management procedures.
• Project Management: Manage resources and budgets effectively.
• Collaborate: Work as part of an integrated team to improve the environmental outcomes of our projects.
• Client Contact: Manage client relationships, internal teams, and subcontractors.
• Growth: Promote AECOM’s environmental services and lead business development opportunities.

If you\’re passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we uplift communities and enhance lives.

Qualifications
Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and ideally an appropriate professional membership (Chartered Environmentalists preferred).
• Comprehensive EIA consultancy experience, with proven skills in managing the preparation of environmental reports.
• A detailed understanding of marine consenting and licensing regimes around the UK and ideally Ireland.
• The ability to lead collaborative teams, coordinating inputs from technical specialists.
• Project management skills, including programming, staff resource, and budget management.
• A commitment to innovation and continuing professional development.
• Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring.
• Efficient verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing.

We celebrate diversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.

Additional Information
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