Technical Director - Environmental Planner (Environment & Sustainability Team)

At Sweco, we are committed to creating a sustainable future through our core behaviours, effective collaboration and innovative solutions risk management in engineering, architecture, and environmental consultancy. Our Environmental & Sustainability team plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality environmental planning and wider sustainability services that support our clients’ projects while protecting and enhancing the environment.

Sweco has a wide range of in-house technical environmental teams and designers who collaborate on a variety of projects and sectors. At Sweco, every team and consultant is empowered to ensure their expertise makes a difference by understanding the client’s business and needs. We want to be our clients’ most relevant partner and we aim to solve any challenge, no matter the scale or location.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced environmental planner to join our growing Environmental & Sustainability team to deliver complex and rewarding projects across a range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, and development. Our team currently has 15 passionate, open-minded, and experienced professionals across the UK offices. This role involves leading Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) processes, risk management, design input, coordinating interdisciplinary teams, and engaging with stakeholders to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and sustainable practices.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping and supporting our business development to enhance our team’s presence in key UK sectors, including energy, water, and sustainability. Your expertise will be essential in cross-selling our multi-disciplinary services and maintaining regular communication with clients to foster strong relationships.

As an expert in environmental assessment and management, you will provide invaluable advice to our clients, develop relationships, and elevate and influence the technical skills within the Environmental & Sustainability team. This role is an opportunity to engage and lead a wide range of in-house technical experts and designers and work on large, complex and rewarding projects to deliver environmental and sustainability objectives. Your role will involve offering technical guidance, support, and training to colleagues, as well as mentoring and assisting in their professional development.

Office Location: London, Leeds, Edinburgh or Glasgow

Qualifications:

• Significant project experience (>15 years), assisting, coordinating and leading EIAs and/or SEAs.
• A degree in Environmental Science, or a related field.
• Relevant professional membership/qualifications.
• Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation and EIA processes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines and budgets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Client relationship management and work-winning experience.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and a passion for sustainability.
• A willingness to travel to meet and support our teams and clients across the UK.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment – Sweco’s team of teams model provides a balanced combination of autonomy and technical support to deliver.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• The chance to work on exciting, meaningful projects that shape our sustainable future.

If you are a motivated and experienced professional looking to make a difference in the field of environmental sustainability, we want to hear from you!

About Us

Transforming society together, we’re planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part-time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day-to-day needs.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work – we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant – Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

Sweco UK&I have an internal resourcing team who are responsible for all recruiting activity. We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted agencies who we work with on those “hard to fill” roles.

We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

Our Preferred Supplier List was reviewed in December 2023 and we are not looking to add any additional agencies. We’ll be reviewing the PSL again at the end of 2024 and non-compliance with the above statements could be detrimental to you having the opportunity to be included.

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