Senior Consultant - Environmental Compliance & Permitting TLNT1_NI in Belfast

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.

Additional Information

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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. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivalled 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.

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. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.

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.