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. 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. Are you an experienced ECoW professional looking to lead and grow a nationally significant environmental compliance service? Join our dynamic Nature team as an Associate Director - Environmental and Ecological Compliance Lead to provide technical leadership for our Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) and Environmental Clerk of Works (EnvCoW) services across the UK & Ireland. This role can be based in any of our UK office locations, including Basingstoke, Cambridge, and Leeds. A key part of the role will be building and managing a high-quality network of specialist delivery partners. Through strong technical leadership, quality assurance and supply chain development, you will help create a scalable environmental compliance business capable of supporting some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects. Working with contractors, developers and project teams, you will help clients deliver planning, DCO and environmental consent commitments during construction, while acting as a senior technical authority and lead verifier for environmental compliance activities. Here's what you'll do: Act as AECOM's UK&I lead for ECoW and EnvCoW services. Act as Lead Verifier for ECoW-related deliverables produced by internal teams and supply chain partners. Ensure projects are appropriately resourced, mobilised and delivered to AECOM's quality standards. Provide expert advice on construction-phase ecological risk management, environmental compliance and consent implementation. Support the growth of the secondary consents service line through your focus on environmental and ecological compliance role. Develop and implement a UK&I supply chain strategy for ECoW, EnvCoW and wider environmental compliance services. Support successful delivery of environmental commitments across major infrastructure projects. Support the growth of wider Clerk of Works services such as arboriculture and archaeology, through integrated environmental compliance solutions. Become part of AECOM's industry-leading Environment Business Line, working alongside specialists in ecology, environmental assessment, nature-based solutions, arboriculture, archaeology, impact assessment and environmental management across the UK & Ireland. You will have the opportunity to help shape a growing and strategically important service area, working on some of the UK's largest infrastructure and DCO programmes. Our collaborative culture, technical excellence and commitment to innovation provide an exceptional platform for career development and industry leadership. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. Experience delivering Environmental and / or Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) services on major infrastructure, utilities or development projects. Strong understanding of construction-phase ecological and environmental compliance requirements. Experience working directly with contractors and construction delivery teams. Knowledge of required environmental and / or ecological secondary consents, including planning conditions, Development Consent Orders (DCOs), environmental permits and protected species licensing requirements. Experience reviewing, assuring and approving environmental compliance deliverables. Strong ecological background with the credibility to act as a technical lead and quality reviewer for ECoW services. Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers or specialist delivery partners. Strong commercial awareness and experience supporting business development, client engagement and work winning activities. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. About AECOMAECOM 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. 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. com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
Compliance Lead (Hybrid) in Cambridge employer: AECOM
At AECOM, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through our extensive career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working model, and a culture that values diversity and inclusion. Join us in the South East, where you can make a meaningful impact on transport planning while enjoying a range of personalised benefits tailored to support your well-being and professional aspirations.
