Over the past twenty-five years our heritage team has delivered many hundreds of projects across every business sector in the UK and internationally. We are looking for an experienced professional heritage consultant to support the delivery of development projects across a range of sectors, including power, renewables, water, defence and most notably on significant infrastructure projects. The huge variety of project work will provide regular opportunities to build on your current knowledge and develop your career in line with your particular interests and skills. In addition to a range of company training options, the heritage team offer regular workshop sessions to share our knowledge and enable continual improvement. Constant collaboration maintains a friendly and welcoming team who share knowledge and experience to continually improve, both as individuals and collectively. We would like you to join our team to share your knowledge and experience and help us deliver to the highest standard possible.
Ensuring Quality
- You will undertake formal quality assurance of reporting such as desk-based assessments and Environmental Statements. Training is provided.
- Be willing to provide regular mentor support and task specific training for Consultant grade staff.
- Ensure Health and Safety procedures are followed at all times.
Collaboration
- Be able to work closely with clients, colleagues and other discipline leads to provide optimum project delivery.
- Contribute innovative ideas to enhance AECOM and the Heritage team's offering.
- Contribute to training workshops for other team members.
- Assist with the development of sector expertise working groups. Proven track record of Cultural Heritage Desk-based Assessments, Heritage Statements, ES Chapters and other planning application documents to a high standard.
- Understanding and ideally experience of heritage consultancy.
- Knowledge of the UK planning system and British archaeology.
- Understanding and experience of delivering the archaeological planning process including field evaluation and mitigation design.
- Understanding of the delivery of DCO projects from initiation to post-consent mitigation, including support through examination.
- Understanding and experience of undertaking setting assessments of heritage assets.
- Understanding and experience of undertaking setting assessments of heritage assets.
- Capability to arrange and chair statutory consultation meetings., Ready to push the limits of what's possible?
Here’s what we're looking for
- A relevant first degree and/or post-graduate qualification in archaeology.
- Appropriate level of membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists or equivalent.
- Technical and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills. Work with Us. Change the World.
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