At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.
Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.
We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
This role can be based in Harwell, Bristol, Rotherham, Cumbria or Warrington.
About the Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced environmental professional to join our Earth & Environmental Services business as Deputy Operations Manager - Environmental Services . Working directly with the Operations Manager, you will take a leading role in the management, technical governance, commercial performance and strategic development of our environmental capability, encompassing three established teams:
- Land Quality;
- EIA and Planning;
- Environmental Advisory & Permitting.
This is a senior leadership position combining environmental technical expertise with people leadership, commercial management and business development. You will work closely with the Operations Manager and the leaders of each environmental team to ensure that we maintain high technical standards, deliver successfully for our clients and continue to develop and grow our environmental capability.
You will provide line management and support to the three environmental Team Leaders, helping them to manage, develop and grow their respective teams. You will also play an important role in integrating our environmental services with the wider capabilities of Earth & Environmental Services and the broader Amentum business, supporting the delivery of genuinely multidisciplinary projects.
We are looking for someone with an established technical background in one or more of our environmental disciplines. You do not need to be a technical specialist across all three areas, but you will need sufficient environmental breadth, curiosity and leadership capability to understand, support and develop each discipline and to recognise where specialist technical input is required.
This represents an opportunity for an established environmental professional to broaden their career beyond technical delivery into operational and commercial leadership, while remaining closely connected to technical practice and project delivery.
- Operational Leadership: Support the Operations Manager in the day-to-day leadership and management of the environmental teams, helping to manage workload, resources, priorities and performance across the business area.
- Technical Governance: Provide leadership and oversight of technical governance across Land Quality, EIA and Planning, and Environmental Advisory & Permitting. Work with Team Leaders and technical specialists to maintain appropriate standards of technical quality, assurance and professional practice.
- Commercial Management: Take a leading role in the commercial management of the environmental portfolio, supporting project performance, forecasting, resource management and appropriate management of commercial and delivery risk.
- Bid Leadership: Lead and coordinate bids and proposals for environmental and multidisciplinary opportunities, bringing together technical, commercial and project management inputs to develop competitive and deliverable solutions for our clients.
- Business Development & Strategic Growth: Work with the Operations Manager, Team Leaders and wider Amentum business to identify and develop opportunities for strategic growth, including development of existing services, new capabilities, client relation
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Deputy Operations Manager - Environmental Services in Warrington employer: Amentum
Amentum is an exceptional employer that prioritises a collaborative work culture, allowing Senior Ecologists to thrive in a flexible hybrid role. With a strong commitment to climate resilience and biodiversity, employees benefit from meaningful projects, professional growth opportunities, and a supportive environment that values sustainable development.
