At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead marine ecology projects and provide expert advice on environmental performance.
- Company: Join AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hybrid working, career development, and personalised benefits.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities for growth and mentorship.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on marine projects that shape our future.
- Qualifications: Expertise in marine ecology and experience in project management required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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.
Are you passionate about leading the environmental performance of marine development projects? Join our dynamic Nature team as our Marine Ecologist Lead (Technical Director) in growing offices across the UK and Ireland including Birmingham, Cambridge and Dublin, as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. You will have the opportunity to apply your skills, knowledge and expertise on both national and international projects.
In this role you will lead our team of highly specialised marine ecologists, working alongside and closely with our marine EIA colleagues, to build and develop the marine ecology team and grow our portfolio of high-profile marine projects. You will be client facing and will take responsibility for the management, growth, and development of the marine ecology team.
What your new role will entail:
- Be a Subject Matter Expert: as the lead of AECOM's marine ecology team you will provide technical marine ecological and marine consenting advice, internally and externally. You will direct inputs to a wide range of workstreams and deliverables across a broad range of projects including involvement in the full EIA or DCO development cycle of major projects.
- Ensure Quality: as our lead verifier for all marine ecology projects, your role requires a critical eye for detail to ensure that our deliverables are produced to the highest quality standards and compliance with our rigorous quality management procedures.
- Collaborate: you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve the environmental outcomes of our projects.
- Growth and business development: you lead our work winning efforts for the marine ecology team, including developing technical and fee proposals.
- Project Management: you will be an effective project manager, appropriately managing resources and budgets, and reporting on progress internally and to clients.
- Mentoring: your role will require you to help develop and train the marine ecology team members, creating a supportive environment for individuals to thrive.
Here's what we will need from you:
- Comprehensive marine ecological expertise with demonstrable experience in the preparation and review of specialist technical chapters and all associated impact assessments.
- A detailed understanding of the marine consenting and licencing regimes across the UK.
- Ability to provide technical advice and application of advanced scientific practices, theories and technologies for a diverse range of marine projects.
- Team leadership experience, including line management and mentorship of junior team members.
- Business development experience, including preparing tenders, client presentations.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
