Environmental Impact Assessment - Senior Associate Director in Belfast

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting‑edge manufacturing. We turn abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

With a proven track record in environmental assessment leadership on major projects, you will be a leading member of our Environment Team. You will deliver environmental assessments and consents workstreams for some of the largest, most complex projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland, for clients including Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), Irish Rail, National Transport Authority (NTA), Uisce Eireann, EirGrid, local authorities, IDA, NI Water, Translink, and others.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental project teams to successful delivery outcomes.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks to project delivery.
• Ensure application of governance and compliance management in regard to relevant environmental legislation and policies.
• Take a collaborative stakeholder engagement approach across all activity and processes required for development consent processes.
• Promote and sponsor innovation, maximizing opportunities for workstream efficiencies and the ongoing development of our portfolio of solutions.
• Mentor and support the technical and personal development of colleagues and peers, further enhancing your team’s capability footprint.
• Support business development and sales opportunities, promoting the portfolio of solutions that Jacobs offers to meet client challenges.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in client‑facing roles, fostering close working and collaborative relationships with clients, and proactively engaging key stakeholders to meet project requirements.
• A track record in scoping, developing appropriate and adequate mitigation measures according to project requirements to facilitate successful consenting outcomes.
• In‑depth project management and governance experience, ensuring that health, safety, security, sustainability, and inclusivity is embedded into project and decision‑making processes.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Attained Chartered status and full membership of a recognised relevant professional body (e.g., IEMA, CIWEM, IES).

Our Culture & Benefits

Joining Jacobs connects you locally and globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business and believe in a culture of caring, supporting one another to succeed. With safety and flexibility top of mind, we’ve moved beyond traditional working ways to help you maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities—from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program—to help our clients make the world a better place. Our culture promotes inclusion and belonging. We accept people for who they are, championing diverse perspectives and backgrounds as sources of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities through employee networks, communities of practice, and “Find Your Community” initiatives. Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help attract and retain talent from a wide range of backgrounds. For greater online accessibility, visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a disability‑confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements. We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We provide a hybrid working policy, allowing a mix of office/project and remote work. We value your application experience and are keen to adapt to make every interaction better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (e.g., a different format for the application form), please contact the team via Careers Support.