Associate Director EIA, Solar and battery

at  AECOM

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Job Description

WHAT YOUR NEW ROLE WILL ENTAIL;

We are recruiting an experienced Associate Director of EIA to join our Environment & Sustainability business and deliver our increasing portfolio of renewables and net zero projects, with a particular focus on the solar sector.
As an Associate Director you’ll lead and oversee EIAs for renewables and solar projects, lead environmental inputs across all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions/requirements, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance. Depending on the scale of the project you may fulfil a delivery role as day-to-day EIA project manager, whilst on other projects fulfilling the role as EIA project director and overseeing the EIA team. You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes. You will also play an instrumental role in helping to seek out and secure new commissions, and be actively engaged in client relationship management.
You will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team. We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark, whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

YOUR ROLE WILL INCLUDE:

• Direct/ lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, supporting projects to gain development consent
• Direct/ lead the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/ Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports) and supporting documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters
• Work as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy, as well as delivering benefits where possible
• Client engagement and management
• Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
• Direct resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets (with support as applicable)
• Supporting staff development and mentoring
• Lead business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
• Promoting AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences