Location
Croydon, with flexible hybrid working options and multiple office locations across the UK including Basingstoke, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans, Warrington.

Hours
Full Time, flexible working arrangements available

Salary
Competitive salary commensurate with experience

About the Role
Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects and helping the UK deliver its net zero commitments? Join AECOM’s established Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team of over 165 professionals across the UK and Ireland. As a Principal EIA Consultant, you will manage environmental inputs to large-scale development projects across multiple sectors including energy generation (carbon capture, hydrogen, renewables), energy distribution, rail, highways, regeneration, ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial, residential and industrial developments.

You will lead the preparation and technical review of EIA screening and scoping reports, Environmental Statements, and supporting documents throughout all project stages from early strategy and feasibility, through detailed design, construction, and operation. You will work across various consenting regimes such as DCO, TCPA, TWA, and hybrid Bills.

Your role will involve ensuring the highest quality standards in deliverables, managing resources and budgets, collaborating with integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints and mitigation solutions, managing client relationships, and leading business development opportunities. This is an opportunity to contribute to transformative infrastructure projects that create positive, lasting impacts aligned with AECOM’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Join a global team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through innovation, technical excellence, and sustainability.

Experience
- Proven experience managing and coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects
- Strong consultancy background with excellent understanding of EIA processes, environmental assessment methods, and relevant planning legislation
- Detailed knowledge of consenting and licensing regimes including DCO, TCPA, TWA, and hybrid Bills
- Confident engagement with diverse stakeholder groups
- Experience in project management including programming, staff resource, and budget management

About you
- Collaborative team player with the ability to coordinate inputs from specialist technical teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical report writing and reviewing
- Motivated to promote environmental services and lead business development initiatives
- Willingness to travel as required
- Interest in line management and staff mentoring is advantageous

Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant environmental discipline, preferably a Masters degree
- Appropriate professional membership (e.g. IEMA)
- Chartered Environmentalist status is a bonus