Location
Flexible office locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, St Albans, with hybrid working options available.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Join AECOM as a Principal Environmental Consultant working on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects across the UK and Ireland. You will manage environmental inputs to large-scale infrastructure development projects that support the UK’s net zero commitments and transform infrastructure. Projects include energy generation (carbon capture, hydrogen, renewables), energy distribution and transmission, carbon capture pipelines, strategic rail projects, highway improvements, regeneration developments, and sectors such as ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial, residential, and industrial.

You will provide expert input to EIA screening and scoping reports, Environmental Statements, and supporting documents, covering all project stages from early strategy and site identification through to construction and operation. Your role will involve managing multidisciplinary environmental inputs across multiple consenting regimes including DCO, TCPA, TWA, and hybrid Bills.

Key responsibilities include ensuring the highest quality of deliverables, applying strong project management skills to manage resources and budgets, collaborating with integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints and mitigation solutions, managing client relationships and internal teams, and leading business development opportunities. You will work within a large, established Environmental Impact team and contribute to AECOM’s commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities.

Experience
Proven experience managing and coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure development projects. Strong knowledge of EIA, environmental assessment methods, planning legislation, and consenting/licensing regimes. Experience with DCO and/or TWAO is advantageous. Demonstrated consultancy and project management skills including programming, resourcing, and budget management. Ability to coordinate specialist technical inputs effectively.

About you
Confident communicator with excellent verbal, report writing, and technical review skills. Collaborative team player able to build strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Passionate about improving environmental performance and delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions. Willingness to travel and work flexibly across projects and stakeholder groups.

Qualifications
Degree in a relevant environmental discipline, preferably at Masters level, with appropriate professional membership. Chartered Environmentalist status is desirable. Interest in mentoring and line management is advantageous.