Location
St Albans with flexible hybrid working options including offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, and St Albans.

Hours
Full Time - flexible hybrid working model

Salary
Negotiable

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 staff across the UK and Ireland. As a Senior Environmental Consultant, you will coordinate environmental inputs to EIA screening and scoping reports, Environmental Statements, and supporting documents, including technical review of specialist chapters. You will be involved throughout all project life stages from early strategy and site identification, through feasibility, optioneering, outline and detailed design, to construction and operation phases. This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale development projects transforming infrastructure, including energy generation (carbon capture, hydrogen, renewables), energy distribution and transmission, carbon capture pipelines, strategic rail projects, highway improvements, regeneration projects, and developments across ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial, residential, and industrial sectors.

Your responsibilities will include ensuring the highest quality of deliverables, developing project management skills by coordinating resources and budgets, collaborating with integrated design teams to improve environmental outcomes, direct client contact, and supporting business development and fee proposal preparation. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions help deliver a better world through innovation and sustainability.

Experience
- EIA consultancy experience including coordinating environmental reports and technical review of specialist chapters
- Developing understanding of relevant consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill etc.)
- Experience of DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes is beneficial but not essential
- Ability to work collaboratively within established teams and coordinate specialist technical inputs
- Developing project management skills including programming and budget management

About you
- Passionate about environmental performance and sustainability
- Strong verbal and report writing skills including technical reviewing
- Confidence engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
- Commitment to innovation and continuing professional development
- Enthusiastic team player with a proactive approach to client and business development

Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree)
- Appropriate professional membership