Location
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 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 experts 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, feasibility, optioneering, detailed design, construction, to operation and maintenance. You will work across a diverse portfolio of large-scale development projects including energy generation (carbon capture, hydrogen, renewables), energy distribution and transmission, carbon capture pipelines, national and regional rail projects, highway improvements, regeneration projects, and developments in ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial, residential, and industrial sectors.

Your role includes ensuring the highest quality standards in deliverables, developing project management skills through resource and budget coordination, collaborating with integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints and mitigation solutions, and maintaining direct client contact. You will also support business development activities and promote AECOM’s environmental services internally and externally. Join a dynamic environment with over 800 environmental professionals across the UK and Ireland, working on impactful projects that transform infrastructure and deliver sustainable legacies.

Experience
- Proven 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 with DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes is beneficial but not essential

About you
- Ability to work collaboratively within established teams and coordinate inputs from specialist technical teams
- Developing project management skills including programming and budget management
- Commitment to innovation and continuing professional development
- Strong verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing
- Confidence engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups

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