Associate Director EIA

Overview

As Associate EIA Director, you will lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs for large-scale infrastructure projects and help clients gain development consent. You will work with the Environmental Impact team to shape strategies across energy, transport, and regeneration schemes, contributing to the UK’s net zero ambitions. You’ll manage resources and budgets, while collaborating with design teams to mitigate environmental impacts. This is a growth role with scope to lead proposals, mentor staff, and promote AE​COM’s environmental services to clients and stakeholders.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• comprehensive compensation and wellbeing programs
• global firm resources
• opportunity to work on high-impact infrastructure projects
• career development and mentoring
• equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary environmental inputs to diverse projects and secure development consent
• Prepare EIA Screening Reports, Scoping Reports and Environmental Statements with technical review of specialist chapters
• Manage resources, allocate tasks, monitor budgets and timelines
• Collaborate with integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints and implement mitigation measures
• Support business development through fee proposals and technical bid work
• Foster staff development, mentoring, and knowledge transfer
• Promote AE​COM’s environmental services to internal and external audiences

Key requirements

• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs to infrastructure projects
• Proven track record in managing EIA projects and knowledge of planning legislation; energy projects advantageous
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent verbal and report writing abilities; detailed technical review capability
• Project management skills including resource and budget management
• Degree in relevant environmental discipline; Masters preferred; professional membership
• Willingness to travel to client sites
• Chartered Environmentalist status or progression
• Interest in line management and staff mentoring
• Experience with DCO and/or TWAO consenting regimes
• Collaborative
• Excellent communication
• Mentoring and leadership
• EIA methods
• Environmental assessment and planning legislation
• Project management and budgeting

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