Requisition/Vacancy No\. 118017BR
**Position Title** Principal Environmental Consultant
**Job Category** Engineering \- Environmental
**Business Line** Environment
**Office Region** United Kingdom
**Office Location** UK \- London
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Environment**
Our team of environment specialists offers clients expertise in air quality, impact analysis and permitting, environmental health and safety management consulting/due diligence, remediation consulting/engineering and construction/site restoration, specialty and emerging technologies, waste services and water and natural resources\.
**Job Summary** We are recruiting for Principal Environmental Consultants with knowledge of urban regeneration, to join a busy Urban Regeneration Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Planning Team in one of the largest environmental and engineering consultancies in the world\. The role would ideally be based in our Wimbledon office, but other locations in the South of England such as our Basingstoke or Victoria offices are available\.
The wider team provides the majority of the technical disciplines required for EIA, as well as project managing the process for a wide spectrum of projects both in the UK and internationally\. Projects range from large scale urban regeneration schemes, high profile infrastructure and industrial facilities, and power development projects\.
The role will involve supporting and directing colleagues in the Urban Regeneration EIA Team \(and other parts of the business\), to provide knowledge and expertise in the assessment and management of environmental issues and to help in the company objective of expanding environmental services\. It will require excellent EIA project management skills, commercial awareness in the marketplace and will predominantly involve work on and coordination of large multidisciplinary projects\.
The role will involve the mentoring and/or line management of more junior staff and working with senior management in business development opportunities\.
**Minimum Requirements** The ideal candidate would have a proven track record in management of EIA and/or environmental management / planning projects ideally in the urban regeneration sector\.
Knowledge:
• Considerable established knowledge of EIA and current best practice guidance in a variety of sectors, particularly urban regeneration\.
• Proven track record of EIA Project Management experience \(in a number of London Borough’s is preferable but not a requirement\)\.
• Extensive knowledge of project management principles and project finances and a range of EIA techniques in addition to other environmental assessment techniques such as Sustainability Appraisal \(SA\), Strategic Environmental Assessment \(SEA\), Health Impact Assessment \(HIA\) etc\.
Skills:
• Excellent time management, leadership and report writing skills\.
• Extensive proven track record in project management and financial management\.
• Strong ability to interpret and analyse data effectively\.
• First class communication and organisation skills\.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team as well as co\-ordinate the work of others\.
• Self motivation, enthusiasm and tenacity\.
• Strong attention to detail at all times and excellent problem solving abilities\.
• Flexibility to be able to lead on a wide range of EIA projects\.
• Strong numeracy, written and verbal communication skills and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental issues\.
Experience:
• Substantial experience of EIA and other impact assessment techniques \(particularly in the urban regeneration sector\)\.
• Considerable experience in managing projects in a consultancy environment\.
• Considerable time management experience\.
• Experience of producing Responses to Client tender briefs and business development experience\.
**Preferred Qualifications** • Good undergraduate/first degree in environmental sciences, natural sciences or environmental planning and Masters/second degree in a related subject such as EIA and environmental management essential\.
• Associate/Full Membership of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment \(IEMA\) or an equivalent professional organisation would be beneficial, as would a Chartered Environmentalist \(CEnv\) qualification\.
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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