Principal Marine Consultant EIA Projects

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Are you passionate about positively influencing the environmental performance of marine development projects. Join our team as a Principal Marine Consultant and you will have the opportunity work on our range of marine projects in sectors such as offshore wind, interconnectors, subsea cables, ports and harbours and coastal developments.  By joining us you will work daily with technical experts, including our in-house marine ecology team, within our established Environmental Impact (EIA) team which comprises over 165 staff across the UK and Ireland. We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark, whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

As we are a national team, we are flexible in terms of office location – Ideally, you would be based in one of our offices across the UK including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle and Plymouth as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of marine programs and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients, many of which are related to power generation (e.g. floating offshore wind) and transmission (including international interconnectors) as well as a wide variety of other sectors such as subsea cables, ports and harbours and coastal developments.

In this role you will support and input to our growing portfolio of high-profile marine projects.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Provide Expertise: As an  Principal Marine Consultant you’ll manage environmental inputs across a diverse range of marine projects.  Manage the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports, environmental assessments/ Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports) and supporting assessments and documents, including the technical review of specialist chapters. You’ll be involved in all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance.
• Ensure Quality: Your role requires a critical eye for detail to ensure that our deliverables are produced to the highest quality standards and compliance with our rigorous quality management procedures.
• Project Management: Make effective use of your project management skills, appropriately managing resources and budgets (with support as applicable).
• Collaborate: You will work as part of integrated team to improve the environmental outcomes of our projects – you will identify environmental constraints, identify impact avoidance and mitigation solutions, as well as opportunities to deliver benefits.
• Client Contact: Your role will require the management of client relationships, internal teams and subcontractors.
• Growth: You will promote AECOM’s environmental services to both internal and external audiences. You will identify and lead business development opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development.

At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.