Associate Director - Environmental Consultant – International ESIA

Do you have the drive and technical capability to work with us as an Associate Director or Associate in the Planning and Environmental Consent team, delivering the future of AtkinsRéalis’ environmental international service offerings and capability? You can join a respected technical team and help maintain and grow our reputation for innovation and award-winning technical excellence, while working collaboratively to both win and deliver work across our extensive client portfolio. We have a deep-rooted passion for protecting natural capital and supporting our clients in meeting pressing challenges including climate change and biodiversity loss, and this is an exceptionally exciting time for you to join us.

Our company:

AtkinsRéalis business is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies, with over 50,000 employees worldwide. At AtkinsRéalis, we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment. Our friendly, collaborative, and supportive working environment is a great space to further develop your technical skills, build your career, and work with great people with a shared purpose.

Our team:

You will be joining our growing Planning and Environmental Consent team, part of our exciting and inclusive Environment practice. The role will sit within our Environmental Assessment and Management group, with the opportunity to work across multiple sectors and with our other businesses prevalently internationally, in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia. We develop and use state-of-the-art approaches and our innovative in-house tools to support our clients providing environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA), due diligences (ESDD), and management systems (ESMS), BAT assessments, environmental/sustainability risk assessments, supporting stakeholder consultation, and alternatives appraisal. You will work in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team, working for a broad range of public and private clients.

Our team offers a unique blend of skills, comprising experts in environmental and social sciences, environmental economics, and spatial analysis, with an ambitious strategy for continuous innovation and expanding our capability. We enjoy working collaboratively with our colleagues across the company to deliver projects that bring about real change, drawing on experts from specialist teams such as biodiversity and air quality to deliver our work.

We work for a broad spectrum of clients across the UK and overseas, including central and local government, International Financial Institutions, utilities, regulators, the water industry, private estates, developers, and NGOs.

Role location: Epsom, London (hybrid).

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious individual to join our Planning and Environmental Consent team, contributing to a wide range of projects across the Environment business, including in water management, climate adaptation, sustainable finance, nature-based carbon removals, habitat restoration, environmental planning, and designing future-ready cities. You will have the opportunity to work alongside award-winning national experts in natural capital, biodiversity net gain, and nature-based solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Champion high standards of environmental performance within multidisciplinary engineering projects, influencing project development and delivering optimal environmental outcomes.
• Identify, develop, and pursue new business and marketing opportunities including leading or supporting on tenders and framework bids and develop new areas of business for the team.
• Develop client network and collaborate with colleagues across AtkinsRéalis to generate opportunities to provide environmental services and win work.
• Manage project inputs from a range of disciplines working across AtkinsRéalis and our wider consultant network and manage client communication, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and maintain relationships across the organisation to ensure we position ourselves well within the market, assemble technically excellent project teams, and deliver high-quality quantitative analysis and written work.

The Individual:

You will be an Environmental Engineer, Scientist, or Economist, preferably chartered, who has demonstrable experience in providing ESIA and ESDD according to international standards (e.g., IFC Performance Standards, EBRD Performance Requirements) to International Financing Institutions and the private sectors. Some experience of multi-disciplinary project delivery is desirable, as environmental economics will often be an input into a wider project.

You will be self-motivated, flexible, and enthusiastic, as well as having:

• Technical expertise in a broad range of environment and social matters, sustainable development, and management systems.
• Relevant experience in understanding and addressing environmental and social risks and impacts of infrastructure projects e.g., the transport infrastructure, urban development, energy, and extractive sectors in line with the level of the role.
• Leader, key expert, or project manager on international ESIA and ESDD according to international standards.
• Understanding clients’ needs and balancing them with lenders, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements and local context, to successfully obtain planning/financing.
• International Development and Cooperation experience and strong organisational skills, an ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and to deadlines.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.

Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches, and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo.

We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces, and professionals returning after career breaks.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

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