Associate Director Environmental Due Diligence UK & Ireland

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking to hire an Associate Director Environment Due Diligence (EDD) Specialist to lead the UK and Ireland EDD Team which is part of the Environmental, Health and Safety discipline. This is a strategic role. You will be expected to develop strategy to accelerate growth of EDD delivery, collaborating extensively with the environmental and technical due diligence teams globally. The strategy is to include Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the context of due diligence.

Location is flexible but you will need to be able to travel as required.

This role will suit someone who has specialized in environmental due diligence with a strong reputation and experience directly with clients for most of their professional career. The candidate selected will be given the support and opportunity to lead, grow and further develop these services within AECOM for our clients.

Job Duties :

• Develop and drive strategy for market growth, working with key colleagues in UK and Ireland as well as the wider EMEA community.

• This role will require collaboration with our colleagues in the other regions to deliver a seamless global offering in environmental due diligence.

• Lead on technical excellence and innovation through AECOMs Technical Practice Network as the UK and Ireland lead for the Global EDD Technical Practice Group. This will include embedding ESG and sustainable finance into our market offering.

• Collaborate with other relevant disciplines (e.g. property due diligence, site selection due diligence and international project finance teams) to enhance AECOM’s integrated due diligence market share.

• Support and help develop existing key client accounts, analyze relevant markets for new potential key clients and support development of key new client development strategies.

• Share the responsibility for the success of the due diligence practice, including technical, commercial, and best practice aspects.

• Lead and direct due diligence commissions, directing both the technical and commercial aspects of projects that may often involve multiple-geography delivery teams.

• Drive industry best practice across the EDD practice, including enhancement of our deliverables and advisory service to clients.

• Collaborate with AECOM’s wider business to deliver added value and continuous improvement to EDD and wider standards, processes and knowledge including digital delivery of EDD services and ESG.

• Lead and manage our due diligence professionals across UK and Ireland.

• Lead, develop and manage client relationships to including the growth of our client portfolio through targeted business development.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A wide range of EDD delivery experience across multiple sectors, ideally including the equity, commercial, technology and industrial sectors.

• A demonstrable and mature network of client contacts.

• Strong leadership experience in delivering EDD programs and portfolios.

• Must have good experience in ESG delivery in the context of EDD

• Demonstrable knowledge of the relevant global and regional legal aspects impacting EDD and ESG

• Extensive experience in bidding, winning, and delivering EDD across individual and portfolios of assets.

• Demonstrable experience in leading, managing and supporting the career development of a team

• Extensive experience in developing and delivering on EDD strategy.

• Ideally, you will have experience of delivering technical reports via a range of software options, and you will be excited about how you will seek to bring digital innovation to the EDD practice

And:

• Experience of networking with, working in and project managing multi-disciplinary teams.

• Strong client relationship management and business development skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Awareness of new technologies and legislation, as appropriate.

• Experience of all aspects of financial management of professional instructions.

Qualifications:

• Hold a relevant degree, for example a degree in Environmental Science or in Engineering.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• A wide range of EDD delivery experience across multiple sectors, ideally including the equity, commercial, technology and industrial sectors.

• A demonstrable and mature network of client contacts.

• Strong leadership experience in delivering EDD programs and portfolios.

• Must have good experience in ESG delivery in the context of EDD

• Demonstrable knowledge of the relevant global and regional legal aspects impacting EDD and ESG

• Extensive experience in bidding, winning, and delivering EDD across individual and portfolios of assets.

• Demonstrable experience in leading, managing and supporting the career development of a team

• Extensive experience in developing and delivering on EDD strategy.

• Ideally, you will have experience of delivering technical reports via a range of software options, and you will be excited about how you will seek to bring digital innovation to the EDD practice

And:

• Experience of networking with, working in and project managing multi-disciplinary teams.

• Strong client relationship management and business development skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Awareness of new technologies and legislation, as appropriate.

• Experience of all aspects of financial management of professional instructions.

Qualifications:

• Hold a relevant degree, for example a degree in Environmental Science or in Engineering.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10099250

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid