The Principal/Associate Director role is an exciting opportunity to use your marine consenting, compliance and licencing expertise on some the largest and most interesting projects in the UK, Europe and Middle East. You will bring demonstrable experience in Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitats Regulations Assessment, Water Framework Directive assessments, Marine Conservation Zone assessments and /or marine licencing. In doing so you will work alongside a dedicated team of marine experts, with reach back into other specialists teams within the global Jacobs family. You will enthusiastically lead from the front, being the first point of contact in the provision of expert advice to both clients and stakeholders. Experience in engagement with clients, customers and environmental regulators is essential. The ability to develop networks across disciplines within the business will set you apart from others. Many of our projects are complex in nature and you will be required to work with other disciplines to create effective solutions. Creating an environment accessible to other specialist is essential to our project success, particularly when working across different geographies and cultures. As well as driving delivery of our current portfolio you will contribute to the identification, bidding and winning of work through the Water and Environment business unit Sales team. This will best leverage the capability of the team to win and deliver new and challenging work. We are looking for curious individuals that bring diverse thought and a willingness to challenge the accepted. In return we will empower you to work on complex and innovative projects, consider new ways of doing things differently and add value to creative client solutions.
We are looking to recruit into one of our UK offices, ideally in the north of the country (Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow or Edinburgh). The role will require a mixture of hybrid working, although the flexibility to travel between offices and time spent within one of our core offices is expected.
- A background in marine ecology, planning and/or consenting with extensive years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in the production of EIA, WFD/CAR, HRA, MCZ and/or marine licencing ·
- Demonstrable experience working on large scale infrastructure projects ·
- Chartered membership of a professional body (or sufficient experience to obtain chartership) ·
- Strategic mindset able to contribute to wide team leadership ·
- Flexible approach to working, with occasional travel required across the UK and Ireland ·
- Inquisitiveness and willingness to learn ·
- A ‘hands on’ work ethic and good self-awareness ·
- Ability to adapt to working on a wide range of projects
Our Culture
We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team. Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know. #ADEcology #EcologistUK #UKAquaticEcology
