Associate​/Associate Director​/Technical Director Environmental Planning Consultant

Tetra Tech Europe is an industry leading multi-national and multi-disciplinary consultancy. We have exciting opportunities for a range of senior grade consultants (Associate, Associate Director and Technical Director) to support the continued growth of our UK-based Environment, Sustainability & Planning (ESP) team and the wider business.

We are looking for broadly skilled, talented and motivated individuals who want to progress their career with a growing global consultancy, working on challenging and often ground-breaking projects. We have a considerable and diverse pipeline of work across sectors including water, residential and commercial, defence, transport infrastructure, energy and renewables, waste and minerals. This is predominantly in the UK and Ireland, with some international opportunities.

You will be joining an established and growing Environmental Planning team with an opportunity to engage and learn from a vast range of technical experts across our engineering, environmental, planning, sustainability and project management departments. Whilst you will be expected to support and manage a range of predominantly EIA projects within a consultancy environment, the role will also provide the chance to broaden skills and experience within team and project management, business development and technical assessment areas.

This senior leadership role within the team, reporting to the Head of EIA and Natural Capital, would offer an opportunity to influence its direction, particularly in terms of forthcoming changes to policy and emerging sectors and technologies, and play a fundamental part in its success.

Our Environmental Planning team has an established and varied workload and excellent reputation, with high technical standards demonstrated through membership of IEMA’s EIA Quality Mark scheme, and thought leadership through involvement in industry working groups and presentations/conferences.

Responsibilities

The roles of Associate, Associate Director and Technical Director will be commensurate with experience, but it would be expected that each grade will be responsible for providing technical and commercial leadership within the team, senior management and direction of the environmental planning, consenting and construction environmental management process for a variety of projects/sectors. You will be supported by other senior team members across ESP, and play a part in nurturing and developing our junior staff.

You will be expected to demonstrate competence and expertise in more than one of the following:

1. Project Management and Direction:

· Lead and oversee multiple projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards;

· Coordinate and collaborate with project teams, stakeholders, and subcontractors to gather necessary data and information;

· Develop and implement project plans, including scoping, data collection, impact assessment, and reporting;

· Effectively communicate and engage with stakeholders, including government agencies, local communities, NGOs, and project developers.

2. Environmental Impact Assessment (and Environmental Outcomes):

· Co-ordinate comprehensive and robust assessments of potential environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with proposed projects across multiple sectors. Experience of co-ordinating DCOs would be advantageous;

· Understand methodologies and tools to analyse data, assess risks, and identify potential mitigation measures to minimise adverse impacts;

· Stay updated with relevant environmental regulations, and collaborate with colleagues from other teams to prepare for changes in this, particularly relating to potential replacement of EIA and SEA;

· Provide industry recognised thought leadership, through publishing articles and guidance, speaking at events and being engaged in industry working groups.

3. Team management and leadership:

· Work alongside the Head of EIA & Natural Capital and Head of Planning to provide technical and commercial expertise, in terms of being available to respond to queries from colleagues and clients, understanding commercial elements such as fee build up, profit margins, etc.

· Being engaged…