Associate Director Of Environmental Assessment In

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About the opportunity:

We are looking for individuals with a proven track record in environmental assessment leadership roles for major projects to join our team on some of the largest, most complex and exciting projects in Ireland.

You will support a team of environmental and planning professionals on a variety of projects across a range of sectors. We have a portfolio of high-profile projects with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Transport Authority, Irish Water, Eirgrid, Local Authorities, IDA, NI Water, Translink and clients in the private sector. Our team is delivering projects for these clients and we are looking for enthusiastic and flexible staff to join our highly successfully team.

Our Water & Environment business is recognised as a leader in the provision of environmental consultancy for innovative and exciting major projects across the UK and Europe. We were highly commended as Large Consultancy of the Year Award at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)’s 2023 Awards and are part of a company listed as one of the World's Most Admired Companies in engineering and construction by Fortune magazine. Our Sustainable Business Objectives define our aspirations for how we can make a difference in creating a sustainable future for all.

Your Impact:

You will have a pivotal role in major project delivery, working closely with our clients and helping to lead our environmental assessment and consents workstreams. Your experience will enable you to identify and manage risks to project delivery and maximise opportunities for efficiencies, promote innovation, provide mentorship and support technical development of our staff. You will support profile raising activities, and manage and develop positive relationships with our clients.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• A degree in a relevant discipline

• A good understanding of the environmental impacts associated with major projects

• Experience in delivering EIAs and other types of assessments for a range of clients

• Knowledge and understanding of consenting regimes in Ireland and the UK

• A good awareness and understanding of relevant stakeholders

• Strong organisational, communication and inter-personal skills and collaborative working capabilities to co-ordinate and work within multi-disciplinary and diverse teams

• Chartered status and Full Membership of a recognised relevant professional body (e.g. IEMA), where a candidate does not meet this requirement, they would be expected to achieve this within their first year

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

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