Eia Associate Director - Manchester, United Kingdom - Sweco UK

Sweco UK

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Do you have what it takes to transform society?
We are looking for a Technical Manager/Technical Director who is enthusiastic, curious and looking for that next challenge.

We have an amazing opportunity to help grow our Environment Planning and Sustainability Team with a key focus on EIA in the development sector.

It's an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

What does the role involve?

Our team is involved in a wide range of environment and sustainability projects at all stages of the development cycle - from due diligence, through EIA and onto design.

We work with a range of clients across the public sector and private developers.

As a Technical Manager/Technical Director you will provide technical leadership, support business development to grow our EIA presence, and support to the team to deliver our projects.

To be successful in this role you'll possess:

A proven track record in the delivery of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislative and policy frameworks, available guidance and industry best practice relevant to the delivery of EIA
The ability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner with other team members and to produce reports in clear English.
Project management experience of delivering EIA / SEA
Client relationship management and workwinning experience
Understanding of the need to deal sensitively with client and company information, particularly where this is not in the public domain
Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find quick, innovative and practical solutions
Take responsibility for personal development and enable and support the learning of others
Effective negotiation and persuading skills, able to manage and diffuse challenging situations
Have full membership of an appropriate professional body e.g. IEMA, IES.
Have / or be working towards attaining chartered environmentalist / scientist status

Desirable

Experience and proficiency in using GIS packages would be beneficial

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we'd love to hear from you.

About Us
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before.

At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality.

Our ambition is to be our clients' most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests.

We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It's important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco.

We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.

To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

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**Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.