Environmental Impact Assessment Director

Eden Brown

Job Description

Director – Environmental Impact Assessments - Southern Region

We're working with an innovative, award winning and market leading environmental consultancy to help them appoint an EIA Director. They have over 30 years' experience in helping organisations improve their environmental, social and health & safety performance. They're working on high profile projects throughout the UK, including housing, leisure, transport and mixed use.

The EIA Director will provide commercial leadership to further develop the company's position in the EIA market, with a view to increasing market share in existing strong sectors (housing, commercial/industrial, defence, waste & mixed use) and to develop a presence in transport and infrastructure. The Director will also provide technical strength and depth in delivery of EIA work, acting as Project Director/Technical Reviewer and mentor to less experienced staff.

The successful candidate will have:

- A Degree in relevant Planning / Environmental Assessment subject, and broad experience in environmental consultancy, with bias towards EIA / Planning.
- Other relevant backgrounds can be considered, particularly property development and construction, provided adequate technical knowledge of EIA can be demonstrated.
- A relevant technical area an advantage – e.g. ecology, landscape & visual, noise, water, archaeology.

The following are advantageous but not essential:

- Expert Witness experience
- Knowledge and experience of transport and infrastructure EIA
- Waste, renewable energy and housing sectors
- A relevant MSc / PhD
- Relevant professional memberships

Planning, EIA and Sustainable Regeneration are key growth areas for the business in the 3 year business plan. This individual would play a key role in driving these forward and their development opportunities will be limited only by their success in achieving this.

The salary offered is up £70k plus car and flexible benefits package.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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