Environmental Project Director

About the Opportunity

RPS, a Tetratech company, are looking for an Environmental Project Director to join our Environmental Management Team in Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, or Birmingham.

Responsibilities

• Client relationship building and maintenance. Key client management and contact role.
• Programme coordination between client, planning, environmental, and design teams.
• Work with client and design teams to identify relevant environmental consents required and advise on their management.
• Confirm consents required with stakeholders, regulators, and client and negotiate agreements.
• Coordinate with the client for delivery of design and construction information required for project delivery.
• Scheduling of priority activities and deliverables and managing or coordinating environmental site teams.
• Coordinate and chair relevant technical meetings with client, stakeholders, and client.
• Plan integration of consent conditions into design and working methodology.
• Communicate consent requirements to site teams/client/technical teams.
• Supporting commercial aspects of proposals and tenders.
• Preparing pricing schedules and budgets for tenders.
• Supporting existing client management and new client development.

About You

Be conversant in project planning and delivery of environmental aspects to satisfy Planning/Development Consent Order (DCO) applications, requirements or conditions.

Demonstrable delivery support of consent program on major UK infrastructure projects.

Experience delivering multi-disciplinary consenting related activities across (but not limited to) – water, biodiversity, cultural heritage, landscape and contaminated land remediation.

Knowledge and experience delivering consents such as hybrid Bills (e.g. HS2), Planning Act, Transport and Works Act, Highways Act and Town and Country Planning Act and Environmental Permitting regimes.

Understanding of issues around consenting and risks to design process, with experience integrating consent requirements into design.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year.
• Company pension scheme.
• Group Disability Scheme.
• Share Incentive Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Screening.
• Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support).
• Dental Cover.
• Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers, and rewards.

About Company

RPS, a Tetra Tech Company, represents an exciting new chapter in our business. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

Eligibility

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability. Recruitment Agencies: We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.