Associate Director Environmental Consultant

Job Title: Associate Director - Environmental Consultant

Location: Birmingham

Overview

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a global, multi-disciplinary consultancy delivering world-class advisory and technical services across infrastructure, energy, water, transport and the built environment. With a strong and established UK Environment Practice of over 600 professionals, they work at the forefront of tackling major challenges including climate change, social inclusion and rapid urbanisation.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to step into a senior leadership role, coordinating and delivering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and broader environmental consultancy services across major infrastructure and development projects. Key clients include national infrastructure bodies, utilities providers, government agencies and local authorities.

You will collaborate with technical specialists across disciplines, drive project delivery, develop client relationships and play a key role in growing the environmental practice while mentoring and developing junior colleagues.

The Role

• Lead the coordination and delivery of environmental consultancy services, including EIA, environmental management and options appraisals.
• Line manage and mentor a team of environmental professionals.
• Champion high environmental standards across multidisciplinary engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Collate and edit technical information to produce clear, high-quality reports.
• Deliver work to time and budget, reviewing outputs from colleagues to ensure quality.
• Manage client relationships professionally and proactively.
• Support bid preparation and business development activities, identifying opportunities for growth.
• Maintain Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in line with professional institute requirements.

About You

• Degree or Master's in an environmental, science or related discipline.
• Chartered professional status (or working towards) with experience on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven consultancy experience at a senior level, ideally within EIA or environmental assessment.
• Comprehensive understanding of the EIA process and environmental technical disciplines.
• Demonstrable leadership experience within multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to review technical outputs.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure and manage priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly.
• Flexible, adaptable and willing to travel or work from different office/client locations as required.
• Highly self-motivated with a strong commitment to delivering sustainable outcomes.

Rewards & Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-related bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including pension, healthcare and flexible benefits
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Generous holiday allowance
• Structured training and professional development programmes
• Strong mentoring and clear progression pathways

Interested?

For applications, or for more information regarding this opportunity, please send your up-to-date CV to Josh Jones at (url removed) or call (phone number removed)