Environmental Project Director

RPS is seeking an Environmental Project Director for their Environmental Management Team in Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, or Birmingham. The role involves leading client contact for large development schemes, coordinating with environmental specialists, and managing project delivery. Responsibilities include client relationship management, scheduling, and ensuring compliance with environmental consents. Candidates should have experience in project planning and delivery for major UK infrastructure projects.
We are looking for an Environmental Project Director to join our Environmental Management Team in Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester or Birmingham.

RPS projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. With us, you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to one of our Technical Directors, the Environmental Project Director will be an integral part of our environment team.

This is a key position where you will be lead client contact for important client services frameworks and large development schemes e.g. infrastructure/renewable projects, and facilitate the integration of pre and post consenting activities into project delivery, across environmental, planning, design, assessment and construction. It is an essential role coordinating with the EIA / Planning Specialists and / or Project Manager on projects as appropriate.

It’s an exciting role that will vary greatly from day to day. Some days will be spent working with our clients attending meetings and/or workshops, and providing advice to help manage their consent applications or compliance. Other days will be spent working with our various environmental teams with their delivery programmes and schedules. You’ll take responsibility across our teams for delivery of the required technical inputs for our clients. You’ll be the main project point of contact to manage key environmental stakeholder interfaces and delivery. You may act as Project Manager or alternatively support a lead Project Manager overseeing the financial performance of our projects.

Key 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

Who We’re Looking For

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 programme 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

What’s in it for you?

We will provide you with a competitive salary, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 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.

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. 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.

Here you're part of the solution

RPS is where you come to build a career, where you'll find true support, encouragement and the opportunity to grow. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. People who believe they can shape a more sustainable future, who build lasting relationships and who embrace new ways of working. And where you’ll be supported every step of the way.

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.

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 and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.