Principal / Associate Director - Aquatic Ecology

The Principal/Associate Director role is an exciting opportunity to use your marine consenting, compliance and licencing expertise on some the largest and most interesting projects in the UK, Europe and Middle East. You will bring demonstrable experience in Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitats Regulations Assessment, Water Framework Directive assessments, Marine Conservation Zone assessments and /or marine licencing. In doing so you will work alongside a dedicated team of marine experts, with reach back into other specialists teams within the global Jacobs family. You will enthusiastically lead from the front, being the first point of contact in the provision of expert advice to both clients and stakeholders. Experience in engagement with clients, customers and environmental regulators is essential. The ability to develop networks across disciplines within the business will set you apart from others. Many of our projects are complex in nature and you will be required to work with other disciplines to create effective solutions. Creating an environment accessible to other specialist is essential to our project success, particularly when working across different geographies and cultures. As well as driving delivery of our current portfolio you will contribute to the identification, bidding and winning of work through the Water and Environment business unit Sales team. This will best leverage the capability of the team to win and deliver new and challenging work. We are looking for curious individuals that bring diverse thought and a willingness to challenge the accepted. In return we will empower you to work on complex and innovative projects, consider new ways of doing things differently and add value to creative client solutions. We actively support the professional development of staff, through our Global Career Framework, Chartership Academy Programme, Employee Networks and our Communities of Practice networks, which connect us to over 600 Jacobs ecologists globally. Here's what you'll need

• A background in marine ecology, planning and/or consenting with extensive years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in the production of EIA, WFD/CAR, HRA, MCZ and/or marine licencing ·
• Demonstrable experience working on large scale infrastructure projects ·
• Chartered membership of a professional body (or sufficient experience to obtain chartership) ·
• Strategic mindset able to contribute to wide team leadership ·
• Flexible approach to working, with occasional travel required across the UK and Ireland ·
• Inquisitiveness and willingness to learn ·
• A 'hands on' work ethic and good self-awareness ·
• Ability to adapt to working on a wide range of projects
  
  The Aquatic Ecology team are part of the 2400 strong Water and Environment group, supporting clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Working as part of large multidisciplinary teams, our team deliver environmental monitoring programmes, support planning applications, undertake consenting and advisory roles and post project appraisal of a wide range of projects. We are currently delivering a number of high profile national infrastructure developments, power, water and transport infrastructure projects, port and maritime developments, national flood defence and restoration schemes. Jacobs are a globally respected and ambitious organisation, ranked No. 1 and largest UK environmental consultant (Environmental Analyst, 2021 & 2022) and Large Consultancy of the Year (Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, 2021) with extensive aquatic environmental survey capability and capacity. With over 180 ecologists nationally, Jacobs has a strong sector presence.
  
  At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.