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About the Role
Mott MacDonald's energy environment and social team is seeking an environmental consultant at Technical Principal or Technical Director level to provide environmental and consenting technical direction for energy projects. The role involves leading business development, client engagement, and proposal bidding, with a focus on energy network sectors, nuclear, and renewables.
Responsibilities
- Leading the environment and consent team for large linear projects in the energy sector
- Working closely with engineering colleagues in consent-led teams to ensure environmental considerations during project development
- Supporting contractors in meeting environmental requirements
- Providing leadership and guidance for project teams and technically assuring deliverables
- Directing projects
- Building relationships with clients
- Managing sub-consultants
- Approving technical and commercial aspects of proposals
- Playing a key role in the delivery of the business plan and growth strategy
Requirements
- Fluent in English
- Degree and Masters qualified in an environmental subject
- Led DCO applications and permitting for UK energy projects (transmission and distribution, solar, hydro, wind, and thermal generation technologies)
- Extensive experience in developing client relationships and preparing proposals for new project opportunities
- Understanding of the technical aspects of energy projects
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills
- Experience in providing support and guidance to junior staff
- Ability to work within a team and motivate others to deliver to high standards
- Ability to meet challenging budgets and timescales
- A high standard in an environmental specialism and a broader awareness of other environmental or social disciplines
- Experience of options appraisals and iterative design processes
- Offers are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance
- Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK
- Welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative UK immigration routes that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker
Skills
- Environmental consulting
- Environmental and consenting technical direction
- Business development
- Client engagement
- Proposal writing
- Project leadership
- Technical assurance
- Team motivation
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Writing skills
Location
- UK-wide
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Technical Principal
- Technical Director
Education Level
- Degree
- Masters
Benefits
- Pension contributions matching between 4.5% and 7%
- Life assurance equal up to 4x basic salary (option to increase to 6x)
- Income protection scheme
- Flexible benefits (increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, will writing)
- Annual bonus schemes
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Access to Peppy for menopause support
- Comprehensive wellbeing program with family access
- Ability to flex salary for health benefits (extendable to family)
- Minimum of 33-35 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays, dependent on level)
- Ability to buy or sell leave
- 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service
- Employee saving schemes and discounts
- Enhanced family leave policies (26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, 2 weeks paid paternity/partner)
- Shared parental leave (up to 24 weeks at full pay)
- Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (two paid)
- Support for military families
- Primary annual professional institution subscription
- Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills (mentoring, formal training, self-development)
- Membership in Advanced Employee Networks (LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, parents/carers)
- Support through the Armed Forces Network
- Opportunities to make a difference within communities through social outcomes
About the Company
- Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
- Works across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that defines the future and makes an important societal impact.
- People power performance; success is achieved when employees succeed.
- Offers countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow.
- Proudly employee-owned business benefiting clients, communities, and each other.
- Invests in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.
- The Energy unit delivers services globally across hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation, and transmission & distribution networks.
- Provides integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle.
- Helps to deliver the energy transition globally.
Equal Opportunity
- We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
- We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.