Senior Consultant Environmental Compliance & Permitting

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We are looking to hire an experienced Senior Consultant - Environmental Compliance & Permitting.  This opportunity can be based from our Dublin Cork and Belfast office while also benefiting from our flexible hybrid working model.

Youll join a specialist environmental compliance and permitting team supporting clients across Irelands pharmaceutical manufacturing technology energy and process industries. Youll deliver a varied mix of licensing auditing and regulatory compliance projects through global frameworks and site-specific commissions.

Heres what youll do

• Lead and deliver environmental compliance permitting (including Industrial Emissions licensing) and regulatory advisory projects for industrial pharmaceutical manufacturing technology energy and infrastructure sector clients across Ireland.
• Undertake environmental compliance audits gap assessments site inspections and legislative reviews.
• Identify environmental compliance risks and develop practical corrective actions and improvement plans.
• Prepare and review technical reports and regulatory submissions including:

Industrial Emissions Licence applications and amendments;

Environmental Compliance Audit Reports;

Environmental Liability Risk Assessments;

Closure Restoration and Aftercare Management Plans;

Annual Environmental Reports;

Solvent Management Plans; and

Environmental compliance registers and assessments.

• Manage projects and workstreams including scope programme budget quality and client communication.
• Liaise with clients the EPA and other regulatory authorities on environmental compliance and permitting matters.
• Work with specialists across AECOMs environmental engineering sustainability and planning teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members.
• Support proposals tenders client development and identification of new opportunities.
• Keep up to date with environmental legislation regulatory developments and industry best practice in Ireland and Europe.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

Education

• A degree (or equivalent qualification) in Engineering Environmental Science or a related discipline.

Experience & Technical Expertise

• Demonstrable experience working in an industrial or consultancy environment.
• Proven track record in delivering environmental licensing and compliance services including preparation of associated documentation.
• Extensive working knowledge of relevant Irish and European environmental legislation.
• Excellent report writing technical reviewing and communication skills.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across a range of projects including those with tight deadlines.
• A proactive and positive attitude with strong team collaboration skills.
• Confidence in liaising with colleagues industrial clients and regulatory authorities.

If this matches your experience knowledge and aspirations we would welcome your application.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract