Senior Heritage Consultant Archaeology

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Are you passionate about developing your archaeological consultancy career

Join as a Senior Heritage Consultant - Archaeology to join our talented Heritage team in our Croydon Nottingham and Leeds as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. 

Over the past twenty-five  years our heritage team has delivered many hundreds of projects across every business sector in the UK and internationally. We are looking for an experienced professional heritage consultant to support the delivery of development projects across a range of sectors including power renewables water defence and most notably on significant infrastructure projects. The huge variety of project work will provide regular opportunities to build on your current knowledge and develop your career in line with your particular interests and addition to a range of company training options the heritage team offer regular workshop sessions to share our knowledge and enable continual improvement. Constant collaboration maintains a friendly and welcoming team who share knowledge and experience to continually improve both as individuals and collectively.

We would like you to join our team to share your knowledge and experience and help us deliver to the highest standard possible.

Your Expertise:

• Proven track record of Cultural Heritage Desk-based Assessments Heritage Statements ES Chapters and other planning application documents to a high standard.
• Understanding and ideally experience of heritage consultancy.
• Knowledge of the UK planning system and British archaeology.
• Understanding and experience of delivering the archaeological planning process including field evaluation and mitigation design.
• Understanding of the delivery of DCO projects from initiation to post-consent mitigation including support through examination.
• Understanding and experience of undertaking setting assessments of heritage assets.
• Capability to arrange and chair statutory consultation meetings.

Ensuring Quality:

• You will undertake formal quality assurance of reporting such as desk-based assessments and Environmental Statements. Training is provided.
• Be willing to provide regular mentor support and task specific training for Consultant grade staff.
• Ensure Health and Safety procedures are followed at all times.

Collaboration:

• Be able to work closely with clients colleagues and other discipline leads to provide optimum project delivery.
• Contribute innovative ideas to enhance AECOM and the Heritage teams offering.
• Contribute to training workshops for other team members.
• Assist with the development of sector expertise working groups.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• A relevant first degree and/or post-graduate qualification in archaeology.
• Appropriate level of membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists or equivalent.
• Technical and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Come grow with us.

Additional Information :

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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 :

Full-time