Ecological Compliance and Consents Lead

AECOM
Bristol
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Technical leadership","Quality assurance","Risk management","Stakeholder management","Commercial awareness"]

Lead AECOM’s Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) and Environmental Clerk of Works (EnvCoW) services across the UK & Ireland, providing technical direction, quality assurance, and verification of ecological compliance deliverables. Act as the UK&I lead verifier, manage resources and partners, and advise on construction-phase ecological risk management, consent implementation, and secondary consents growth for major UK infrastructure and DCO programmes.

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Ecological Compliance and Consents Lead

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Job Summary

Lead AECOM’s Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) and Environmental Clerk of Works (EnvCoW) services across the UK & Ireland, providing technical direction, quality assurance, and verification of ecological compliance deliverables. Act as the UK&I lead verifier, manage resources and partners, and advise on construction-phase ecological risk management, consent implementation, and secondary consents growth for major UK infrastructure and DCO programmes.
Location: Bristol
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as AECOM’s UK&I lead for ECoW and EnvCoW services.
  • •Serve as Lead Verifier for ECoW-related deliverables produced by internal teams and supply chain partners.
  • •Ensure projects are appropriately resourced, mobilised and delivered to AECOM quality standards.
  • •Provide expert advice on construction-phase ecological risk management, environmental compliance and consent implementation.
  • •Develop and implement a UK&I supply chain strategy and support business development and growth of environmental compliance services.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience delivering Environmental and/or Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) services on major infrastructure, utilities or development projects.
  • •Strong understanding of construction-phase ecological and environmental compliance requirements.
  • •Knowledge of secondary consents, including planning conditions, Development Consent Orders (DCOs), environmental permits and protected species licensing requirements.
  • •Experience reviewing, assuring and approving environmental compliance deliverables as a technical lead and quality reviewer for ECoW services.
  • •Membership of CIEEM or an equivalent professional body (preferably chartered or working towards chartership).
Experience:InfrastructureUtilitiesDevelopmentEnvironmental complianceEcologyDCO programmesClerk of worksSecondary consents
Skills:Technical leadershipQuality assuranceRisk managementStakeholder managementCommercial awareness
Certifications:CIEEM
Languages:English

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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