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.

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

Here’s what you’ll 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 AECOM’s 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.