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Job Description

What your new role will entail;

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Built Heritage Consultant, to join our growing Heritage team in either Croydon, Newcastle, Bristol or Leeds . We’re looking for someone who is passionate about conservation work and who can demonstrate experience of engaging with and consulting a wide range of audiences to support complex projects.

The position involves delivering desk-based assessments and Environmental Statements on a range of projects, particularly in our growing renewables market. The candidate will also be expected to provide constructive advice on listed buildings applications and work within conservation areas and have the confidence to present these to statutory consultees. All work will require a knowledge and understanding of national and local historic environment policy and legislation and a proven track record of successful delivery is essential.

Principal responsibilities:

• Undertaking research and site visits to inform heritage assessments and setting assessments

• Preparing desk-based assessments and heritage statements

• Providing optioneering and design advice to client teams

• Working with the wider EIA team, preparing impact assessments, including Environment Statements

• Undertaking statutory consultations and liaising with stakeholders via telephone, Microsoft Teams and via on site meetings

• Undertaking on site monitoring visits and building recording

• Listed Building Consents

• Working independently and taking responsibility for programmes of work, conducted safely, and producing high quality reports

• Working in a multi-disciplinary team, liaising effectively with managers, consultants from other disciplines and other stakeholders as required

• Project Management: Prepare and manage the production of bids using internal systems and operations, and assess design resources within the discipline

Being part of the team;

AECOM Heritage are an established heritage consultancy with offices throughout the UK. We are currently experiencing growth across our renewables, power and water markets, as well as carbon capture and alternative fuels. We work for clients such as National Grid, SSEN, Low Carbon, Severn Trent Water and Harbour Energy to name a few. Projects include Grid modernisation projects, solar farms, water transfer and pipeline projects as well as green ways and active travel schemes. The team comprises 26 heritage consultants with specialisms in archaeology, historic landscape and built heritage. We are specifically looking for an experienced professional who thrives in a collaborative team environment, willing to contribute to and lead on some of the country’s major infrastructure projects from a built heritage perspective – guiding and steering design teams delivering high quality work.

This role can be based from our Croydon, Newcastle, Bristol or Leeds offices. We offer a flexible hybrid working model . As a member of our team, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a range of flexible choices covering health, finance, lifestyle, well-being and more.

Qualifications

Here’s what we will need from you;

• A relevant first degree and/or post-graduate qualification in historic buildings or a related subject

• Appropriate level of membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists or the Institute of Historic Building Conservation

• Detailed knowledge of UK heritage legislation and policy

• Detailed knowledge of UK built heritage across a range of periods and building types and experience of undertaking the assessment of historic buildings and their setting, and the contribution that setting makes to a building’s significance

• Experience in costing and project management

• Client focused team player with a positive attitude and ability to work with diplomacy and collaborate effectively

• Ability to manage own time and comfortable working both within a team or alone to tight deadlines

• Supporting with client communications and developing relationships with key contacts, ensuring a high level of customer service, and ensuring accurate, timely reporting.

• Willingness to work flexibly and travel when required to meet with clients and project teams.

Additional Information

Bring your bold ideas and big dreams.

You can learn more about us here: AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.com)

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com 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 you’re 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll 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 person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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

ReqID: J10107147

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid