Associate Director Climate Resilience and Adaptation
AECOM
- Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strengthen our position as a leader in climate risk assessment and adaptation strategies for infrastructure and business clients in the UK and across the European region.
- Working with the practice leadership to develop our climate change resilience service offerings with practical and viable solutions for clients.
- Contribute to the delivery of our ambitious business plan; growing our share of the market in infrastructure and wider business resilience and climate adaptation by winning work with new/existing clients in the UK and across the EMEA region.
- Support our infrastructure and urban design teams deliver more climate resilient projects.
- Lead and deliver commercially successful projects that maintain the high-quality professional outputs that we are known for.
- Develop talent within the team through line management and mentoring and support the upskilling of our colleagues on climate change resilience and adaptation.
- You will be supported by your line manager with regular mentoring and in continuing your professional development.
- Experience in developing climate change resilience adaption strategies at an organisational level.
- Experience in climate risk assessment of infrastructure systems and assets, including developing/designing adaptation and resilient solutions (incl. engineered and natural solutions) for infrastructure.
- Experience across a range of infrastructure sectors: transport, water/wastewater, waste, energy, urban infrastructure, etc.
- Proven track record in winning and delivering infrastructure, urban/regional and/or business focused climate risk assessment and adaptation strategies both in the UK and overseas.
- Experience with climate change mitigation and adaptation projects and strong understanding of the role that infrastructure interventions, spatial planning and governance play to increase sustainability and resilience of development.
- Familiarity with climate projections including using them to build the case with colleagues, clients and their advisors for resilient and adaptive design and planning.
- Familiarity with wider ESG policy and practice and linkages with adaptation and resilience for infrastructure and multi-national business
- A desire to deliver technical excellence.
- A solution-oriented self-starter who can design and deliver work under own initiative.
- Commercial awareness for technical delivery, business development, marketing, and proposal preparation.
- Strong industry profile with experience presenting at conferences and publishing knowledge products in professional journals or other channels.