About

• Company Description
• Work with Us. Change the World.
• At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
• There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
• We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
• Job Description
• As part of our growth initiative under our successful strategic plan, we are seeking to appoint a Heritage Lead. This role reports directly to the Impact Assessment Practice Lead and forms part of the Leadership Team.
• You will lead and develop the Heritage team while playing a key role in the Impact Assessment leadership team for the UK and Ireland (UK&I) region. Responsibilities include people leadership, client development, technical excellence, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth. You will achieve this by fostering an inclusive, client-focused culture built on proactive engagement, innovation, and outcome-driven delivery.
• This position can be based from any of our UK&I offices. It is open to internal candidates only.
• The closing date for applications is Monday, 20 October 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing Monday, 27 October 2025.
• About You
• You are a motivated, proactive leader with a strong understanding of the UK&I Environment and Sustainability consultancy market. You bring insight into the social, political, and economic drivers shaping our industry. With extensive experience leading diverse teams in fast-paced environments, you have a proven record in work winning, business performance improvement, and team development.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Lead, grow, and empower the Heritage Team within the Impact Assessment Practice across the UK&I region.
• Collaborate with the Practice Lead and client/sector teams to deliver a growth plan aligned to the E+E Strategic Plan.
• Drive business development by identifying opportunities, nurturing client relationships, and supporting proposal development.
• Take accountability for Heritage team performance, including Net Revenue, Book to Burn, Gross Margin, Utilisation %, FTEs, and attrition.
• Lead senior recruitment and attract top talent.
• Ensure excellence in project delivery, with projects completed on time, on budget, and to a high standard.
• Foster a culture where AECOM is recognised as a great place to work by upholding company values, promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion, and supporting employee development.
• Champion SH&E by driving its culture, ensuring effective implementation of policies, and achieving core metrics.
• Lead change initiatives to enhance efficiency, profitability, and quality.
• Qualifications

To apply for this role, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate experience of directing and managing Built Heritage inputs to infrastructure development projects. You should have the following

• Demonstrated success in leading and motivating teams in environmental consultancy with strong financial performance.
• Strong understanding of environmental markets, regulatory frameworks, and socio-political drivers.
• Proven ability to develop and grow client relationships.
• Experience across sectors such as Energy, Water, Defence, High Tech, Urban Regeneration, and Transportation.
• Success in implementing change programmes and driving data-informed performance improvements.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Flexible, proactive, and adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Social Science, Environmental Science, Engineering) or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Membership of a recognised professional body relevant to core markets.
• As an Inclusive Leader, You Will
• Demonstrate commitment to fostering a culture of respect, diversity, and inclusion.
• Build and retain a diverse, inclusive workforce while supporting talent development and coaching.
• Additional Information
• About the Impact Assessment Practice
• Understanding a project’s potential environmental and heritage impacts and regulatory constraints is critical to timely, cost-effective planning, sustainable design, stakeholder engagement, and successful consenting. AECOM’s leading Impact Assessment team of 160+ specialists delivers Environmental Impact Assessments, including heritage assessments, for clients in Energy, Water, Defence, High Tech, Urban Regeneration, and Transportation. We are industry leaders, delivering Environmental Statements for major Development Consent Orders and Environmental Impact Assessments for large urban regeneration projects in London.
• 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 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. 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.
• 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.