About Ricardo 

Ricardo Energy & Environment is a leading environmental consultancy combining energy, climate change, environmental and chemical risk expertise with strong IT and economics capability. Operating across the world, we work in partnership with our customers to help transform the way they work, empowering business leaders with award winning consultancy advice. With unrivalled sector insight and a reputation for producing innovative solutions, we offer a stimulating and rewarding environment in which to work. 

The Role:

To meet our growing UK business needs we are seeking an Associate Director to lead the delivery of environmental and water services into the airport sector.   

You will lead an established team of professionals delivering our current airport project portfolio covering:

• PFAS contamination investigations;
• groundwater and surface water quality monitoring and risk assessments;
• Environmental Statement topic chapters;
• discharge permitting and
• regulatory engagement.

You will be responsible for helping develop new business through key account management, development of client relationships and responding to tenders. You will be expected to lead and manage a portfolio of existing projects as well as helping to develop and deliver the airport sector strategy in accordance with Ricardo’s mission and vision. 

The role will involve work across the UK and there maybe occasional opportunities to be involved in projects abroad. There will be the opportunity for you to take on significant responsibility and progress your career in your chosen direction.

Key competencies and experience:

• Postgraduate degree level qualification in relevant environmental discipline.
• Experience of leading and managing groundwater investigation and monitoring programmes;
• In-depth understanding of the key environmental issues facing the UK water industry and airport sector, including PFAS / Regulation 61.
• Proven technical skills in key topics such as water quality risk assessments, contamination investigations and environmental discharge permitting.
• Experience of leading regulatory engagement with the EA/SEPA.
• Proven track record in growing a business stream, with:
  • Demonstrated proficiency in winning work.
  • Strong client management skills with ability to engage and build relationships with contacts at all levels of an organisation.
  • An appetite for business development.
  • Broad understanding of environmental issues facing the airport sector.
• An experienced people manager, with a track record of managing and developing teams of various sizes.
• Confidence, initiative, enthusiasm, and be outgoing with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to liaise at all levels of business.

Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.