Job Description

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Start here. Grow here.

Are you passionate about historic buildings and conserving the historic environment, with experience of heritage consulting in a UK context? Join our talented Heritage team as a Built Heritage Consultant in our growing Croydon, Leeds, Newcastle, or Nottingham offices (other locations will be considered), as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

At AECOM, we deliver exceptional projects through long-term partnerships with key clients. This position offers you an opportunities to be involved on a range of projects, particularly in our growing renewables market. We are specifically looking for an experienced consultant who thrives in a collaborative team environment, willing to contribute to some of the country’s major infrastructure projects from a built heritage perspective – contributing to design teams and delivering high quality work.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Provide Expertise:

• Analysing and assessing the significance of designated and non-designated built heritage assets and designed landscapes;
• Analysing and assessing the contribution that setting makes to the significance of a heritage asset and how this may be affected;
• Communicating consenting risks and opportunities in a heritage context;
• Providing constructive design and mitigation advice on built heritage aspects of major infrastructure schemes;
• Maintaining professionalism and excellence through strong writing skills and behaviours;
• Monitoring of budgets and workloads to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget;
• Liaising effectively with managers, stakeholders and other consultants as required, alongside effective and engaging; and consultation with statutory and non-statutory consultees.

Ensure Quality:

• Delivering, or contributing to, desk-based technical reports such as desk-based assessments, heritage statements, environmental impact assessments and characterisation studies;
• Undertaking research and site visits to inform heritage assessments and setting assessments;
• Contributing to statutory consultations and liaising with stakeholders alongside other experienced members of our team; and
• Undertaking on site monitoring visits and building recording alongside other experienced members of our team.

Collaborate:

• Work closely with clients and AECOM counterparts to secure stakeholder buy-in for solutions, while contributing to AECOM's broader technical capabilities and innovative approaches;
• Providing optioneering and design advice to client teams alongside other experienced members of our team; and
• Working with the wider EIA team, contributing to impact assessments, including Environment Statements.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Environment page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Come grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic Environment & Energy business, which has multi disciplinary experts across the UK & Ireland, including 26 heritage specialists across the UK with specialisms in Archaeology, Historic Landscape and Built Heritage. Collaborate with 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, Local Plan development support, as well as green ways and active travel schemes. At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

The role requires an experienced candidate who can provide independent research, assessment and analysis on a broad range of heritage assets, including listed buildings, scheduled monuments and conservation areas, alongside an appreciation of non-designated heritage. We are seeking an individual who is competent in preparing desk-based assessments, heritage statements and statements of significance, with a desire to expand their knowledge and experience in Environmental Impact Assessments and characterisation studies, and expand their experience on larger complex schemes and consenting routes.

To be successful in this role we are looking for:

Professional Qualifications and Membership

• A relevant degree and/or post-graduate qualification in heritage or a related subject.
• Appropriate level of membership of a relevant professional body or qualified to work towards membership.

Experience and Knowledge in Heritage Consulting

• Experience in a heritage consulting role in a UK context.
• Knowledge and experience of UK heritage legislation and policy.
• Knowledge of UK built heritage across a range of periods and building types.
• Experience of undertaking the assessment of historic buildings and their setting, and the contribution that setting makes to a building’s significance in a UK context.

Technical and Analytical Skills

• Experience of report writing, including desk-based assessments and heritage statements, with an understanding of the requirements of impact assessments.
• Professional, organised, and thorough approach to work which demonstrates attention to detail to get things right the first time.

Client and Team Collaboration

• Client-focused team player with a positive attitude and ability to work with diplomacy and collaborate effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Time Management and Independence

• Ability to manage your own time and comfortable working both within a team or alone to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and manage your own time to meet tight deadlines.

6. Flexibility and Adaptability

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

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (22) Anne Marie Flynn | LinkedIn

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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