Strategic Energy Advisory Director, Edinburgh
Client: AECOM
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Job Category: Technical
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: J10121110
Job Views: 48
Posted: 03.03.2025
Job Description
Company Description
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.
As a global leader in engineering, environmental, and construction services, we’re committed to delivering resilient, sustainable legacies. From wind and solar to hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen and nuclear, our projects span the entire energy ecosystem, enabling the UK’s transition to a greener future.
You will be entrusted with the following critical responsibilities:
1. Project Delivery: Ensure the successful execution and completion of high-stakes energy advisory projects, adhering to stringent quality standards and timelines.
2. Business Development: Strategically identify and pursue new business opportunities, fostering long-term relationships with key stakeholders in the energy sector.
3. Team Leadership: Provide authoritative guidance and mentorship to team members, cultivating a high-performance environment that aligns with organisational objectives.
4. Thought Leadership: Establish oneself as a preeminent authority in the field, contributing substantive insights and innovative solutions to complex energy challenges.
5. Industry Expertise: Maintain and continuously expand an in-depth understanding of the low carbon market in the UK, with particular emphasis on renewable power, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), and industrial decarbonisation.
6. Strategic Leadership: Demonstrate exceptional strategic acumen and collaborative skills, leveraging comprehensive industry knowledge of the low carbon market in Europe.
7. Client Engagement: Develop and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, from C-suite executives to investors, effectively communicating complex technical information.
8. Problem-Solving and Analysis: Apply robust analytical skills to interrogate data, derive meaningful insights, and develop strategic solutions to intricate energy-related challenges.
9. Presentation and Communication: Deliver high-impact presentations and written communications that effectively convey complex information to diverse audiences.
10. Industrial Decarbonisation: Leverage extensive experience in working with industrial clients to drive forward critical decarbonisation initiatives.
11. Organisational Agility: Demonstrate the ability to navigate and thrive within a dynamic, large-scale matrix organisation, adapting swiftly to evolving priorities and challenges.
12. Inclusion and Wellbeing: Actively contribute to the organisation's inclusion and wellbeing strategies by fostering a culture of respect and professionalism within the team and broader organisation.
The successful candidate will be expected to approach these responsibilities with the utmost seriousness and dedication, recognising their pivotal role in advancing AECOM's position at the forefront of the energy sector's transformation.
Qualifications
+ A degree or similar in a science or built environment degree
+ Leadership experience
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. 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.
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.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.
ReqID: J10121110
Business Line: Energy
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Consulting Services
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
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