Job Description Start here. Grow here. Are you passionate about conservation work and can demonstrate experience of engaging with and consulting a wide range of audiences to support complex projects? Join as a Principal Built Heritage consultant our talented Heritage team in our growing Newcastle, or Leeds offices, 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 professional who thrives in a collaborative team environment, willing to contribute to and lead on some of the country’s major infrastructure projects from a built heritage perspective – guiding and steering design teams delivering high quality work. Here’s what you’ll do: Provide Expertise: Provide constructive design and mitigation advice on built heritage aspects of major infrastructure schemes. Produce or lead the production of heritage statements, Environmental Impact Assessment chapters, listed building consent applications and other heritage deliverables as required. Have the confidence to present these to statutory consultees. All work will require a knowledge and understanding of national and local historic environment policy and legislation and a proven track record of successful delivery is essential. Working in a multi-disciplinary team, liaising effectively with managers, consultants from other disciplines and other stakeholders as required Listed Building Consents Carry out Setting Assessments Produce Heritage Statements, ES Chapters and other application documents Design review and advice in masterplanning, development design, and local plan / neighbourhood plan site allocations Working independently and taking responsibility for programmes of work, conducted safely, and producing high quality reports Project Management: Prepare and manage the production of bids using internal systems and operations, and assess design resources within the discipline Ensure Quality: Delivering desk-based assessments and Environmental Statements. Undertaking research and site visits to inform heritage assessments and setting assessments Undertaking statutory consultations and liaising with stakeholders Undertaking on site monitoring visits and building recording 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 Working with the wider EIA team, preparing 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 Planning & Communities Business in the Environment & Sustainability Business Unit Environment & Sustainability business, which has 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 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.