Renewables Practice Lead

Company Description

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to lead a team of talented engineers and shape the future of Renewable Energy infrastructure?

We are currently seeking to appoint an individual to lead our Renewables Practice within the Energy Business. Reporting directly to and working closely with the Energy Business Director, you will be a key member of the Energy leadership team for the UK and Ireland region.

In this role, you will lead and manage the Renewables practice, with a specific focus upon project delivery, resource management, work winning, and people management and engagement. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our successful team with a focus on people, clients, technical excellence & quality, and operational efficiencies & sustainable growth. Your exceptional leadership skills will be instrumental in driving innovation and delivering a better world.

As a leader you will be responsible for fostering a culture of success, engagement, and development within the team while ensuring the successful management of projects from inception to completion. You will bring your deep understanding of the UK&I renewables energy market, coupled with your people and strategic thinking to drive success across your business area. You will utilise your extensive experience with leading highly dynamic and diverse teams to lead the design and delivery of major projects, whilst driving data-led performance improvements. 

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead, manage and grow our incredible renewables practice team for the UK&I region.
• Drive project delivery excellence, ensuring projects are completed on time, on budget, and with high quality results.
• Collaborate with project managers and technical experts to allocate resources effectively and optimise project performance.
• Work with the Environment & Energy Client and Sector teams to develop and implement a growth plan aligned to the Strategic Plan.
• Identify and engage with key stakeholders for client projects, establishing effective engagement strategies to ensure resources are available for projects.
• Champion a proactive approach to work winning by identifying new business opportunities, nurturing client relationships, and participating in proposal development.
• Drive a culture where AECOM is recognised as a great place to work, promoting staff engagement and retention.
• Foster career development and develop succession plans for key positions within the renewables Practice.
• Attract new talent and lead strategic and senior recruitment.
• Monitor and manage the financial performance of the renewables practice against key metrics, including Gross Margin, utilisation, bookings, and future workload.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to delivery multi-disciplinary projects and programs, showcasing our excellence in work winning.
• Oversee project management from prepositioning and proposal development to completion, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with high-quality results.
• Drive change programs to increase efficiency, profitability, and operational quality within the team.
• Identify and secure new business opportunities while ensuring client satisfaction with AECOM's performance.
• Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace.
• Uphold AECOM's values and promote staff engagement and continuous development.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Extensive experience in senior leadership roles, preferably within the energy consultancy industry.
• Demonstrated success in developing, growing, leading, and motivating diverse, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. Engineering, etc.) or equivalent relevant experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• Proven experience in leading diverse teams and leading projects of varying scales.
• Proven track record in developing and growing client relationships. 
• Strong understanding of the energy sector
• Demonstrated success in implementing change programs and driving data-driven performance improvements.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Flexibility, proactive approach to work, and ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Ideally you'll have:

• Membership of a recognized professional body relative to our core markets.
• Master’s or Engineering Degree
• Strong track record of achieving/exceeding financial KPIs and driving business development.
• Experience working with various sectors, including infrastructure, energy, transportation, and commercial development.
• Experience in leading and growing large teams and successful financial performance and business development/sales/growth experience in the public or private sectors.

As an inclusive leader, you will have

• Demonstrated dedication to fostering a culture of respect, diversity, and inclusion within the team and organization.
• Proven ability to build and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce while nurturing talent development and coaching.

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 [email protected]. 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, Francesca Siddle.

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.