Opportunity:

A major, international multidisciplinary firm is looking to bring in a highly experienced and driven individual to lead the ever growing and ever busy NALO (Noise, Air, Lighting and Odour) team. As the Head of NALO, your team of skilled environmental consultants will sit within the wider ESP (Environment, Sustainability & Planning) team and will be working across a large number of sectors including renewables, water, defence and development to name a few. You'll be given the opportunity to take on meaningful projects, the aims of which are to improve quality of life and maintain healthy environments. This role is available UK wide, with our client having offices across the country, meaning wherever you are you can help make a difference!

Responsibility:

As the new Head of NALO, your responsibilities will include:

Overseeing all NALO services: odour, daylight, sunlight, overshadowing, air quality, environmental lighting, building acoustics and environmental noise and vibration.
Taking on a leadership role, providing strategy to grow the NALO team, monitoring its progress through KPIs, ensure profitable performance and act as part of the Senior Management Team.
Oversee all NALO projects, ensuring proper compliance, adherence to project timelines & budgets, resource allocation and strong communication with both internal and external stakeholders.
Act as a technical lead on all things NALO! Provide high level guidance and advice for the team, mentoring more junior members of the team, reviewing their work and demonstrating your technical acumen by considering any overlap with other teams such as EIA or planning teams.
Take a lead on business development, handling client relationships, both new and existing, to ensure a steady flow of work for the team by representing and promoting the NALO at given opportunities.

Requirements:

To be considered for this Head of NALO position, the following criteria should be met:

Membership with a relevant professional body, Chartered or Fellow status would be preferred.
Extensive experience within environmental consulting and a demonstrable track record managing a variety of projects across multiple sectors.
Known within the industry and possess excellent business development and communication skills.
Strong knowledge of NALO, including key noise and air quality modelling software e.g. Cadna, INSUL, ADMS and AERMOD.
Knowledge of key Lighting modelling software such as DIALux.
Acted as an expert witness and led conference presentations.
Able to travel to one of the London, Leeds, Leicester or Manchester offices when required.

If you think this role could be the ideal fit for you, click 'Apply' to submit your CV for review. If you have any questions regarding this or other roles, please contact Euan McLeod on (phone number removed). Also, if you have any friends/colleagues who are looking, we offer 300 for successfully placed referrals, so put us in touch!

Head of NALO (Noise, Air Quality, Lighting & Odour)