Air Quality Associate Director

Overview

In this role, you lead and shape the air quality offering from Bristol, combining technical oversight with commercial leadership. You will influence a diverse portfolio across development, infrastructure, regeneration and environmental projects while strengthening client relationships. You drive the quality of air quality assessments, modelling and planning support, and mentor a growing team. This is a chance to guide technical direction, grow the service, and impact project outcomes at scale with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and technical quality of Air Quality, Dust, Odour and Air Quality Neutral Assessments
• Review and sign off technical reports ensuring guidance compliance
• Oversee complex dispersion modelling using ADMS Roads, ADMS 6, AERMOD and other tools
• Act as Project Director on major commissions including budgets, programmes, resources and client expectations
• Provide strategic air quality advice for planning applications, infrastructure schemes and environmental assessments
• Build client relationships, identify opportunities and lead fee proposals and tender submissions
• Mentor and develop team members including recruitment and performance management
• Contribute to business planning, service growth and commercial performance

Key requirements

• Degree in Environmental Science, Air Quality, Environmental Engineering or related discipline
• Significant air quality consultancy experience with planning assessments, DMRB, dispersion modelling, dust and odour
• Chartered Environmentalist status or equivalent, IAQM and/or IES membership
• Proven track record in project leadership, client management and business development
• Experience managing teams and delivering major infrastructure or EIA projects (advantageous)

• leadership
• client management
• business development
• dispersion modelling (ADMS Roads, ADMS 6, AERMOD)
• planning assessments
• DMRB

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