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Are you an established technical director seeking a new challenge? Our client is seeking and experienced candidate to lead business development and manage environmental impact assessments. This would be ideal for a candidate that enjoys technically leading and managing environmental water and peat management assessments and are now looking to step their career up a level. This is an exciting opportunity that would lead to enhanced discretionary bonus and a position as a company Director.Our client provides hydrology, water resources and peat management EIA chapters for a diverse range of nationally significant renewable energy infrastructure projects, including onshore wind and solar, and transport infrastructure projects.This is a key technical and business development role within a small and successful SME, working closely with the company Directors to grow the business. Successful performance in this role would lead to enhanced discretionary bonus and a position as a company Director.The successful candidate will ideally be chartered with CIWEM, IEMA or ICE.Although the position will be based in our clients Cardiff office, our client is open to considering remote working arrangements in other locations, particularly where there are business development benefits.Your role:Undertake the Project Executive role for the management of water environmental assessments for large infrastructure projects including wind farms, solar farms, hydropower, transport infrastructure and development sites. In this role you will support the Project Manager and be responsible for technical oversight and guidance, review of outputs, implementation of quality, health and safety and contractual processesIdeally, you will have particular expertise in the assessment of the impacts of development on hydrological features, peatland habitats and geomorphologyDevelop the technical capability of staff in at least one of the following technical areas according to your experienceMentor junior staff towards chartership with CIWEM, IEMA or ICEUndertake line management responsibility for staff, including undertaking annual reviews and setting of personal development and performance objectivesCreate a good working rapport with other team members, communicating effectively internally and externally to achieve the best possible outcomesRepresent the company convincingly and with technical authority at a senior level.Be fully conversant with the regulatory framework that underpins your work and influence the implementation of the regulatory framework in your areaManage your workload and those of your team, usually balancing the requirements of up to 10 projects simultaneously, to achieve the required quality to budget and programmeUndertake the Project Executive role for projects up to 100k in valueBid leader for proposals up to 100k in valueDevelop and implement a marketing plan to grow your sector of the business and monitor against agreed, realistic growth targets linked to bonus.In return our client offers: A generous 40.5 day holiday allowanceTax-free bonuses to all staff and operate a separate performance-related bonus schemeCompany pension scheme, with employer matched contributions of 5% of salary. This increases by 1% each year following 5 years' service, to a maximum of 10%Cycle to Work schemeHealth plan offering cashback on your everyday healthcare treatments, checks and therapies; access to a virtual GP and face to face counsellingStaff are encouraged to take an annual 'Environment Day' to support environmental or educational volunteering projectsFlexible working hours systemSupport for professional membership of the appropriate bodyJBRP1_UKTJ