Stellenbeschreibung
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Team Lead (m/f/d) – Rail and Infrastructure (Germany)
Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Essen, Kassel, München, Germany
We invite you to bring your energy and experience into play as you build our German Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team with the support of our strong international EIA network to deliver full EIA and consenting services in combination with our wider established technical and commercial services for the growing German Rail and Infrastructure market. To succeed in this role, you must have a strong track record in infrastructure Environmental Impact Assessment and an established network in the sector. Are you our new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Team Lead (m/f/d) – Rail and Infrastructure (Germany)? Click the apply-button to send your application.
If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Environment & Health Department as our new Environmental Impact Assessment Team Lead (m/f/d) and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.
Your new role
As our new EIA Lead (m/f/d) you will be part of the leadership team of Environment & Health (E&H) in Germany and also part of a global network of EIA practitioners within our E&H division responsible for growing the existing team in Germany. You will be supporting colleagues in all business areas in Germany to grow our EIA pipeline and grow out talented team of 30 people. Our existing EIA team in Germany covers local infrastructure, rail and onshore wind projects and also international assignments related to project finance. It is an exciting time to join us as we are now rolling out sector approaches for Rail and Energy, which pulls together all our disciplines, to align and streamline our service to our clients- you can be a part of its success!
Your key responsibilities will be:
Strategic planning and growth:
1. Implement the strategic direction of our EIA team across Germany for the forthcoming market growth
2. Support the strategic thinking around expansion into wider local and global sectors
Team leadership and growth:
3. Grow, manage and lead the EIA team in readiness for the pipeline and support strategic leadership of the wider EIA team
4. Upskill staff with transferrable skills for different sectors
5. Network and collaborate with different business areas, service lines and countries
Delivering outstanding client facing solutions:
6. Project Director or Strategic Advisor for a portfolio of EIA projects comprising direction to the EIA team, accountability for all deliverables, providing EIA and wider strategic advice and troubleshooting to the project, senior client and stakeholder representative
Client account development:
7. Build the pipeline of EIA work by developing existing contacts and building new industry contacts
8. Key client relationship manager for selected key client accounts, with a view of ensuring good performance and expanding our opportunities
9. Lead on our EIA bidding activity and bid sponsor on select wider strategic bids
10. Maintain and strengthen connections across Ramboll to access opportunities and support development through the key sectors and key accounts internally
External facing/industry profile:
11. Promote the Ramboll brand to the German market and increase our industry profile across the service offering, including through representation at conferences, production of news and technical articles, social media presence etc.
About you
12. Extensive experience in delivering EIAs for infrastructure/transport projects and being familiar with the relevant German Regulations. This experience will ideally (although not essentially) have involved project leadership throughout the project lifecycle from scoping through to construction
13. Experienced in commercial and business management including, management and responses to strategic bids, monthly reporting, resourcing and recruitment
14. Well networked in the EIA industry with a proven track record of winning work with a variety of clients in different sectors
15. A degree (or equivalent), in a relevant environmental discipline, with a strong emphasis on EIA and/or similar
16. Postgraduate qualification in environmental science/planning (or related field of study)
17. Fluent in German and very good English skills
Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:
18. A technical leader in EIA with experience of providing technical direction at a project level. Experience in due diligence work would be useful
19. An accomplished staff manager, particularly leading multi-disciplinary teams as project manager
20. An excellent communicator with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients, suppliers and industry
21. Willingness to travel, including possible international travel
What we can offer you
22. Commitment to your development
23. Leaders guided by our Leadership Principles
24. A culture that welcomes you as the unique person you are
25. Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
26. The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
27. Flexible working hours and locations
28. Hybrid working: 2-3 days of mobile working per week
29. Permanent employment, with part-time possibilities
30. An extensively subsidised 'Germany ticket'
31. Contribution to company pension scheme and occupational disability insurance