About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Environment & Sustainability Manager to join our Highways team on the Lower Thames Crossing project in Dartford .
If you have or are looking for a career in Highways or Major Projects, working on the Lower Thames Crossing will give you experience and challenge that no other highways project can offer.
The successful candidate will provide E&S support to the Lower Thames Crossing enabling works and likely to the main works contract. Current enabling works include the creation of the Hole Farm community forest, conversion of the Pilgrims Lane site into a Green Beacon (a low carbon, environmentally conscious office and compound), and early surveys for archaeological trenching and protected species licences.
This is a very exciting project to be a part of especially for environmental reasons!! Don't miss out Apply today!
What you'll be doing
1. Undertake regular site inspections to monitor compliance with the environmental licences/consents for the works and environmental plans and procedures; implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with UK regulations and legislation.
2. Provide appropriate professional and practical advice to Enterprise Partners and the supply chain on environmental and ecological issues.
3. Review and make recommendations for subcontractor selection using BMS selection procedures such asnewSustainability Jaggaer Question Sets and heatmaps
4. Monitor the performance of environmental advisors / assistants, ecological clerks of works, and sustainability coordinators.
5. Work with the Enterprise Partners to produce and update the Project Management Plan including key plans (Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and Sustainability Action Plan) and support specialist procedures (such as the Carbon Management Plan) as appropriate.
6. Develop and deliverLTC specificenvironmental training for site personnel.
7. Work with the Group and central BB Highways teams to coordinate and manage environmental inductions for all staff involved in the project.
Who we're looking for
8. Environmental Degree, NEBOSH Environmental Diploma / IEMA Certificate or related discipline.
9. Knowledge of investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for incident investigation.
10. Experience in managing a team.
11. Experience of chairing meetings, both with the workforce, supply chain and sub-contractors.
12. Strong and effective communication skills to deliver key safety messages.
13. Experience in construction environment (desirable)
14. Driving Licence (Essential)
Why work for us
Our people are our biggest asset, and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level. Some of our key benefits are:
15. Company car or car allowance
16. Medical Health Cover
17. Discretionary annual bonus
18. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
19. BB Pension Scheme
20. Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies
21. Payment of 1 annual professional membership
22. Access to our employee referral scheme
23. Discretionary annual salary reviews