We're looking for a Senior Environmental Advisor to join our Natural Resources team based within the South West
Location: Exeter- travel to sites within the South West region
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorships to any candidates in this role.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Environmental Advisor, you will be working on the Environment Agency collaborative delivery framework (CDF) who deliver flood & coastal risk management projects in the South West. You will lead legal compliance and support delivery of improved environmental and sustainability outcomes, meeting our client's expectations on a complex framework.
Your day to day will include:
* Ensure effective implementation and reporting of our enviromental monitoring regime and audit programme (this is a site-based role travelling and visiting sites)
* Collect and report environmental sustainability data and ensure input into the Kier reporting tools
* Manage and oversee environmental consultants/ specialists where required
* Liaise with client, regulatory bodies and subcontractors on matters of environmental management and sustainability to drive best practice
* Review method statements and associated documents to ensure environmental compliance
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Environmental Advisor is great for you if you:
* Hold experience working in an environmental advisor role within the infrastructure or construction sectors. You might be an experienced Environmental Advisor looking to take the next step in your career
* Are a member of a professional body (e.g. IEMA, CIWEM, CIWN etc)
* Have an understanding of environmental legislation, impact mitigation and dealing with statutory authorities
* Hold some experience of managing a variety of environmental risks and understanding their impacts in terms of time, cost and reputation
* Hold an understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the project
* Have good interpersonal & communication skilled, with the ability to communicate environmental risks and controls to many different job roles and levels of environmental awareness
* Have working knowledge of ISO 14001
* Hold a driving licence- the role will require travel across the South West
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
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