Your new company My client is a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Their products and services are constantly evolving, and their purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure that enhances life and protects our shared future. Your new role This role involves leading a multidisciplinary environmental team to ensure delivery of all the specified project outcomes on time, within budget and to the client's specifications and that project requirements are fully met. Act as lead environmental coordinator for major infrastructure projects. Responsibilities will include: Coordinate statutory and non-statutory environmental assessment work for transportation, utility and other infrastructure schemes, liaising with client representatives, planning, project design teams, technical leads and other relevant bodies and organisations. Act as technical approver for major environmental schemes including EIAs, SEAs, environmental technical reports, scoping and feasibility studies. Provide guidance on best methods and practice meeting technical and project requirements. Keep up to date with industry best practice and, where appropriate, brief junior environmental staff. Plan and manage project resourcing requirements, ensuring the best use of internal resources while demonstrating competency requirements. Liaise with clients or other stakeholders on technical matters. Advise on environmental aspects of projects including but not limited to SEAs, EIAs, ecological studies, energy use, environmental risks, etc. Provide Health & Safety leadership to team and contract, with responsibility for maintaining high H&S standards for all survey and site work, and general H&S standards at all times. Ensure compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental and other appropriate regulations. Be responsible for environmental staff in respect of timekeeping, technical training requirements, development and resourcing. To contribute with other professionals in the Business Development process in producing information for PQQs and Tenders. Effective management and response of project related correspondence. Checks to ensure compliance with the Integrated Management System and assist in its development.What you'll need to succeed A strong undergraduate degree in Environmental or similar/equivalent. A relevant master's degree in a discipline associated with Environmental Science, Sustainable Development or similar (desirable). Demonstrated postgraduate experience preferably in a professional consultancy role (or similar) encompassing large rail/infrastructure projects. Chartered status (CEnv, CSc). Awareness of how to integrate environmental solutions and outcomes; through both design and construction. Knowledge of gaining environmental consents for Projects with Statutory Undertakers. Awareness of working with regulatory bodies. Ability to develop good working relationships with multiple internal stakeholders and/or third-party contractors. Ability to present technical information clearly and with confidence. Comfortable with matrix management of staff and delivering multiple work lines within budgets and programme deadlines. Knowledge of planning and environmental legislation, ability to explain, advise on and support client understanding and sustainability issues and performance. Health and Safety awareness, especially safe working practices and risk assessment related to fieldwork.What you'll get in return £250 - £450 Per Day Flexible working Experience on nationally significant infrastructure projects What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)