About the role
Amazing infrastructure isnt the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Highways team as a Environmental Sustainability Manager on the A57 Links Roads Project and you can build something to be proud of.
In this role, you will manage and ensure the project complies with all environmental legislation, consents, objectives, targets and other environmental commitments, including those arising from planning requirements throughout its construction.
The role holder will also support upcoming work winning activities to ensure environmental compliance and sustainability are effectively considered and costed.
What you'll be doing
In this role as Environmental Sustainability Manager, you will be responsible for -
Environmental Sustainability
1. Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams, supply chain, client and statutory bodies
2. Maintaining and updating plans and procedures throughout the duration of the works (EMP, Emergency Procedures, Mitigation Plans)
3. Appoint, train and monitor performance of environmental staff on the project
4. Act as a point of contact between the project team and regulatory authorities, the designer, the client and the supply chain
5. Coordinate and undertake regular Site inspections with the construction teams to monitor compliance with environmental licences/consents/plans/procedures; implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance
6. Investigate environmental incidents and near miss events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and share lessons learned.
7. Keep record of all activities on Site, environmental problems identified, transgressions noted and a schedule of all tasks undertaken; and provide appropriate professional and practical advice to contractors, consultants and project team members associated with environmental and ecological issues
8. Undertake Risk Assessment and Work Package Plan reviews to ensure that these documents are suitable and sufficient for the tasks to be undertaken and comply with the minimum company requirements. Applies to direct and subcontract works.
Who we're looking for
As Environmental Sustainability Manager, the following experience is essential for the role -
Environmental Sustainability
9. Environmental Degree or related discipline (preferred) or NEBOSH Environmental Diploma or IEMA Certificate
10. Relevant CSCS Card
11. Strong understanding of environmental management in a construction environment
12. Investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for incident investigation
13. Takes ownership and accountability for tasks and sees through to successful completion
14. Understanding and knowledge of confidentiality requirements of role
15. Experience in managing others who provide administrative support within
Environmental Sustainability department
16. Experience of chairing meetings, both with the workforce and supply chain
17. Strong and effective communication skills to deliver key safety messages
18. Full UK Drivers license required.
Engineering Control
19. Strong understanding and experience of the construction and civil engineering process, including constraints and requirements of specialist heavy-civils operations (e.g. piling, earthworks, lifting, pavement, drainage etc.
Commercial
20. Understanding of how budgets are produced and how costs are defined for environmental issues
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
21. Ability to seek out and deliver innovative methods of training and instruction, together with adaptive styles of communication with the workforce and staff alike
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more