Job Title: Environment & Sustainability Manager
Reporting to: Business Unit General Manager
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Role Purpose
The Environment and Sustainability Manager will provide support and advice to our electricity substation and overhead line operational teams on all aspects of sustainability and environmental management; developing documentation, compliance with legal, regulatory, and company standards, and helping to promote environmental best practice and deliver a culture of continual improvement.
The individual will be required to work with clients, regulators, and project teams to ensure all Environmental and Sustainability requirements are complied with, supporting on-site mitigation, sustainability of works, and engagement with local stakeholders as required.
The role will require regular travel across England to visit various project sites as required.
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Responsibilities & Duties
Including but not limited to the following:
* Provide advice and support to Environment & Sustainability Advisors across multiple sites.
* Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental and sustainability matters including pollution control, water management, ecology, archaeology and carbon reduction.
* Assist the team in monitoring and maintaining compliance with environmental legislation, best practice, project documentation and company procedures.
* Identify and manage environmental constraints associated with projects.
* Conduct site inspections to assess compliance against project documentation and identify opportunities for improvement.
* Collate environmental and sustainability data to facilitate reporting against key metrics, objectives and targets.
* Identify carbon reduction opportunities in infrastructure and alignment with industry / project sustainability targets. Produce Sustainability Action Plans to actively reduce embodied carbon in our projects.
* Assist in the development and delivery of environmental training.
* Assist with the development of Environmental Management System documentation and procedures.
* Assist with developing and implementing environmental mitigation and monitoring regimes.
* Maintain relationships and liaise with regulators, stakeholders, clients, project teams and subcontractors.
* Investigate environmental incidents and support the business in implementing controls to prevent recurrence.
* Identify and support sustainability activities for the project and business.
* Advise the business on best practice in areas of corporate, ethical, and social responsibility, and address any issues arising.
* Produce internal and external reports as required (e.g. Construction Environmental Management Plans, best practice bulletins, case studies, environmental and sustainability performance reports).
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Person Specification
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with all stakeholders (internal and external), a commercially focused self-starter with the enthusiasm, motivation, and initiative to succeed in this role.
The jobholder must possess:
* Strong knowledge of environmental management within construction projects.
* Strong knowledge of applying sustainability within construction projects.
* Relevant industry experience working in an environmental or sustainability role.
* Knowledge and understanding of main environmental legislation and guidance.
* Full UK driver's licence and flexibility to travel regularly within the England region.
* Ability to establish effective networks, both internally and externally.
* Ability to collate and report construction data via internal systems.
* Ability and willingness to work flexibly between home, office, and site.
* Ability to provide advice and mentoring to other members of the team.
* Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Desirable Criteria
* Educated to degree/masters level in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainability, or related discipline.
* Practical experience and knowledge of sustainability, environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licences and consent applications, and regulator consultation experience.
* Previous experience conducting environmental inspections.
* Understanding of the construction environment.
* Knowledge of electricity infrastructure.
* Membership of an environmental organisation (e.g. ISEP).
* Experience of PAS 2080 and ISO14001.