Overview
The role will provide strategic direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. It will support site-based project design construction controls and mitigations, sustainability opportunities and deliver against client led contractual requirements. A key part of the role will be engagement with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and environmental authorities
What you’ll be doing
In this role as Environmental Sustainability Manager, you will –
- Contribute to the strategic implementation of our sustainability plan, driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting to senior Environmental Sustainability Team.
- Manage project environmental risks and opportunities, supporting project teams to develop and maintain local environmental and sustainability management plans and risk assessments.
- Actively lead environment and sustainability, engaging project teams to encourage and promote sustainable behaviours and innovations, deliver positive outcomes and maintain project documentation.
- Provide support and advice on environmental management, compliance and project specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecology protection.
- Support Environmental Advisors/Consultants and liaise with other group sustainability teams to deliver best sustainability outcomes.
- Direct and support teams’ applications for consent, licences or permits as required and ensure project/contract environmental compliance responsibilities are maintained.
- Upskill the project team and contractors on environment and sustainability responsibilities and controls via work package plans, toolbox talks and on-site learning and development. Developing a plan for education and reporting progress.
- Ensure upload of environmental data monthly to the sustainability portal, working with project teams to develop the most effective process.
Who we’re looking for
In your role as Environmental Sustainability Manager the following qualities/experience are essential:
- Strong knowledge of environment management with the relevant experience working in a construction environment.
- Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.
- Oversee, develop and direct more Junior ES roles across your portfolio
- Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome.
- Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
- Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.
- Interpreting and managing data via databases, consistent record keeping and writing detailed reports.
- Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.
- Be required to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend occasional meetings across the UK
- Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM).
- Experience of deputising for more senior role.
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
- Good knowledge and practical experience of developing, implementing and improving EMS’s certified to ISO 14001 accreditation.
- Internal environmental auditor qualification.
- Knowledge of the Construction Industry – specifically understanding of the power/construction/engineering operating environment.
- Experience of taking on new challenges in a systematic and enthusiastic manner.
- Managing legislative issues for clients, including planning permissions and consents.
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.
