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Sector: Environment
Role: Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Network Rail
Join Our Team at Network Rail! Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About the role (External)
You will provide technical expertise in Environment & Sustainable Development across Route Services, giving specialist advice to the Functions to support and enable the business to meet its compliance obligations, identify and manage risks, maximise opportunities and build capability in the line to deliver sustainable outcomes aligned to corporate sustainability policies & strategies.
Key Accountabilities
1. Support the implementation of sustainability policies & strategies, business objectives and performance measures to enable the function to meet its responsibilities for management of key environmental & social impacts.
2. Provide timely and coherent environmental guidance and technical support across Route Services to enable effective risk management.
3. Co-ordinate environmental management processes by provision of advice and support to all stakeholders to maintain compliance across Route Services.
4. Carry out assurance activities across Route Services to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental Management System (EMS), assess compliance with legal and other requirements, and drive continuous improvement.
5. Co-ordinate the integration of Route Services Environmental Management System (EMS) and promote sustainability at all levels of the organisation.
6. Review and comment on emerging government policies and legislation in respect of potential impacts on the activities of Route Services.
7. Follow up incidents and provide help and advice to interested parties to support the investigation and facilitate the implementation of corrective actions.
8. Assist in the formulation and delivery of environmental training packages to promote environmental awareness and compliance to applicable legislation within the function.
Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
Educated to degree level (minimum UK level 6) in environment / sustainability (or equivalent through experience)
Associate member of IEMA or equivalent professional institute e.g. CIEEM or CIWM (working towards Practitioner membership)
Demonstrable experience in managing sustainability risks & opportunities in large and complex organisations
Experience of implementing and/or maintaining an environmental management system (e.g. ISO or equivalent)
Proven good management, interpersonal, influencing, communication, organisational and report writing skills
Demonstrable good understanding of UK legislative framework and requirements
Desirable
CEEQUAL/BREEAM Assessor qualification
NEBOSH general certificate
Auditor qualification (e.g., ISO 14001 Lead Auditor)
Experience in Environmental Permitting (preferably in the Waste Sector), Sustainable Infrastructure Design and/or Sustainable Procurement.
Company
Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.
From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.
Your health, wellbeing and benefits
We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.
We have a range of benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave entitlement.
* My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
* A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
* Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
* A range of pension schemes.
* 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.
What Diversity and Inclusion means to us
‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.
Disability Confident Leader
Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.
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