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Job Description
Location: Birmingham. Salary: Base salary: c. £36,300 - £45,350 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. This means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As an Environment Manager (BX) you will be responsible for providing professional and technical support in the assurance of achieving compliance with environmental minimum requirements, ensuring that design and construction are in accordance with organisational and sponsor requirements and policies, as well as environmental law and regulations.
The role:
* To be responsible for supporting technical assurance through production, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates, assuring that the design and construction of the assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements, environmental commitments, environmental law and regulations.
* To support the Senior Environment Manager in organising, coordinating and undertaking the environment element of the HS2 risk-based technical assurance of the works performed and assured by the Integrated Project Teams (IPT).
* To be accountable for Authorising Mandatory Approvals by assuring that contractor designs and construction works are undertaken in accordance with the Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs).
* To manage and communicate HS2 Environment & Sustainability requirements to the Integrated Project Teams' contractor.
* To provide guidance for environmental design solutions for the asset and ensure that environmental issues and constraints are key considerations in project design.
* To support the Senior Environment Manager with internal and external reporting of environmental matters.
* To liaise with technical stakeholders at local, regional and national levels and the local community on sensitive issues.
* To work alongside other technical specialists to develop appropriate and cost-balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.
Skills:
* Complex problem solving - ability to identify complex problems and evaluate options.
* Decision Making - Ability to gather and synthesise information to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders, and decision makers.
* Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and environmental principles.
* Communication - Ability to communicate technical ideas to colleagues effectively.
* Data management - Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security.
Knowledge:
* Applicable UK environmental law and other relevant construction regulations.
* Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2.
* Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery and schedule targets.
* Membership of an appropriate professional institution or equivalent experience.
Experience:
* Experience in managing standards, engineering and environmental activity on large complex major projects/programmes.
* Experience of managing competing project, engineering and environmental demands.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network, aiming to improve capacity, shorten journey times, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd is committed to creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all staff, living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
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