Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We are looking for an Environmental and Sustainability Advisor to join our Infrastructure team based on a major rail project in Penrith, Cumbria.
The successful candidate will join our growing environmental team, ensuring environmental compliance and ambitious sustainability targets across the project.
What you'll do:
1. Provide environmental compliance advice to various teams, including design construction, procurement and subcontractors.
2. Undertake environmental audits and inspections, both internal and external, including suppliers and waste contractors.
3. Deliver suitable environmental and sustainability training for all project staff.
4. Drive awareness for and delivery against contract targets, particularly reducing carbon, materials efficiency and striving to achieve no-net loss in biodiversity.
What you'll bring to the role:
1. Degree level in appropriate Environmental or relevant discipline (ideal).
2. At least 3 years’ construction industry experience or relevant environmental experience in a similar sector.
3. Minimum Practitioner Membership with IEMA or similar professional membership, or working towards.
4. Full driving licence.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska.
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