Looking for an Environmental Consultant to work on a major contract on HS2. Interested in candidates from general environment, acoustic, carbon, ecology, air quality, or any environmental background to work as an Environmental Manager on a major civil contract. Degree qualified or equivalent with 4+ years of experience, ideally with some site experience. Excellent opportunity for career development through to Senior Environmental Manager.
The client organization, who are building and then operating the UK’s High-Speed Rail network, is looking for an Environmental Manager working within the integrated project teams on a BBV Main Works Civils contract, reporting to a Senior Environmental Manager. Working on Phase 1 of the project, which is valued at approximately £60 billion and has 10 years left to run.
The Environmental Manager is responsible for providing professional and technical support in the assurance of achieving compliance with environmental minimum requirements (Carbon, biodiversity, noise & vibration, air quality, etc.). The design and construction must be in accordance with organizational and sponsor requirements and policies, environmental commitments, environmental law, and regulations. This role is also responsible for providing guidance on environmental design solutions and ensuring environmental issues and constraints are key considerations in project design.
Working Situation – Co-located / Hybrid
The Environmental Manager will be site-based with the expectation to work 50% from the site and 50% from home (5 days a week over a fortnight) – the site is located in Birmingham Coleshill (BBV).
The client team is working alongside the main contractor (co-located) in the same site offices. The role requires individuals with the correct behaviors – collaboration, engagement, and stakeholder management skills who can drive the best from the relationship, pick up on problems as they arise, and resolve them quickly rather than waiting and reviewing once the problem has manifested. The Environmental Manager needs to proactively lead integration and facilitate change, not just sit back, assure, and review.
Salary
Environmental Managers: £50,000 – £57,367.75 + Pen (6:12) + health + 25 holidays (potentially £59,975)
Excellent progression opportunities to Senior Environmental Managers – Salary £70,000 – £80,760 + package.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. To be responsible for supporting technical assurance through production, checking, and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates, assuring the design and construction of the assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements, environmental commitments, environmental law, and regulations.
2. To be responsible for supporting the Senior Environment Manager in organizing, coordinating, and undertaking the environmental element of the HS2 risk-based technical assurance of the works performed and assured by the Integrated Project Teams (IPT).
3. To be accountable for authorizing mandatory approvals by assuring that contractor designs and construction works are undertaken in accordance with the Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs), with particular emphasis on the General Principles and the CoCP.
4. To be accountable for managing and communicating HS2 Environment & Sustainability requirements to the Integrated Project Teams’ contractor.
5. To be responsible for providing guidance for environmental design solutions for the asset and ensure that environmental issues and constraints are key considerations in project design.
6. To be accountable for supporting the Senior Environment Manager with internal and external reporting of environmental matters.
7. To be responsible for liaising with technical stakeholders via various forums at local, regional, and community levels on sensitive issues.
8. To be accountable for working alongside other technical specialists to develop appropriate and cost-balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
Required Criteria
The role requires a Degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Consulting, Advising, or Management – could be from any Environmental specialism – Environmental generalist, acoustics, ecology, carbon, air quality, contaminated land specialists, etc. Open to a range of backgrounds due to large project team with lots of different specialisms with the opportunity to learn and use their combined knowledge.
Will ideally have some site experience and understand how to deal with contractors and sub-consultants (supply chain) on-site and contractual circumstances.
Interested in talking to Environmental Managers with experience of civils contracts, with some infrastructure, rail, utilities, civils experience (or something similar) – also open to Airports, Stations, major construction, etc.
Have understanding and experience of EIA’s and/or Environmental Minimum Requirements, knowledge of relevant environmental legislation, policy, processes, and best practices.
The candidates can be from client, consultant, or indeed main contractor and must possess the correct behaviors to manage the unique structure of the project (co-located in the same offices) – Collaborative, open communicator, proactive & Integrator. In addition, candidates must be excellent communicators with the confidence to communicate & manage the supply chain, often more experienced than themselves.
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