Do you want to work on meaningful projects that help protect the environment and make positive impacts to legacy mining communities?
Are you looking for the opportunity to shape the environmental strategy of a large complex infrastructure programme?
Are you looking to join a team who all share the same objective to protect the environment?
If so, read on......
As the programme’s dedicated Environmental Manager you will be expected to:
* Assist the team develop and deliver solutions to mitigate the risk of rising mine water.
* Define and implement the approach to environmental survey and design, working as part of an integrated team to ensure solutions are compliant with relevant regulations.
* Advise senior leaders and stakeholders on opportunities to reduce environmental risks and safeguard a healthy and thriving environment.
* Lead on the environmental assessment (statutory and non-statutory) of projects, ensuring appropriate ecological and other environmental data is collected and utilised during all stages of planning, consent, design and delivery.
* Act as a first point of contact for the Salinity project team on matters relating to ecological and other environmental management, protection and improvement.
About The Role
You will be responsible for the environmental delivery and management of a variety of projects, from managing discharge permits that enable water pumping tests, to planning ahead for delivering large infrastructure projects where environmental impact assessments make up crucial parts of the consent to develop. Forward thinking and working with external stakeholders will be key to our success.
You will work across the Salinity team to support each project as required, feeding into the department objectives and sharing the collective goal of protecting the environment. The project workload is diverse, ranging from operational projects and survey programmes to innovative research projects exploring alternative uses for mine water. These all offer new challenges and opportunities for professional development.
You will get to work alongside the Mining Remediation Authority’s sustainability team who are passionate about achieving our Net Zero goals and will support us as we consider nature-based solutions where possible. You will also have the opportunity to work with the mine water heat team as well as the by-product and innovation team where collaboration will ensure we set high standards, work to best practice and look to continuously improve.
For more information about the role please refer to the attached job description.
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)
Schedule:
Application closing date: 12th January 2025
Sifting date: 17th January 2025
Interviews: w/c 27th January 2025
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About Mining Remediation Authority
A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
Unlock exclusive employee discounts.
Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work-life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000.
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