Environmental Manager - Construction / Building / Civils – Yorkshire / East Mids Sites + Remote Work.
Ideal opportunity for someone already with previous main contractor employment (not essential) or Ecologists and Environmental Consultants also considered with a view of transferring experience over to main contractor side - good opportunity for career progression.
Mix of visiting sites predominately in Yorkshire and some East midlands.
Also with a mix of remote work.
One of UK’s most successful and reputable Tier 1 Building Main Contractors.
What Makes This Company Great?
-One of the UK's leading Tier 1 building contractors.
-Very busy and stable pipeline of work.
-Diverse range of projects including Commercial, PRS, hotels, Industrial / Logistics building and Civils / Highways.
-Multi million pound projects.
-Flexible working.
-Great place for training and progression
-Very low staff turnover.
Would you be open to find out more about what else makes them stand out as one of, if not the BEST employers in construction? - then apply today.
Role & Duties:
Reporting to: Senior Environmental Manager
Duties:
As Environmental Manager your duties will include:
-Providing specialist environmental support for bid / tender submissions.
-Providing detailed support during the preconstruction phase to ensure projects consider and plan for
environmental and sustainability best practice.
-Undertaking pre-start checks by reviewing preconstruction information and assessing areas of risk and appropriate mitigation measures.
-Applying for necessary environmental regulatory permissions.
-Developing environmental risk assessments.
-Developing Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMPs).
-Developing supplementary project specific environmental management plans (e.g., Water Management Plans and Nuisance Management Plans), wherever needed.
-Reviewing and improving environmentally high-risk method statements.
-Providing specialist environmental support to our project teams during the construction phase.
-Monitoring environmental performance against the requirements of the company Environmental Policies and standards.
-Supporting the Senior Environmental Manager in setting the agenda for company environmental performance improvement across all operational sectors.
-Conducting environmental incident investigations and liaising with regulatory bodies in the management of environmental incidents as well as communicating lessons learned across the business.
-Supporting the maintenance of the company environmental management system.
-Supporting working groups (e.g., sustainability groups) to enhance the strategic environmental and
sustainability objectives and commitments.
-Providing specialist support to operational teams concerning relevant changes to environmental legislation.
-Ensuring compliance with legislation, company standards and ISO 14001 requirements and best practice through regular audits, reporting and coaching.
-Influencing the supply chain to comply with company environmental requirements, policies and best practice initiatives.
-Supporting third party environmental audits to ensure compliance.
-Developing and disseminating environmental good practice initiatives by undertaking regular CPD sessions e.g., webinars; forums; training courses; regular supply chain engagement.
-Delivering environmental training to operational and support teams e.g., spill response / SEATS.
-Disseminating relevant environmental information and innovation across the company i.e., developing environmental alerts / bulletins / regulatory updates.
-Supporting operational teams in the effective implementation of all relevant regulatory permissions e.g., environmental permits; consents; exemptions.
-Supporting site teams to conduct environmental performance monitoring e.g., water, dust, noise.
-Be the point of contact and support to operational teams, as required, with site visits as required.
Requirements:
To be considered for this Environmental Manager role you must meet the following criteria:
- Previous environmental management role preferably in Construction or Civil Engineering
- Previous experience of delivering training
- Up to date knowledge of UK environmental Legislation
- Knowledge of Environmental Management Systems
- Degree in environmental management or equivalent - highly desirable
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written
- Computer literate
- Full UK Driving Licence with flexibility to visit sites in Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to form good working relationships with multi-disciplined teams.
- Able to work autonomously and manage own commitments/diary/scheduling.
- Previous employment with a main contractor, sub contractor, local authority or consultancy.
- Previous employment in an Environmental Advisor, Environmental Coordinator, Environmental Manager or similar role. Alternatively also open to consider Ecologists or Environmental Consultants (Or similar roles) transferring experience over.
Remuneration:
The successful Environmental Manager will receive:
-£40,000 - £55,000 basic salary (Dependent on experience)
-Car Allowance
-Competitive Pension
-Bonus (Excellent track record of paying)
To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.
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