Your contribution to our company:

As the Environmental Manager, you will provide expert guidance to project teams, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and industry best practices. Working across multiple sites, you will play a key role in managing environmental risks, promoting innovation, and driving continuous improvement in environmental performance.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team at the forefront of the UK’s energy transition, contributing to the delivery of essential infrastructure while protecting and enhancing the natural environment.

This is a UK-wide position with our Power head office being based in Stafford, but projects are to be located up and down the country, so openness to travel is essential.

Requirements:

• Line manage, mentor, and lead the team of Environmental Advisors, Senior Environmental Advisors, and Environmental Technicians on a large infrastructure project in the UK. Report to the Subdivision Head of Environment and Sustainability.
• Be responsible for the establishment, maintenance, and dissemination of the ISO 14001 accredited Environmental Management System (EMS) on a large project.
• Lead the project Environmental Management team to work with the wider project teams (e.g., procurement, design, and site teams) to ensure that the delivery of the project is in accordance with the EMS.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the impact assessments undertaken prior to the project and ensure that these are understood within the Environmental Management team. Maintain the Impacts and Aspects Register and legal register accordingly.
• Maintain the EMS management plans (including the Construction Environmental Management Plan) responding to changes in project scope and environmental understanding. Communicate the requirements of the management plans at senior project level. Support the Environmental Management team to resolve persistent or significant non-compliances or escalate to the project directorate as appropriate.
• Write the inspection and audit programme and support the Environmental Advisors undertaking inspections and detailed audits (internal and external).
• Oversee the delivery of the Environmental Monitoring Plan, ensuring appropriate quality control. Advise Environmental Advisors and undertake detailed investigation of anomalous results.
• Manage the production of project documentation and liaise with client and regulators to obtain all consents and permits required for the project to progress in accordance with the project plan. Advise the design team to ensure that the requirements of the consents and permits are incorporated into the site design.
• Respond to observations of non-compliances or potential non-compliances or matters which may result in non-compliance, escalating to the project directorate as necessary.
• Design and lead the delivery of the environmental communications and training plan.
• Ensure that the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan is followed by ensuring that it is communicated at supervisor/superintendent/senior level and site management level. Deliver the requirements for equipment and procedures in accordance with the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan.
• Coordinate the response to significant environmental incidents and support response to other incidents as required.
• Be responsible for the production of RAMS for activities undertaken by the Environmental Team and ensure that RAMS for other activities are reviewed. Advise the design and construction teams to promote best practice and reduce the risk of environmental incidents, through the HAZID and RAMS review processes.
• Support the work of the subdivision Sustainability Team by supporting the collection of data from project teams and promoting improvements to ways of working.
• Liaise with the client and subcontractors at senior level and ensure that liaison between the STRABAG environment teams and client/subcontractors teams at site level are professional, transparent, and constructive. Ensure the delivery of routine environmental performance reports. Ensure that observations made during audits and inspections are responded to appropriately.
• Lead liaison with regulators including the Local Planning Authorities, National Parks Authorities, the Environment Agency/SEPA, etc. for the project to ensure compliance with legislation and local policy.
• Take responsibility for own health and safety and that of the rest of the Environmental Management team, the wider Strabag project team, and any other site workers and visitors.
• Coordinate the work of any project Environmental Technicians.
• Support the technical development of junior team members through structured training sessions and mentoring, in particular mentoring Environmental Advisors.
• Deputise for the subdivision Head of Environment and Sustainability as required.
• Maintain a high level of knowledge and competency in relation to Environmental Management and responsibilities including appropriate qualifications and professional membership and CPD.
• Work to develop technical leadership in specialist area(s) to support the work of the Environmental team as required.
• Provide support to other STRABAG projects including assurance audits and significant incident investigation as required.