Enabling, Environment and Sustainability Manager

Barhale; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for an Enabling, Environmental and Sustainability Manager to enhance their SHEA team. This role involves leading environmental projects, ensuring compliance with legislation, and promoting best practices within the construction industry. The position is vital for improving lives and protecting the environment while supporting a collaborative team culture focused on safety and wellbeing.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Profit share scheme

25 days of annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Leadership & management training

Flexible working arrangements

Annual salary review

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in environmental management.
• Experience within the Water Sector is advantageous.
• Experience managing a team and incident investigations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in environmental consenting and permitting.
• Support project teams in governance processes.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation.

Skills

Knowledge of environmental management within the construction industry

Knowledge of key environmental legislation

Strong communication skills

People management skills

Ability to develop a strategic view

Education

Degree in an environmental-related subject

Master's in an environmental-related subject

IEMA Chartered

PIEMA Membership

Tools

Auditor training

Lead ISO14001 Auditor Training

Job description

We're the @one Alliance - a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we'll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects - from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.

What will you be doing as our new Enabling, Environmental and Sustainability Manager?

We're passionate about keeping our people safe, happy, and thriving, which is why we're strengthening our SHEA (Safety, Health, Environment and Assurance) team with a dedicated Enabling, Environment and Sustainability Manager.

You'll be part of a collaborative team delivering impactful projects that improve lives and protect the environment. You'll work alongside industry leaders in a culture that truly prioritises wellbeing, safety, and personal growth.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide end-to-end leadership across all aspects of environmental consenting, permitting and auditing in project delivery, driving consistency and clarity in approach
• Review and approve all @one Alliance Enabling Risk Assessments with outstanding risks, ensuring that any outstanding risks are fully understood and mitigated. Support the Senior Enabling Lead in implementing consistent standards of assessment and risk categorisation
• Support project teams, Senior Enabling Leads and Enabling Co-ordinators where necessary in relevant governance processes. Effectively manage the escalation of business-critical issues through the appropriate escalation procedure
• Ensure that the AMS (Alliance Management System) is regularly reviewed and updated in line with changes to legislation, lessons learnt and continuous improvement opportunities
• Ensure compliance with current environmental legislation and promote best practices relevant to @one Alliance
• Ensure compliance with the AMS through a program of regular inspections, audits, quality assurance reviews and reporting

What We're Looking For

• Knowledge of environmental management within the construction industry
• Knowledge of key environmental legislation
• Partner company management training
• Strong communication and people management skills - you're trusted, respected, and supportive
• Ability to develop a strategic view of a problem

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in environmental management within the construction industry
• Degree in an environmental-related subject
• Master's in an environmental-related subject
• IEMA Chartered
• PIEMA Membership
• Adult education training qualification
• Experience within the Water Sector
• Auditor training
• Lead ISO14001 Auditor Training
• Partner company management training
• Experience managing a team
• Full incident investigation training course

Experience in subject matter experience including.

• Contaminated Land
• Statutory Nuisance
• Waste Management
• Soil Testing
• Ecology
• Archaeology
• Carbon
• Sustainability
• Social value
• Incident investigation
• Knowledge of key environmental legislation

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• Profit share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours leave of absence for volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Annual salary review
• Continuous service awards

How to apply:

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