Environment & Social Manager - Onshore

TotalEnergies; Ten Mile Bank; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel between sites

Job summary

TotalEnergies is recruiting for an Environment & Social Manager - Onshore to lead governance, risk, and performance across the UK onshore portfolio, including sites in England and Wales. The role requires senior expertise in environmental and social management within renewables or similar high-hazard industries, with strong English and collaboration across contractors and internal teams.

The position may be based in Aberdeen or London and may involve travel between sites to support multiple

Qualifications

• Preferably degree qualified within environmental discipline with a minimum of 10 years relevant work experience.
• Significant experience in environmental and social management roles within construction, renewables, or similar high-hazard industries.
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation, specifically England and Wales.
• Good knowledge of TotalEnergies HSE standards and framework (ONE MAESTRO).
• Experience in social management.

Responsibilities

• E&S Strategy and Governance: Implement the entity E&S strategy, priorities and roadmap across the onshore portfolio.
• Establish E&S performance measures and ensure reporting alignment with requirements.
• Lead or coordinate environmental risk reviews, audits and E&S input to governance processes.
• Provide functional leadership and assurance for environmental performance across the Affiliate.

Education

Degree in environmental discipline

Job description

Contexte et environnement

We have a new position for an Environment & Social Manager - Onshore

Contexte et environnement

We have a new position for an Environment & Social Manager - Onshore
This role can be Aberdeen or London based
The E&S Manager provides functional leadership, governance, operational assurance and competent environmental and social advice across the onshore portfolio in the UK and Ireland. The role is accountable for implementation of the entity HSE strategy, One MAESTRO requirements, Company rules, applicable legal and regulatory requirements, planning and consent commitments and recognised industry standards within the E&S scope. Its scope covers development, acquisition and integration, design, planning, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, modification, asset management, divestment and decommissioning across onshore renewable energy activities.
The role acts as the senior E&S focal point for onshore activities and provides independent, risk-based advice and assurance to the VP HSE, business leadership, project directors and asset managers. It leads and coordinates assigned E&S resources, including the Societal Lead, and oversees environmental and societal studies, E&S management plans, compliance, contractor performance, reporting and assurance across the portfolio.
The role maintains effective interfaces with the Heads of HSE, Development, Planning, Consents, Projects, Operations and Asset Management where environmental or societal requirements and commitments may affect project design, construction methodology, workforce safety, contractor controls, emergency preparedness or operational risk.

Activités

TotalEnergies targets increased renewable generation capacity in 2030 and will continue to expand its business to become a leading international player in renewable energies. Wind and solar developments are two of the axes of this ambition.
Together with our JV partners, TotalEnergies’ renewables business unit in the UK are developing offshore wind projects that can deliver around 5GW of renewable power. Major investments are being made in electricity from solar, with several projects being developed across England and Wales, amounting to around 1GW of power. The role will be supporting multiple solar projects, and may be required to travel between sites.
To be a success in this role, you will need:

• Preferably degree qualified within environmental discipline with a minimum of 10 years relevant work experience.
• Significant experience in environmental and social management roles within construction, renewables, or similar high-hazard industries.
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation, specifically England and Wales.
• Good knowledge of TotalEnergies HSE standards and framework (ONE MAESTRO).
• Experience in social management.

Functional/Technical Skills

• Experienced in the successful application and management of environmental and social aspects in a multi-disciplinary project environment.
• Experience reviewing and implementing environmental & social plans and procedures.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Determines degree of statutory compliance and anticipates the potential impact of new legislation.
• Understands the commercial impact of decisions

Personal Attributes and Competencies

• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with contractors.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and able to drive positive change.
• Maintains business focus.
• Ability to work and deliver against challenging constraints.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage own workload, meet timescales and coordinate a number of external and internal stakeholders, sometimes under tight timescale.
• Confident personality – ability to coach technical specialists and challenge their approach effectively.
• Advanced English (both written and spoken). Proficiency in French beneficial but not essential.
• Driver's license type B

Profil du candidat

The role includes, but is not limited to:

• E&S Strategy and Governance
  • Implement the entity E&S strategy, priorities and roadmap across the onshore portfolio.
  • Act as the senior E&S focal point for the Affiliate and maintain effective interfaces with Company E&S functions and specialists.
  • Establish E&S performance measures aligned with entity and Company requirements and ensure accurate, timely and appropriately validated reporting, including Sustainab’ALL indicators.
  • Coordinate consolidated E&S reporting while ensuring environmental and societal data are validated by the appropriate technical owner before submission.
  • Ensure applicable legal requirements, One MAESTRO requirements, Company rules, specifications and E&S commitments are understood, translated into portfolio requirements and effectively implemented.
  • Lead or coordinate environmental risk reviews, audits and E&S input to internal approval processes, including project reviews, CORISK and investment decisions. Where societal matters are included: Coordinate input from the Societal Lead and other relevant specialists where the review includes social-performance or stakeholder risks.
  • Provide functional leadership, governance and assurance for environmental performance across the Affiliate, and coordinate integrated E&S matters with the Societal Lead.
  • Maintain effective interfaces with the VP HSE, Heads of HSE, Development, Planning, Consents, Projects, Operations and Asset Management where E&S requirements affect project design, construction, contractor controls, emergency preparedness or operational risk.
  • Establish a risk-based E&S assurance programme and provide independent advice and challenge on compliance with applicable legal requirements, Company rules, planning and consent commitments, lender requirements and partner obligations.
  • Maintain portfolio oversight of E&S studies, environmental permitting, management plans, commitments, schedules, budgets and material delivery risks.
  • Maintain clear interfaces with Planning and Consents functions, without assuming ownership of planning applications or consenting processes assigned to those functions.
  • Maintain a risk-based programme of project reviews, site visits, contractor engagements and E&S performance reviews.
  • Provide E&S input to entity and project governance forums and ensure material risks, commitments, incidents, performance concerns and improvement actions are appropriately escalated and followed through.
  • Ensure environmental and societal events are notified, classified, investigated and reported in accordance with Company requirements, and elevate material incidents to the VP HSE and relevant business leadership.
  • Lead or provide quality assurance for significant environmental investigations and coordinate input from the Societal Lead where societal impacts are involved.
  • Contribute E&S priorities, performance and learning to entity HSE governance, management reviews and continual-improvement programmes.
  • Provide timely E&S performance, incident and compliance information to the VP HSE and relevant business leadership.
• Oversees the development of E&S studies for the projects under development, including:
  • Establish governance and assurance arrangements for environmental and social studies required across project development, acquisition, construction, operation and decommissioning.
  • Retain technical ownership of environmental studies and coordinate with the Societal Lead, who retains technical ownership of societal studies and social-performance deliverables.
  • Define or approve environmental study requirements and support Procurement and project teams in the qualification and appointment of competent consultants.
  • Ensure the Societal Lead defines or approves the societal scope and technical evaluation criteria for social-performance studies.
  • Review and accept environmental deliverables for Company decision-making and governance purposes, obtaining specialist review where required.
  • Ensure societal deliverables are reviewed and accepted by the Societal Lead within the responsibilities assigned to that role.
  • Coordinate with the Societal Lead to ensure environmental and societal inputs are integrated where studies or management plans contain both disciplines.
  • Provide assurance that environmental and social studies address applicable legal requirements, Company rules, lender and partner requirements and relevant project commitments, with technical validation undertaken by the appropriate environmental or societal owner.
• Ensure right implementation of E&S requirements by Contractors:
  • Establish and assure implementation of proportionate E&S requirements across contractor qualification, procurement, mobilisation, construction, commissioning and operational activities.
  • Ensure relevant environmental and societal requirements, commitments and performance expectations are incorporated into procurement packages, technical specifications, contracts and contractor scopes.
  • Lead the E&S assessment of bidders and provide environmental and societal input to contractor qualification and selection, in coordination with Procurement, project teams and the relevant Head of HSE.
  • Establish requirements for project and contractor E&S management plans and provide review, challenge and assurance before mobilisation and throughout project execution.
  • Ensure environmental and societal content is reviewed and validated by the appropriate technical owner, including the Societal Lead where social-performance requirements are involved.
  • Maintain a risk-based programme of assurance to verify contractor implementation of approved E&S management plans, consent conditions, permit requirements and material project commitments.
  • Monitor contractor E&S performance through audits, inspections, site visits, performance indicators and engagement with contractor management teams.
  • Ensure material E&S risks, incidents, commitments, findings and performance concerns are addressed through contractor governance arrangements.
  • Challenge underperformance and ensure corrective and improvement actions are assigned, implemented and verified.