Environment Specialist

National Highways; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking an environmental professional to join their Environment Team in East Midlands. The role involves inspecting roadside assets, evaluating environmental needs, and ensuring compliance with legislation.

Successful candidates will need a qualification in a land-based discipline and should have experience with diverse habitat types and stakeholder engagement. The role also requires a solid understanding of environmental legislation and willingness to work independently.

National Highways values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Experience with Environmental Clerk of Works is advantageous.
• Ability to interpret plans and specifications on-site.
• Experience with asset condition assessments is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Undertake inspections of roadside assets according to statutory requirements.
• Evaluate environmental needs for maintenance solutions for the assets.
• Monitor delivery of agreed solutions and liaise with wider teams.

Skills

Understanding habitat types

Stakeholder management

Knowledge of environmental legislation

Practical landscaping operations

Education

Qualification in a land-based discipline

Job description

At National Highways we are very proud of the diverse habitats and associated species within our soft estate. Our linear habitats along the road network help integrate the Strategic Road Network into the landscape and provide invaluable habitat corridors for a range of protected species. As the custodian of these important habitats, we are passionate about the management of these areas and are looking for an environmental professional to work within our Environment Team to support the safe running of our road network while maintaining these assets.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Undertake inspections of roadside assets such as woodland and grasslands in line with the defined inspections regime and statutory requirements
• Identify and evaluate environmental needs relating to the development of maintenance solutions for the environmental asset, in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria
• Undertake the post-completion inspections of soft estate works
• Monitor the delivery of agreed solutions and plans, liaising with the relevant wider teams within National Highways to identify and/or rectify issues
• Ensure that environmental inventory and condition information is captured and maintained in the relevant database(s).

About you

• Qualification in a land-based discipline or equivalent work-based experience. Previous Environmental Clerk of Works experience would also be advantageous.
• An understanding of a broad range of habitat types.
• A good understanding of practical landscaping operations required to deliver works to natural assets and the ability to interpret plans and specifications against on-site delivery.
• Experience dealing with internal and external stakeholders, including responding to customer enquiries.
• Knowledge of asset condition assessment, such as landscape and ecology condition assessments, would be beneficial.
• A broad understanding of environmental and wildlife legislation. Knowledge of highways, land and property legislation would also be advantageous.
• Willingness to work independently on site for significant periods.

About us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A-roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

The Operations Directorate is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds