Environment Specialist

TN United Kingdom; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an environmental expert to support the Transpennine Route Upgrade. In this role, you will provide crucial guidance on environmental compliance, assuring the quality of environmental documents, and supporting audits and inspections. Your expertise will help ensure that the project meets sustainability targets and adheres to UK and European regulations. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on a major infrastructure project while collaborating with various stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of UK and European environmental legislation and regulation.
• Knowledge of maintenance delivery process and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert support on environmental matters for legislative compliance.
• Assure environmental documents from delivery partners.

Skills

UK and European environmental legislation

Environmental management system

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

Membership of professional body (e.g., Practitioner IEMA)

Tools

BREEAM Infrastructure

ISO 14001

Job description

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Provide environmental expertise across the Transpennine Route Upgrade. Support the TRU Programme Environment Manager by collaborating with and assuring design and construction delivery partners. Support in ensuring the programme is environmentally compliant and working towards sustainability targets and objectives within the TRU Sustainable Development Strategy ‘Our Guiding Compass’.

About the role (External)

Key accountabilities:

1. Provide expert support and guidance on all environmental matters to help deliver legislative compliance.
2. Assure environmental documents produced by delivery partners, such as environment and social management plans and incident response plans.
3. Support with environmental audits and inspections.
4. Monitor closeout of environmental non-conformances.
5. Help collate periodic and quarterly reporting.

Minimum requirements:

We need you to have:

• Good understanding of UK and European environmental legislation and regulation.
• Good understanding of environmental management system.
• Knowledge of maintenance delivery process and techniques.
• Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisational skills.

It would be advantageous if you have:

• Knowledge of operational railway environment.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard.
• Good understanding of NR/L2/ENV/015 and experience implementing.
• Experience of providing environmental support on multidiscipline railway design and construction projects.
• Experience of embedding BREEAM Infrastructure.
• Membership of professional body (e.g., Practitioner IEMA, PIEMA or equivalent).