Environment & Sustainability Manager

Sweco UK Ltd; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an Environment and Sustainability Manager, where your expertise will drive compliance and promote sustainable practices across innovative projects. This role offers a chance to lead a dedicated team, engage with stakeholders, and make a significant impact on environmental performance. With a strong focus on career progression and a supportive work culture, you will collaborate with experts to tackle societal challenges and contribute to building sustainable communities. If you're passionate about environmental excellence and ready to take on exciting challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Collaborative Work Culture

Flexible Work Hours

Qualifications

• Proven environmental management experience in construction.
• Degree in environmental field and ISO 14001 Auditor training.

Responsibilities

• Oversee environmental compliance and promote sustainable practices.
• Manage audits and inspections, ensuring adherence to legislation.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Organizational Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

Degree in Environmental-Related Subject

PIEMA Membership

Tools

Visio

Power BI

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

GIS

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/life balance, we are asking our employees to have office presence on an average of three days a week.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Environment and Sustainability Manager to lead and support our commitment to environmental excellence and sustainability within the @One Alliance.

What will you be doing as our new Environment and Sustainability Manager?

As an Environment and Sustainability Manager you’ll oversee environmental compliance, promote sustainable practices across projects, and ensure that the company adheres to environmental legislation and best practices.

The Environment and Sustainability Manager will manage a team of Environment and Sustainability Advisors and collaborate across various teams to drive continuous improvement in environmental performance. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on both our projects and sustainability goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct Project Support: Provide expertise and support to construction projects on environmental issues. Develop and implement sustainable working practices during construction. Collaborate across the @one Alliance to ensure compliance with the Alliance Management System (AMS) and ensure compliance with environmental information within the AMS.
• Alliance Management System: Keep track of evolving legislation and promote best practices within the Alliance. Manage environmental audits, inspections, and non-conformance reports (NCR).
• Inspection and Auditing: Develop and manage an environmental audit schedule and carry out ISO 14001 audits. Provide feedback and guidance on audits and inspections.
• Communication: Lead regular Environment and Sustainability Team meetings. Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including Anglian Water, to report on environmental performance.
• Environmental Training: Develop and deliver environmental training across the business and create educational tools and materials to address near misses and incidents.
• Performance Reporting: Collate, validate, and report on environmental data, including sustainability and waste data. Drive continuous improvement based on performance targets and audit outcomes.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven environmental management experience within the construction industry.
• Degree in an environmental-related subject, PIEMA Membership (IEMA Chartered status desirable).
• Lead ISO 14001 Auditor or Auditor training.
• Experience with environmental and sustainability issues such as contaminated land, waste management, soil testing, carbon, ecology and incident investigation.
• Familiarity with relevant legislation and regulations.

Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficient in document production (Visio, Power BI, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, GIS).
• Strong organizational and negotiation skills.
• Ability to develop strategic solutions and resolve conflicts.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in promoting environmental sustainability and compliance in a dynamic environment. We offer a supportive, collaborative work culture, with opportunities for professional development and career progression.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.