Environmental Advisor

ZipRecruiter; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Hemel Hempstead is seeking an Environmental Advisor to ensure compliance with environmental legislation and corporate requirements. This role involves driving pollution prevention, enhancing biodiversity, and coordinating inspections and audits. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and demonstrate the ability to raise environmental awareness across the business. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive annual leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).
• Qualified internal environmental auditor with demonstrable internal audit experience.
• Understanding of BS EN ISO 14001:2004/2015 and experience in facilitating registration surveillance visits.
• Affiliate member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM).
• Working knowledge of current and impending environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation and corporate requirements.
• Drive pollution prevention, carbon reduction, waste minimisation, and biodiversity protection.
• Raise environmental awareness across the business.
• Coordinate internal planning meetings, inspections and audits.
• Support the development and maintenance of the Environmental Management System (EMS).

Job description

Overview

Job Description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

We currently have a superb opportunity for an Environmental Advisor to join our VolkerFitzpatrick business. You will play a key role in ensuring our business meets all environmental legislation and corporate requirements, driving pollution prevention, carbon reduction, waste minimisation, and biodiversity protection. You will help raise environmental awareness across the business, coordinate internal planning meetings, inspections and audits, and support the development and maintenance of our Environmental Management System (EMS).

Responsibilities

Note: The original text emphasizes the Environmental Advisor role and related activities. The following responsibilities are derived from the described duties:

• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation and corporate requirements.
• Drive pollution prevention, carbon reduction, waste minimisation, and biodiversity protection.
• Raise environmental awareness across the business.
• Coordinate internal planning meetings, inspections and audits.
• Support the development and maintenance of the Environmental Management System (EMS).

Qualifications

• Associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).
• Qualified internal environmental auditor with demonstrable internal audit experience; Lead Auditor status beneficial but not essential.
• Understanding of BS EN ISO 14001:2004/2015 and experience in facilitating registration surveillance visits.
• Affiliate member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM).
• Working knowledge of current and impending environmental legislation.
• Self-confidence to build strong working relationships internally and externally.
• Note: If past experience doesn’t match every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK, a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure. By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick provides staff with unrivalled resources and expertise to clients. We offer competitive rewards and benefits and recognise the value we place on our employees.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurant vouchers, rewards and discounts
• Training and development opportunities – comprehensive skills-based training
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental health, physical health and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service
• Fairness and respect – a place to be yourself and thrive

Additional information

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its staff. A drugs and alcohol screening is mandatory for all employees. We prefer direct hire and will contact our PSL agencies if applicable. If you need support with your application, please contact us.