Environmental Manager

HS2 Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Free parking & travel allowance

Family-friendly policies

Wellbeing support & flu vaccinations

Job summary

Balfour Beatty VINCI is recruiting for an Environmental Lead to support HS2’s Midlands works. Based in Birmingham, you will liaise with environmental specialists, manage mitigation strategies, and ensure compliance across sub-lot activities on major infrastructure sites including bridges and tunnels.

The role emphasizes experience in large linear projects, strong communication, and the ability to challenge designs while coordinating with multiple teams and contractors.

Qualifications

• Large scale linear project experience in rail or highway.
• Experience with environmental design and mitigation.
• Broad experience across environmental design and works.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High standard of computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide environmental advice to construction teams on constraints and legal requirements.
• Engage with sub-contractors to embed environmental requirements in their packages.
• Prepare and write site environmental documentation and reports.
• Coordinate with EMR/Consent teams to ensure compliance and data flow.
• Identify training needs and raise awareness of key environmental issues.

Skills

Environmental design

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Challenge designs

Rail/Highway experience

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

HS2, Britain’s new high-speed railway is at peak construction. Balfour Beatty VINCI is HS2’s construction partner in the Midlands, responsible for delivering 90km of the route, from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Now is a great time to join us and be part of a diverse team of nearly 9,000 people from over 80 nationalities working together to deliver major assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Whether onsite or officed based all colleagues have a key part to play in delivering this critical transport infrastructure project.

Location

Based in Birmingham - the Central Region runs from the east of Birmingham into the city centre, comprising Sublot Delta, 1B, 4 and 5S. More than 50% of the structures within IPT Area North are located in the Central Region. This region, which covers a complex urban environment, also includes the 3.5 mile twin bore Bromford Tunnel. It also includes Interchange Station, as well as crossing three major highways (A45, M6 and M42).

• Liaise with Environmental Substantiality core team specialists as required in order to provide advice and support for the construction team regarding the environmental constraints and HS2 and Legal requirements in the Sub-Lot(s) on all environmental topics; Ecology, Landscape, Archaeology and Built Heritage, Watercourse diversions, Water resources and flood risk, Waste, Carbon, BREEAM Contamination land, Noise & Vibration, Fencing, Land and Air Quality, Agriculture, Forestry and Soils.
• Raise awareness of key environmental issues. Identify training needs and input into site training.
• Liaise with the Enabling Works Contractor on the full range of environmental co-ordination and handover for the Sub-Lot(s).
• Engage with sub-contractors and their environmental reps to embed environment requirements and effective implementation within their packages of work.
• Provide/facilitate writing of site environmental documentation.
• Investigate incidents/non-conformances and share lessons learned across the contract.
• In coordination with the EMR team, ensure that construction methodology and programme is compliant with the EMRs and the U&As via the EMR Compliance Checklist & EMR Compliance Note
• Liaise with Consent and U&A team to ensure that any compliance issues are monitored and relevant information fed back to allow discharge of environmental conditions.
• Liaise with Sub-Lot teams to gather all information needed by core team specialists or DJV for production of Dust Risk Assessments, Noise & Vibration Assessments and other environmental topic documents for Construction.
• Collaborate with all other parties as required for the discharging of the responsibilities above.
• Demonstrate the BBV behaviours
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm for their own and their reports’ activities.
• Drive environmental / sustainability improvement and ensure that opportunities are identified and realised by pre-construction / construction teams.
• Large scale linear project experience (eg rail or highway).
• Significant experience with either a consulting engineer, main civil engineering contractor or a specialist environmental contractor.
• Experience of environmental design and mitigation
• Broad experience of all aspects of environmental design and works and impacts on 3rd Parties
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High standard of computer literacy
• Confidence and experience to challenge designs prepared by others

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK to be considered.

Why Join Us

• Flexible working options
• Free parking & travel allowance (where eligible)
• Family-friendly policies
• Wellbeing support & flu vaccinations

About Us

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a joint venture with over 30 years of experience delivering iconic infrastructure, including the Channel Tunnel, Crossrail, and upgrading some of the UK’s busiest motorways. On HS2, we’re building everything from viaducts and tunnels to bridges and embankments across the West Midlands.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer, welcoming people from all backgrounds, abilities and neurodiversities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities.

Flexible Working

We’re open to discussing flexible working arrangements to suit your needs, aligned with project requirements.