Environmental Manager

VINCI; Clifton Hampden; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NUVIA UK is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead the development and maintenance of the Environment Case, ensuring regulatory alignment and environmental strategies are clearly defined and embedded across engineering design, procurement, and delivery across nuclear, defence and energy programmes.

You will identify and mitigate environmental risks, oversee modelling and inventories, coordinate with IPTs, and provide training on environmental legislation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering environmental engineering activities within large, complex programmes.
• Deep knowledge of environmental legislation and standards.
• Proven application of BAT and ENVID methodologies.
• Ability to operate effectively within a multi-disciplinary, high-hazard engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of the Environment Case.
• Define and communicate environmental and sustainability strategy for plant design.
• Integrate design for environment through BAT assessments, ENVID workshops, and environmental modelling.
• Maintain plant-wide waste and emissions inventories (radiological and non-radiological).
• Assess environmental risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Provide training and capability development on environmental legislation and requirements.

Skills

Environmental engineering

Regulatory knowledge

BAT ENVID methods

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Job description

Role:Environmental Manager

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Location: Candidates can be based at either of the below sites on a hybrid basis – 3 days per week site/office presence as a minimum.

• West Burton Power Station, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 9BL
• Culham Campus, Abingdon OX14 3EB

We are actively recruiting on either a permanent or contract basis. If contract, in initial duration will be 12 months.

There has never been a more exciting time to join NUVIA UK. As a result of significant growth and major contract awards, including the STEP fusion programme and major frameworks supporting the UK's defence and nuclear infrastructure, we are expanding our capability and delivering some of the UK's most innovative and strategically important programmes. Operating across the nuclear, defence and energy sectors, our work supports critical national infrastructure, strengthens energy security and contributes to the UK's long-term resilience.

Required Outcomes

• A coherent and regulator-ready Environment Case aligned with the STEP design and Safety Case. Clear definition and implementation of environmental and sustainability strategies.
• Environmental requirements embedded within the engineering design, decision-making and delivery process
• Robust assessments, models, and inventories covering noise, air quality, watercourses, waste, emissions, and other relevant environmental impacts.
• Effective management of environmental risks and mitigation measures across programmes.
• Progressive validation of environmental data, impacts and commitments as the design matures.

Scope of Services

The service should provide specialist input to design, assessment, regulatory submissions, and programme delivery activities, operating closely with safety, engineering, and Integrated Project Teams (IPTs).

Key Service Requirements

• Lead development and maintenance of the Environment Case.
• Define and communicate environmental and sustainability strategy for plant design.
• Integrate design for environment through BAT assessments, ENVID workshops, and environmental modelling.
• Maintain plant-wide waste and emissions inventories (radiological and non-radiological).
• Assess environmental risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalat[e] issues appropriately.
• Assess environmental risks, define mitigation strategies and support their implementation.
• Resolve environmental interfaces and trade-offs across engineering disciplines and delivery teams.
• Provide training and capability development on environmental legislation and requirements.

Capability Expectations

• The service provider shall demonstrate extensive experience delivering environmental engineering activities within large, complex programmes.
• Expert knowledge of environmental legislation and standards.
• Proven application of BAT and ENVID methodologies.
• The capability to operate effectively within a multi-disciplinary, high-hazard engineering environment.