Environmental Manager

VINCI; Sturton le Steeple; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead the Environment Case for STEP design alignment and regulatory readiness. You will embed environmental requirements within engineering delivery, coordinating with IPTs and safety teams to ensure robust strategies.

The role requires detailed environmental modelling, risk assessment, and cross-disciplinary collaboration across UK projects in nuclear, defence, and energy sectors.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of the Environment Case.
• Define and communicate environmental and sustainability strategy for plant design.
• Integrate design for environment via BAT assessments and ENVID workshops.
• Maintain plant-wide waste and emissions inventories (radiological & non-radiological).
• Assess environmental risks and mitigation strategies across programmes.

Skills

Environmental engineering

Environmental legislation

BAT ENVID methodologies

Multidisciplinary collaboration

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.