Environmental Sustainability Manager - Manchester

Balfour Beatty; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company in Manchester is seeking an Environmental Sustainability Manager. You will promote a positive environmental culture and ensure compliance with environmental regulations on key projects. The ideal candidate has a background in environmental management, strong communication skills, and experience in the construction industry. This role offers flexible working and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Smart working options including up to 40% remote work

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of environmental management in a construction environment.
• Experience in managing others who provide administrative support within Environmental Sustainability department.
• Understanding and knowledge of confidentiality requirements of role.

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement.
• Maintain and update environmental plans and procedures.
• Coordinate regular site inspections for compliance monitoring.

Skills

Environmental management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Environmental Degree or related discipline

NEBOSH Environmental Diploma or IEMA Certificate

Job description

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About the role

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Highways team as a Environmental Sustainability Manager on the RIP Mottram Moor Link Road & A57 Link Road project, you'll work with true experts who'll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you'll be doing

• Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams, supply chain, client and statutory bodies
• Maintaining and updating plans and procedures including the EMP during the works; Approval of relevant documents (CEMP, method statements) in consultation with National Highways Project Manager and the appropriate statutory bodies;
• Appoint, train and monitor performance of Environmental Advisors / Assistants, Ecological Clerk of Works, Environmental Management Representatives (EMRs) and Sustainability Co-ordinators
• Act as a point of contact between the regulatory authorities (Environment Agency, Natural England, Heritage England, Local Authorities) and other third party consultees) and the project on-site based issues;
• Coordinate and undertake regular Site inspections with the construction teams to monitor compliance with the environmental licences/consents for the works and environmental plans and procedures; implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with UK regulations and legislation;
• Investigate environmental incidents and near miss events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and share lessons learned.
• Keep record of all activities on Site, environmental problems identified, transgressions noted and a schedule of all tasks undertaken; and provide appropriate professional and practical advice to contractors, consultants and project team members associated with environmental and ecological issues.
• Undertake Risk Assessment and Work Package Plan reviews to ensure that these documents are suitable and sufficient for the tasks to be undertaken and comply with the minimum company requirements. Applies to direct and subcontract works

Who we're looking for

Environmental Sustainability

• Environmental Degree or related discipline (preferred) or NEBOSH Environmental Diploma or IEMA Certificate
• Chartered Environmentalist (preferred)
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Full clean driving licence
• Strong understanding of environmental management in a construction environment
• Investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for incident investigation
• Takes ownership and accountability for tasks and sees through to successful completion
• Understanding and knowledge of confidentiality requirements of role
• Experience in managing others who provide administrative support within
  Environmental Sustainability department
• Experience of chairing meetings, both with the workforce and supply chain
• Strong and effective communication skills to deliver key safety messages

Engineering Control

• Strong understanding and experience of the construction and civil engineering process, including constraints and requirements of specialist heavy-civils operations (e.g. piling, earthworks, lifting, pavement, drainage etc.)

Commercial

• Understanding of how budgets are produced and how costs are defined for environmental issues

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Ability to seek out and deliver innovative methods of training and instruction, together with adaptive styles of communication with the workforce and staff alike

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]