Environmental Technician

Kier Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Northampton is seeking an Environment Technician to join our Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services team. Based in Northampton, you will help ensure Anglian Water remains compliant with environmental regulations by sampling waste materials such as soil and asphalt across the region. In this role you will collect samples, record and submit to laboratories, audit compliance, advise on waste handling, and promote site safety with the Safer Everyday ethos.

Qualifications

• Experience in the construction or infrastructure sector.
• Ability to work autonomously within established processes and procedures.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with field-based teams.

Responsibilities

• Collect soil and asphalt samples from excavations across the Anglian Water region.
• Recording and submitting samples to approved laboratories, then processing results and uploading to internal systems.
• Auditing compliance with the Streetworks Protocol and reviewing on-site practices with dig teams.
• Providing advice on waste handling and management plans based on sampling results.
• Championing site safety and embedding Safer Every Day principles across all sampling activities.

Skills

Sampling

Environmental compliance

Communication

Site safety

Autonomous work

Job description

We're looking for an Environment Technician to join our Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services team based in Northampton.

Location: Northampton
Hours: 45 per week, Monday to Friday

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a newly established role within a forward-thinking team. As an Environment Technician, you will play a key part in ensuring Anglian Water remains compliant with the Streetworks Protocol, by carrying out sampling of waste materials such as soil and asphalt across the region. Working within the Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services team, you'll be supporting the maintenance of water supply systems and helping to develop new ways to better service customers.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Environment Technician, you'll be working within the Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services team, supporting them in maintaining compliance with environmental regulations and the Streetworks Protocol. Your day to day will include:

• Collecting soil and asphalt samples from excavations across the Anglian Water region
• Recording and submitting samples to approved laboratories, then processing results and uploading to internal systems
• Auditing compliance with the Streetworks Protocol and reviewing on-site practices with dig teams
• Providing advice on waste handling and management plans based on sampling results
• Championing site safety and embedding Safer Every Day principles across all sampling activities

What are we looking for?

This role of Environment Technician is great for you if:

• You have proven experience in the construction or infrastructure sector
• You can work autonomously within established processes and procedures
• You have strong communication and influencing skills, especially with field-based teams
• You're confident working in dynamic operational environments and have a passion for safety
• You're collaborative, trusted, and focused - willing to work closely with teams to reach innovative solutions

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.