Senior Environmental Advisor

Kier Group; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Oxford is seeking a Senior Environmental Advisor to join our Rail team. You will implement strategy, drive innovation and provide environmental assurance across Rail projects.

The role offers permanent full-time hours (42 per week) with a salary of £30,000 - £45,000 per year plus £5,000 annual car allowance and benefits. We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to candidates in this role.

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Management or related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised environmental/sustainability body such as IEMA.
• Significant experience in environmental management with practical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Implement the business environmental sustainability strategy and support project teams in its development.
• Ensure all environmental permits, licences, consents and third party conditions are identified, in place and complied with.
• Work with delivery teams to identify, communicate and manage environmental risks and opportunities.
• Monitor and measure environmental performance to set standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Undertake inspections and audits, investigate environmental incidents and share lessons learnt.

Skills

Environmental management

Stakeholder communication

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in Environmental Management or related discipline

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Environmental Advisor to join our Rail team based in Oxford. In this role you'll implement strategy, drive innovation and provide environmental assurance across Rail projects.

Location: Oxford
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 42 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year + £5,000 annual car allowance + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Environmental Advisor, you'll provide specialist advice to project teams on legal, client and company requirements, ensuring all environmental compliance obligations, objectives and targets are met. You'll champion environmental sustainability and help drive Kier Transportation's Sustainability Strategy forward. Your day to day will include:

• Implementing the business environmental sustainability strategy and supporting project teams in its development
• Ensuring all environmental permits, licences, consents and third party conditions are identified, in place and complied with
• Working proactively with project delivery teams to identify, communicate and manage environmental risks and opportunities
• Monitoring and measuring environmental performance to set standards and identify opportunities for improvement
• Undertaking inspections and audits, investigating environmental incidents and communicating lessons learnt

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Environmental Advisor is a great fit if you:

• Hold a degree or equivalent qualification in Environmental Management, Sustainability or a related discipline
• Have professional membership or associate membership of a recognised environmental or sustainability body, such as IEMA
• Bring significant experience in environmental management, with the ability to provide practical advice and guidance
• Have strong knowledge and practical experience of implementing and maintaining Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certified to BS EN ISO 14001
• Communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders, with strong presentation, relationship-building and interpersonal skills

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.