Senior Environmental Manager

TN United Kingdom; Rushden; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Environmental Manager to lead sustainability initiatives in the Water Sector. This role offers the opportunity to work from anywhere in the UK while engaging with diverse teams to ensure environmental excellence. You'll be pivotal in driving compliance and innovation, making a tangible impact on projects. With a flexible working environment and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this position is perfect for professionals ready to shape the future of environmental management in construction. Join a forward-thinking organization and take the next step in your career!

Qualifications

• Proven lengthy experience in Environmental Management within construction.
• Relevant degree or diploma in environmental discipline required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Water Business Unit Managing Director in implementing Sustainability Strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Environmental statutory requirements and reporting.

Skills

Environmental Management

Sustainability Strategy

Client Reporting

Compliance Advice

Education

Relevant degree in Environmental Discipline

Chartered Environmentalist or equivalent

Diploma in Environmental Management

Job description

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We're looking for a Senior Environmental Manager to join our Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks team working on projects for our Water Sector clients, based from anywhere in the UK, but willing to travel to sites nationally.

Location:based anywhere in the UK but willing to travel to sites nationally

Hours: Permanent, full time- some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Responsibilities

As a Senior Environmental Manager, you'll support the Water Business Unit Managing Director and Senior Leaders to implement our Sustainability Strategy and achieve environmental excellence in our Water Business Unit. Providing specialist environmental support and compliance advice from pre-construction through to construction, you'll ensure sustainability and innovation is embedded into our projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Ensuring we are meeting client reporting requirements and promote Kier's Sustainability Strategy to our clients
• Chairing forums at a local level which drive innovation, best practice and progress towards the Sustainability strategy elements
• Engaging with pre-construction and operational teams to ensure Kier's Standards and Minimum Standards are understood and applied
• Ensuring Kier and the projects it delivers are compliant with all Environmental statutory requirements, accredited processes and procedures, and contract specific requirements including permit and licence applications
• Reporting on environmental performance to the Head of Environment and the Water Business Unit Senior Leadership team
  
  

What are we looking for?

This Senior Environmental Manager is great for you if you have:

• Proven lengthy experience working in an Environmental Management role within the construction industry
• Relevant degree / diploma in an environmental discipline or equivalent
• Chartered Environmentalist or a member of a relevant professional body (or demonstrable IPD / CPD equivalent), or
• Diploma in Environmental Management or similar
• Full UK Driving Licence

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

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

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 .

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