Environmental Engineer

Winthrop Technologies Ltd.; Sines; Presencial; EUR 42 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Market leader role

Large-scale projects

Collaborative team

Career progression

Competitive salary

Resumo da oferta

Winthrop Technologies Ltd. in Sines, Portugal, is seeking an Environmental Engineer to join our project team and support environmental management across the project lifecycle.

You will conduct onsite inspections, prepare monthly progress reports, investigate incidents, manage permits and waste streams, and promote sustainable practices aligned with client and company standards. You'll collaborate with HSE, site managers, and LEED objectives, influence construction practices, and stop work for

Qualificações

• Must hold an environmental qualification or degree.
• Strong understanding of environmental regulations and management principles.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced construction environment.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct onsite environmental inspections and report to Environmental Manager and EHS Lead.
• Provide monthly Environmental Progress Reports on incidents, resolutions, or interventions.
• Perform incident investigations and track close outs for environmental non-compliance.
• Audit permits and manage the site-based complaints system.

Conhecimentos

Environmental regulations knowledge

Communication & collaboration

Construction sector experience

Site supervision

High-Tech/Data Centre exposure

Formação académica

Environmental qualification or degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Winthrop Technologies is Europe's only dedicated data centre delivery partner, offering full turnkey solutions from design through to construction and commissioning. Headquartered in Dublin, we deliver projects across Europe and have become the most trusted name in our sector. We are currently seeking an experienced Environmental Engineer to join our project team in Sines, Portugal. This role will be responsible for supporting the environmental management of projects, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, sustainability objectives, and company standards throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Onsite environmental inspection duties, reporting to the project's Environmental Manager and EHS Lead.
• Perform site walkovers with the site team/ supervisors and provide a written list of findings, agree actions to address non conformities (NC) issues with realistic dates reflecting the risk of the NC
• Provide monthly Environmental Progress Reports on incidents, resolutions or interventions.
• Perform incident investigations and track close outs for any environmental non-compliance.
• Perform audit checks of permits as well as managing the existing site based complaints system.
• Monitor, record and report on project waste management.
• Including the promotion and awareness around waste streams and waste minimisation.
• Ensure that all drains and potential entry points to watercourses are protected.
• Assess that all onsite discharges to watercourses should run clean water only and take mitigating actions if required.
• Identify and implement spill kit provision and training requirements.
• Represent WTL for Client Environmental inspections and meetings and ensure reporting on close outs for any findings.
• Provide a presence on site to oversee medium to high risk tasks and operations.
• Promote best practice and progressive environmental management and provide information on 'lessons learned' and incidents feedback.
• Provide assistance to the Environmental Manager and be involved in all appropriate client meetings and the project decision making processes.
• Will be required to stop works where bad practice or management is identified.
• Ensure site noticeboards and key information points along the site hoarding contain sufficient levels of environmental information for site staff and the general public.
• Provide toolbox talks to make site staff aware of environmental best practice onsite behaviours and social sensitivities issues including what to do in the event of a public approach.
• Perform (alongside H&S and Site Manager) emergency practice scenarios, identify weaknesses in any existing approach and improvement plans.
• Liaise with the H&S Site Officer to ensure any cross over risks are addressed appropriately.
• Input on the updating of the project's Construction Environmental Management Plan and work with the Environmental Manager to integrate the requirements effectively in conjunction with the client's requirements and Winthrop's wider corporate sustainability goals.
• Reviewing Construction Method Statements, processes and procedures to ensure they have considered all environmental risks and mitigate them appropriately.
• Liaise with Client LEED practitioner, coordinate collection of documentary evidence and site inspections to achieve targeted LEED Gold certification of the project.
• Build a strong environmental culture on the project and drive environmental initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications

• Relevant Environmentalist qualification or degree.
• Strong understanding of environmental regulations and management principles
• 3 years' experience within the construction sector
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced construction environment
• Strong background in site supervision would beneficial.
• Experience working on High-Tec, Industrial, pharma, data centre type projects would be beneficial but not essential.

Benefits & Perks

• Opportunity to work for a market leader in the Data centre industry
• Working on large scale data centre projects
• Collaborative team working environments
• Career progression and development supported
• Competitive salary packages