Environment Manager

We are seeking an experienced Environmental Manager to lead the development implementation and continual improvement of environmental management systems across complex construction and infrastructure projects.

This role is responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental legislation regulatory requirements permits licences and company standards while driving a proactive environmental culture and high levels of environmental performance throughout project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation maintenance and continual improvement of the Environmental Management System (EMS) ensuring alignment with BS EN ISO 14001:2015 requirements.
• Develop review and update environmental procedures management plans standards and guidance documents to ensure compliance with legal client and organisational requirements.
• Establish robust environmental governance processes monitoring compliance and driving continual improvement across all project activities.
• Lead environmental audits inspections and compliance assessments ensuring findings are effectively managed through corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on environmental legislation regulatory obligations permits licences and emerging environmental requirements.
• Monitor environmental performance analyse trends and key performance indicators and prepare reports for senior management and client stakeholders.
• Lead environmental incident investigations root cause analysis and lessons learned processes to prevent recurrence and improve performance.
• Manage regulatory engagement and support interactions with environmental authorities clients and other external stakeholders.
• Oversee the implementation of environmental risk assessments and ensure environmental risks and opportunities are effectively identified and managed.
• Provide leadership coaching and technical support to environmental teams promoting consistency and best practice across projects.
• Drive environmental awareness competence and culture through the development and delivery of training programmes and engagement initiatives.
• Coordinate specialist environmental disciplines including ecology waste water air quality noise and vibration and contaminated land ensuring effective integration into project delivery.
• Support business assurance activities including management reviews external audits certification audits and compliance reporting.

What Youll Need

• Extensive experience managing Environmental Management Systems within construction infrastructure engineering industrial or regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation permitting regimes and environmental compliance requirements.
• Demonstrable experience maintaining and improving ISO 14001-certified management systems.
• Experience planning and leading environmental audits inspections and assurance programmes.
• Strong understanding of environmental risk management compliance frameworks and performance reporting.
• Proven ability to develop environmental procedures standards and governance processes that drive operational excellence.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills with experience working across multidisciplinary teams and senior leadership groups.
• Strong analytical organisational and problem-solving abilities with a continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications :

Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Environmental Management Environmental Science Engineering or a related discipline.

• Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and/or membership of a relevant professional body such as IEMA CIWEM CIEEM ISEP or ICE.
• Lead Auditor qualification (ISO 14001) desirable.

Additional Information :

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We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills talent and our peoples ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1