Environment Manager, High Speed Rail

I'm seeking an Infrastructure Environment Manager to play a direct part in making sure one of the largest infrastructure programmes in the UK is designed and built in genuine compliance with its environmental commitments. This is not a monitoring role. Your day-to-day purpose is to assure that contractors are working to the environmental standards that govern the programme, to guide design teams on environmental constraints and solutions, and to identify issues early enough that they can be resolved without becoming problems. You will review and check assurance evidence as it moves through technical stage gates, and you will assess whether contractor designs and construction works are consistent with the applicable environmental minimum requirements, legislation and regulations. Where there are gaps or departures, you will communicate them clearly and work with the relevant parties to close them out. You will provide guidance on environmental design solutions across the asset scope, making sure that environmental considerations are built into project design from the outset rather than addressed retrospectively. The role involves active engagement with contractors and technical stakeholders across local, regional and national forums, and with the communities affected by the work. You will support internal and external reporting on environmental matters and work alongside colleagues in other technical disciplines to develop mitigation strate...