WHAT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

You’ll be interested in a career in sustainability and construction, be an eager individual who is willing to learn, collaborative and a confident communicator

• Ability to travel readily (car required)
• Experience in the industry desired but not required
• High level of personal drive and commitment, with effective goal setting ability
• Strong time management and organisation skills – a proactive self starter
• Be capable of meeting deadlines agreed and focus on prioritising activities
• Positive approach to the challenges of change, help others to become receptive and responsive to change
• Proficient in data collation (excel) and performance reporting
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to build and maintain good working relationships
• Be able to comfortably deliver presentations / training / briefings

QUALIFICATIONS

• Membership of IEMA, IES or IEEM (Graduate/ Associate level or equivalent preferred)
• A relevant degree in Environmental Management, Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
  Don’t match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

ABOUT US

At Laing O’Rourke, you’ll join an established, supportive team and work on large-scale projects that make a tangible difference. We offer the depth of opportunity to grow your career while contributing to meaningful social value outcomes.
Laing O’Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Our ambition is to be the recognised leader for innovation and excellence in the industry, driven by technical excellence in design, manufacturing and construction. Our business strategy is focussed on making an even bigger contribution to society by delivering buildings and infrastructure that excite, enable, and support people and communities, leaving an amazing legacy from our work.
We offer a competitive remuneration package (base salary + car/travel allowance) with access to PMI; enhanced pension and parental leave schemes; Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance and income protection; 33 days holiday inc. bank holidays; professional development opportunities and more!
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme’. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

• Assist the Senior Sustainability Manager with strategy projects and provide sustainability assurance across the Expanded projects (both structures and geotechnical) including data support, site visits to undertake compliance inspections, auditing, continuous improvement monitoring and driving innovation.

WHAT WILL THE ROLE LOOK LIKE?

• Support the Senior Sustainability Manager with day-to-day tasks, including progressing strategy led projects
• Help develop future sustainability strategies for Expanded
• Champion the implementation of the business sustainability strategy across all Expanded projects
• Assure compliance with the LOR Environmental Management System and Carbon Management System across the projects and help develop supporting documentation for project operations
• Ensure compliance with client requirements on the project/s and report progress
• Provide technical advice and direct help to the project/s, clients and contractors to assist with the resolution of sustainability issues
• Engage the project teams to ensure works are planned to manage environmental risk and engage with the workforce to ensure mitigations are adequately implemented
• Collect, analyse and report on sustainability performance and data and undertake inspections as per client and LOR requirements
• Investigate and report environmental incidents, non-conformances and corrective actions
• Promote the reduction of energy use and carbon emissions, engaging with the project/s and client team/s to identify opportunities for reduction and report as required to the client and LOR
• Support the business in driving our ambitions to deliver decarbonised solutions
• Support project audits, both internal and external