Environmental Sustainability Manager - Scotland

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Power Transmission & Distribution (PTD) team as an Environmental Sustainability Manager on the Scotland Regional PTD Portfolio and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
The role will provide strategic direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. It will support site-based project design construction controls and mitigations, sustainability opportunities and deliver against client led contractual requirements. A key part of the role will be engagement with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and environmental authorities
What you’ll be doing

In this role as Environmental Sustainability Manager, you will -

• Contribute to the strategic implementation of our sustainability plan,driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting to senior EnvironmentalSustainability Team.
• Manage project environmental risks and opportunities, supporting projectteams to develop and maintain local environmental and sustainabilitymanagement plans and risk assessments.
• Actively lead environment and sustainability, engaging project teams toencourage and promote sustainable behaviours and innovations, deliverpositive outcomes and maintain project documentation.
• Provide support and advice on environmental management, compliance andproject specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecologyprotection.
• Support Environmental Advisors/Consultants and liaise with other groupsustainability teams to deliver best sustainability outcomes.
• Direct and support teams’ applications for consent, licences or permits asrequired and ensure project/contract environmental complianceresponsibilities are maintained.
• Upskill the project team and contractors on environment and sustainabilityresponsibilities and controls via work package plans, toolbox talks and on-sitelearning and development. Developing a plan for education and reportingprogress.
• Ensure upload of environmental data monthly to the sustainability portal,working with project teams to develop the most effective process.

Who we’re looking for

In your role as Environmental Sustainability Manager the following qualities/experience are essential:

• Strong knowledge of environment management with the relevant experienceworking in a construction environment.
• Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutoryrequirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation,environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.
• Oversee, develop and direct more Junior ES roles across your portfolio
• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the bestoutcome.
• Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning andorganisation skills.
• Interpreting and managing data via databases, consistent record keeping andwriting detailed reports.
• Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.
• Be required to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend occasional meetings across the UK
• Literate in MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body(IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM).
• Experience of deputising for more senior role.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Good knowledge and practical experience of developing, implementing and improving EMS’s certified to ISO 14001 accreditation.
• Internal environmental auditor qualification.
• Knowledge of the Construction Industry - specifically understanding of the power/construction/engineering operating environment.
• Experience of taking on new challenges in a systematic and enthusiastic manner.
• Managing legislative issues for clients, including planning permissions and consents.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

In this role as Environmental Sustainability Manager, you will -

• Contribute to the strategic implementation of our sustainability plan,driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting to senior EnvironmentalSustainability Team.
• Manage project environmental risks and opportunities, supporting projectteams to develop and maintain local environmental and sustainabilitymanagement plans and risk assessments.
• Actively lead environment and sustainability, engaging project teams toencourage and promote sustainable behaviours and innovations, deliverpositive outcomes and maintain project documentation.
• Provide support and advice on environmental management, compliance andproject specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecologyprotection.
• Support Environmental Advisors/Consultants and liaise with other groupsustainability teams to deliver best sustainability outcomes.
• Direct and support teams’ applications for consent, licences or permits asrequired and ensure project/contract environmental complianceresponsibilities are maintained.
• Upskill the project team and contractors on environment and sustainabilityresponsibilities and controls via work package plans, toolbox talks and on-sitelearning and development. Developing a plan for education and reportingprogress.
• Ensure upload of environmental data monthly to the sustainability portal,working with project teams to develop the most effective process

In your role as Environmental Sustainability Manager the following qualities/experience are essential:

• Strong knowledge of environment management with the relevant experienceworking in a construction environment.
• Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutoryrequirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation,environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.
• Oversee, develop and direct more Junior ES roles across your portfolio
• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the bestoutcome.
• Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning andorganisation skills.
• Interpreting and managing data via databases, consistent record keeping andwriting detailed reports.
• Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.
• Be required to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend occasional meetings across the UK
• Literate in MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body(IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM).
• Experience of deputising for more senior role

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more