Senior Engineer Environmental

at  Heathrow

Be part of this city within a city. Every year, millions of people travel through Heathrow. Joining our Engineering team means being at the heart of a complex operation whose size, scale and reputation for innovation are unique. We make sure the airport is always running smoothly and keep passengers and planes moving.
Our team touches all aspects of airport life – from water to energy, rail to roads, baggage systems to runways. The scope and variety of what we do is vast, spanning mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail and environmental disciplines. Together we are responsible for the performance of 500,000 assets worth £14bn. It means there are always a wide range of interesting development, construction and maintenance projects to get involved with. And a lot of ways to develop your skills, career and reputation.
You’ll be part of a close-knit, driven team, taking on work that you can take real pride in and feel passionate about. It’s an exciting place to be, where every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities and you’ll be mentored by world-class experts every step of the way.

As a Senior Environmental Engineer, you’ll help us to make every journey better. Especially because the work you do will touch on all aspects of Heathrow life – we’re actively involved in everything from Electric charging infrastructure, Low Carbon Materials, Climate asset resilience and biodiversity. You’ll keep our airport running smoothly 24/7. The scale of what we do is vast and will test your skills and give you huge scope to make your mark, it’s an exciting place to be. You’ll be doing work that you can take real pride in and feel genuinely passionate about as part whilst being part of a close-knit and supportive team.

• Asset Strategies and Standards – Owning and developing our Asset Strategies and Asset Standards electing what we do to our assets and how we do it. Use these strategies and standards to define detailed asset maintenance plans and asset renewal/investment plans.
• Working with carbon and Sustainability team, understanding application of wider Heathrow environmental targets, what can we do here and now, and support planning for future investment.
• Client role for environmental projects such as developments in biodiversity sites, waste infrastructure projects and overview of all project environmental impact assessments
• Aligning Heathrow’s 2.0 Sustainability strategy with asset standards, providing technical guidance on best practice and strategic direction for engineering senior leaders.
• Bringing innovations, continuous improvements and new ideas to the technical Services team.
• Managing Risk, Assurance and Investigations - Carry out assurance activities on delivery teams within capital delivery projects and maintenance teams to ensure asset plans are being robustly applied and have appropriate plans in place to manage risk.
• Be a senior manager and leader at Heathrow. Provide professional leadership and mentoring to the engineers assigned to your discipline.
• Ideally qualified at degree level, be Chartered Engineer (or near Chartered) with IES, CIWEM, SocEnv (or similar) or can demonstrate equivalent experience and expertise.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organisation to drive the overall agenda for asset management and execution of the strategy.
• Proven ability to instruct, lead and manage technical and professional consultants and contractors to achieve defined outcomes.
• Good knowledge and a strong working experience of asset management and maintenance practices, methodologies and strategies.
• Experience of developing business cases, and the ability to translate and present data and technical knowledge in a meaningful way.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Previous experience working within an airport.
• Previous experience working across different engineering disciplines

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we’ll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

• Asset Strategies and Standards – Owning and developing our Asset Strategies and Asset Standards electing what we do to our assets and how we do it. Use these strategies and standards to define detailed asset maintenance plans and asset renewal/investment plans.
• Working with carbon and Sustainability team, understanding application of wider Heathrow environmental targets, what can we do here and now, and support planning for future investment.
• Client role for environmental projects such as developments in biodiversity sites, waste infrastructure projects and overview of all project environmental impact assessments
• Aligning Heathrow’s 2.0 Sustainability strategy with asset standards, providing technical guidance on best practice and strategic direction for engineering senior leaders.
• Bringing innovations, continuous improvements and new ideas to the technical Services team.
• Managing Risk, Assurance and Investigations - Carry out assurance activities on delivery teams within capital delivery projects and maintenance teams to ensure asset plans are being robustly applied and have appropriate plans in place to manage risk.
• Be a senior manager and leader at Heathrow. Provide professional leadership and mentoring to the engineers assigned to your discipline.
• Ideally qualified at degree level, be Chartered Engineer (or near Chartered) with IES, CIWEM, SocEnv (or similar) or can demonstrate equivalent experience and expertise.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organisation to drive the overall agenda for asset management and execution of the strategy.
• Proven ability to instruct, lead and manage technical and professional consultants and contractors to achieve defined outcomes.
• Good knowledge and a strong working experience of asset management and maintenance practices, methodologies and strategies.
• Experience of developing business cases, and the ability to translate and present data and technical knowledge in a meaningful way