Sustainability - Environmental Graduate

At Laing O'Rourke, we deliver complex engineering and construction projects that shape the built environment. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our Early Talent programmes and help drive innovation across our business. We're seeking ambitious graduates who are ready to make an impact. If you're passionate, curious and eager to challenge the status quo, you'll help us drive innovation, transform our industry and shape the future of construction and engineering.

Through Laing O'Rourke's Graduate Development Programme, we help graduates gain practical experience, achieve professional accreditation and build the skills needed to become future leaders in the construction and engineering industry. Our Early Talent Programme will enable you to expand your networks, achieve professional and personal development, gain exposure to a variety of projects and disciplines, and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to build a successful and rewarding career.

Membership of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals

This role sits within the Laing O'Rourke Sustainability function, a team of over 100 professionals who support the business to deliver great outcomes for the business, our clients and our people. You'll support the business in driving our ambitions to push the boundaries of sustainability, helping us to achieve our ambition to be a net zero company delivering nature positive solutions with teams that represent our diverse society.

This role sits within the Laing O'Rourke Sustainability function, a team of over 100 professionals who support the business to deliver great outcomes for the business, our clients and our people. You'll support the business in driving our ambitions to push the boundaries of sustainability, helping us to achieve our ambition to be a net zero company delivering nature positive solutions with teams that represent our diverse society.

• Assure compliance with the LOR Energy and Environmental Management System,
• Support our project teams to embed our clients and our own sustainability requirements within the project,
• Review, advise and deliver environmental training required for project staff and operatives,
• Engage with the workforce around environmental issues,
• Collating and reporting on environmental performance,
• Ensuring that the general environmental requirements and objectives are included in inductions, toolbox talks and briefings and records are maintained,
• Ensuring that specific activity method statements, including those of suppliers, are reviewed to include the relevant environmental and waste requirements,
• Undertaking routine environmental inspections and checking monitoring arrangements are in place to meet the environmental requirements,
• Ensuring that appropriate environmental emergency arrangements are, implemented and tested as appropriate,
• Participating in management reviews and audits of the status, adequacy and effectiveness of the project Environmental Management Plan,
• Report and investigate environmental incidents and non-conformances and subsequent corrective actions,
• Participate in project related community activity (including work experience/training opportunities and charity initiatives,
• Monitor environmental performance and undertake inspections of the project,

Delivery, Technical, Procurement

Environment related subjects - e.g. Geography, Ecology, Environmental Sciences and related…