Environmental Lead - Mobile Fires Platform; MFP

Description

Location: Hybrid - minimum 2 days/week in office at MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol or contractor location; travel may be required within the UK and EU

Rate: Up to £550/day (Inside IR35)

Duration: ASAP to 31/03/2027

Working Pattern: 0.8 FTE

Final date to receive applications: 20/08/2026 at 10:00 BST

Clearance: SC Clearance required. UK Nationals only.

The Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) is a 'Category A' Government Funded Project and is the CGS' top priority. This capability is being delivered by Combat Vehicles 1 (CV1) PT.

The British Army has selected the RCH
155 Howitzer as its next generation 52 calibre, 155mm self-propelled howitzer. The programme includes delivery of an Early Concept Demonstrator (ECD), Qualification Range and Accuracy (QRA) activity and series production, with an initial production contract intended to provide a Minimum Deployable Capability (MDC) by 2029.

This role is to provide the necessary SME support across the above contracts to achieve the desired outcomes.

• Lead for the environmental aspects of the ECD, QRA, and production contracts - Ensuring environmental contractual deliverables meet MoD Policy requirements
• Produces, reviews, endorses, and recommends acceptance of environmental artefacts - IAW the ECD, QRA and production contract timescales and deliverables
• identifies and analyzes environmental impacts and leads on the contributes to the identification and evaluation of risk reduction measures, ensuring that these are adequately documented and managed. - Ensure the contractor environmental case accurately reflects the environmental risks and have been reduced to BEPO
• Develops, manages, and maintains effective Environmental Management Systems across a matrix managed organisation working alongside stakeholders and multiple Delivery Teams - DT environmental management plan
• Manage the environmental acceptance criteria through the test, verification, and validation process - Production and/or scrutiny of contractor supplied V&V data
• Manage and participate in assurance, audit, and reviews activity - Ensure documentation is produced/made available for internal and external audits and support audit process
• Provides recommendations and informed environmental advice to decision makers through Project Environmental Panels - ESSR environment panels, direct support to ESSR and SRO

Demonstrable experience delivering the above tasks and deliveries, or similar.

Knowledge or experience of military land vehicles and associated systems

Hybrid working - minimum of 2 days per week in office (at ABW or Contractor location)

Travel may be required within the UK and EU.