Assistant Environmental Advisor

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Job Description

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

Job Description

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

A Little More About Your Role…

WSP has a large, highly experienced and friendly Environmental team who get involved with a diverse range of multi-disciplinary projects within the UK for both private and public clients. The team pride themselves on the integrated support offered by working alongside our in-house water, ecology, landscape, arboriculture, Natural Capital and sustainability specialists to deliver commercially balanced, innovative and integrated solutions.

With one of the UK’s largest ecology teams with a growing portfolio of projects, WSP is looking to appoint an Assistant Environmental Clerk of Works to help support our growing portfolio of project work at construction stage. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced environmentalist with knowledge of environmental legislation and construction environmental management plans with construction site experience. The position is a field-based role which requires travel throughout Scotland to visit various project sites.

Your New Role What’s Involved?

• Field based - visiting construction sites across a variety of industries (windfarm/grid connection/underground cabling/sub-sea cabling etc) to monitor adherence to environmental legislation.
• Carry out/support site inspections and audits of construction works against planning conditions and associated documents (e.g. Construction Environmental Management Plan).
• Work with peers to provide guidance and solutions to contractors and clients on environmental compliance and best practice methods.
• You would be a key point of contact, working closely with other disciplines, notably ecologists, hydrologists, archaeologists and engineers to provide an integrated environmental service with specialists.
• Liaise with colleagues and subcontractors on environmental management practices.
• Provide support to operation and design teams on environmental compliance and project specific mitigation measures.
• Delivery of toolbox talks and onsite environmental guidance to contractors.
• The delivery of an Environmental Clerk of Works & Environmental Advisor role may require working away from home between Monday-Friday, three weeks out of four.
• Support site teams on incident investigation and reporting.
• Manage tasks according to approved scope of works and deliver high quality reporting or other deliverables on time and on budget.
• Supporting team management with administration tasks .

• An Environmental Science or Environmental Management Degree.
• An understanding of a working construction site environment.
• Membership of a professional body.
• A CSCS card (or in the process of gaining one).
• Ability and willingness to travel to site and between project locations on a regular basis (a suitable vehicle will be provided).
• An understanding of environmental management in a construction context.
• An understanding of the environmental impact assessment legislation, policy and guidance.
• An understanding of Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations (EASR) and pollution prevention.
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant wildlife legislation.
• Experience of monitoring construction activities in line with best practice guidance from small to large sized projects.
• A highly organised, pragmatic, solutions-driven, pro-active and reliable approach…