Environment & Sustainability Manager

Job Title:

Environment & Sustainability Manager Pay: £350 PAYE / £480 Umbrella

Location:

Based in our Suffolk office with hybrid working available Job  Vacancy Overview:
Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest mega projects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UKs climate change agenda and energy policy.

Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Job Purpose / Overview To provide environmental and sustainability leadership, promote best practice and ensure the Sizewell C site and associated developments maintain on site compliance with Environmental Permits and Licences. Principal Accountabilities Provide clear and concise leadership at all times to direct reports and Tier 1 suppliers. Ensure compliance arrangements are established and maintained to deliver compliance with environmental commitments and conditions with numerous site environmental permits, consents and licences.

Manage, co-ordinate and monitor environmental and sustainability activities on site to ensure full compliance with agreed environmental standards and expectations. Ensure world-class environmental behaviour and culture with the teams on site and supply chain including provision of strategic environmental leadership for the SZC site. Ensure that significant environmental aspects identified for the project are managed and mitigated appropriately. Drive environmental and sustainability performance with the SZC project and operations teams as well Tier One contractors to deliver best practice.

Work with the Client Team on engagement with the local Environmental Regulators, in particular the Environment Agency. Provide a highly professional customer/client-based service in all aspects of environmental and regulatory interfaces. Maintain compliance with ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System Standard, ensuring that, through its implementation, the effects of the construction sites activities conform to its environmental policy and associated objectives and targets.

Maintain oversight and responsibility for the programme of site environmental inspections and surveillance activities. Develop and implement Site environmental performance measurements (KPIs), review and reporting requirements to drive continuous environmental improvement. Event management:
Undertake environmental investigations to establish performance improvements and learning. Ensure that department resources, processes and activities are reviewed and optimised to achieve SZC project objectives. Ensure that all section staff are assessed, appraised, trained and developed in line with project needs. Manage the departments activities to meet agreed quality standards, ensuring compliance with the SZC Project Quality Manual and quality improvement programme and meet prescribed service levels, standards and targets by ensuring procedural adherence of the team and contractors.

Develop professional working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders including the Client Environment Team, Internal regulator, Site operations team, Tier 1 contractors and regulators. Ensure that construction experience feedback is promoted and used to enable continuous improvement in environmental and sustainability performance. Dimensions 4 Direct reports (team of 10) with responsibility for the teams performance. Required to influence the performance of environment professionals within the project supply chain.

Implementation of role accountabilities through pre-construction, construction delivery and commissioning. Supporting numerous multi-disciplinary construction and commissioning delivery teams, driving performance across several Tier 1 contract teams with a workforce of circa 8000 aging a budget for environmental monitoring on the SZC. Accountable to the Head of Site Compliance. Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience Knowledge & Skills Must have extensive skills leading E&S teams working on large complex highly regulated construction projects.

Must have a broad range of construction field skills, preferably full life cycle from civils to mechanical electrical and completions. Credible demonstrable leadership and influencing skills and experience. A detailed understanding of the requirements and arrangements needed to deliver compliance with environmental permits, licences and consents. A good understanding of the expectations, opportunities and limitations with regards to…