Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager

Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager

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Position based at Netherton near Peterhead, this role requires an experienced Environment and Sustainability professional with all-round environmental and sustainability experience.

Working on a large new energy hub at Netherton near Peterhead, this role requires an experienced Environment and Sustainability professional with good all-round environment and sustainability experience. The role is for someone with previous construction related experience who enjoys working onsite and managing day to day environmental impacts as well as bigger picture sustainability issues such as carbon reduction.

• Compile environmental plans, method statements and risk assessments as part of the pre-construction project phase.
• Provide advice to construction teams regarding pollution prevention and environmental best practice – possibly developing management plans, delivering training, site inspections or chairing meetings.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation and the Environmental Statement commitments during all construction activities by way of regular site inspections.
• Maintain a site waste management plan and collate waste records for all waste movement offsite, including those from subcontractors.
• Maintain and collate sustainability records such as waste, carbon and material sourcing records, including those from subcontractors.
• Undertake and advise on noise and vibration monitoring.
• Undertake and advise on water quality monitoring and sampling.
• Regular liaison with key environmental stakeholders including SEPA, Nature Scot and Local Authorities.
• Report on and develop initiatives to improve environmental performance onsite.
• Ensure compliance with environmental commitments within the contract and/or planning documents.
• Identify more sustainable solutions for the project and wider industry, including working on new sustainability innovation projects.
• Lead teams of experts such as ecologists, archaeologists and designers to determine key control measures/targets/processes for the project.
• Advise project teams on start-up documentation and licensing requirements for new projects.
• Work with and report to customers and other key stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Manage a team of ES advisors, potentially expanding to manage a team of Environmental Managers and advisors in the North East of Scotland.

• Full clean driving licence and willingness to travel to a variety of locations with occasional stays away from home.
• Understanding of current environmental legislation and best practice relating to construction projects – including waste management, pollution prevention and material sourcing.
• Experience with routine environmental inspections and reporting for construction projects.
• Experience with Waste Duty of Care requirements and documents.
• Ability to assist in problem solving for environmental and sustainability challenges and provide opportunities for environmental innovation.
• Team management and management of environmental specialists.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• Smart working – flexible staggered start and finish times, up to 40% remote work where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies – 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

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