Environmental Engineer - AJAX
Stoke Gifford, North Fringe of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Engineering
Environmental Compliance & Protection
Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week at MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, 1 day per week at General Dynamics, Merthyr Tydfil, and 1 day working from home
Rate: Up to £550/day
IR35 status: Inside IR35
Contract dates: ASAP to 31/03/2027
Closing date: 8th September 2026 at 17:00
Security clearance: SC Clearance required
OverviewOur customer, a large defence organisation, is seeking an experienced Environmental Engineer to provide environmental engineering support across the AJAX programme.
The role will ensure environmental management processes, legislative compliance and AEMS/POEMS/SEMS (Unified/Land/Acquisition) requirements are effectively implemented. It will lead environmental risk and assurance activities, manage deltas between contracted standards/regulatory requirements and current requirements, support critical air quality and toxicity testing, and produce the environmental documentation and evidence required to enable safe and compliant programme delivery.
Team ContextThe AJAX Programme sits within the National Armaments Director Group (NAD) and is delivered as part of the Land Combat Vehicles 2 Portfolio.
The AJAX team comprises several pillars representing stages in the project lifecycle. This role sits within the In-Service Pillar
, which is responsible for engineering and support activity for the in-service AJAX fleet.
Develop and maintain AJAX Environmental Management and governance arrangements
- Environmental Management System (EMS), Environmental Management Plans, Environmental Cases, governance arrangements, assurance, Acquisition Environmental Control System, environmental procedures and supporting programme documentation.
- Legislative and policy compliance assessments, compliance records, audit evidence, assurance reports and recommendations to maintain alignment with MOD/DE&S requirements.
- Deliver environmental evidence in support of programme decision-making across the CADMID lifecycle.
- Environmental risk assessments, hazard logs, environmental impact analyses, hazardous materials registers and mitigation/risk-reduction plans.
- Environmental test plans, assessment reports, technical recommendations and environmental evidence to support safety and assurance decisions.
- Environmental Case Reports, Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management Plans and associated evidence packs for review, endorsement and acceptance.
- Briefing notes, decision-support papers, Environmental Panel outputs, advice notes and clear recommendations for programme decision-makers.
- Supplier environmental requirements, contractor deliverable reviews, technical assessments, action trackers and acceptance recommendations for supplier outputs.
- Knowledge-transfer products, guidance material, training inputs, handover documentation and a long-term environmental improvement plan.
- A minimum of Level 4 NQF in a relevant engineering or science discipline.
- Extensive experience in environmental management, environmental protection and development/maintenance of Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
- Strong knowledge and extensive experience of environmental legislation, risk assessment, impact management and the use of ASEMS and environmental management tools/processes.
- Practitioner-level…
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