Environment Advisor

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK
At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK
At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

The role of the Environment & Sustainability Advisor (ESA) is to provide professional assistance for all departments within Rail Services division of Colas Rail. The post-holder will implement suitable assurance and engagement programs to ensure the division comply fully with Colas Rail EMS, Sustainability Management Systems, and any contract specific client requirements. The ESA will work proactively with maintenance and operations delivery teams and provide professional advice to meet client and industry expectations.

The ESA will identify environment & sustainability risks and opportunities and deliver relevant initiatives to achieve beyond compliance. The role is primarily based at Rugby with requirement to carry out site visits/travel, including occasional night shift with operational teams.

• Professional Qualifications in environment / sustainability.
• Wide construction industry experience in an environmental / sustainability role with evidence of successful delivery
• Experience of working with Environmental Management Systems, including understanding of legislation, issues, policies, procedures and practicalities within heavy
• plant/machinery or construction industry.
• Competent in development and delivering training and workshops for all levels of staff.
• Highly proficient in use of Office applications:
  Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint.
• Good collaborative and interpersonal working skills, good communication at all levels.

• NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate or assessed equivalent
• Environmental / Engineering degree (MSc level preferred)
• Environmental Incident Investigator
• Competent ISO 14001 Auditor
• Member of an appropriate professional institute, e.g. IEMA holder.
• Experience of the industry, in particular Light Rail, Railway or multi-disciplinary delivery.
• Strong experience of working in a customer led environment.

This role will support the Rail Services Safety & Sustainability department in achieving its QHSE objectives. Responsibilities shall include:

• Produce the Services EMS and Sustainability Plans ensuring that objectives and…