Environmental Advisor

Location: Woodford

About Us Part of the Volker Wessels UK Group, Volker Stevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group's business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service. About the role Environmental Advisor - Devonport Full Time

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Plymouth Volker Stevin is seeking a proactive and experienced Environmental Advisor to support the delivery of major civil engineering projects at Devonport . Are you passionate about driving positive change in environmental performance and sustainability? Do you want to play a key role in shaping and improving the environmental and sustainability practices of our business? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering environmental support on the Devonport project, while also providing environmental and sustainability support across other projects throughout the Southwest. The candidate's role is to:
Ensure their allocated sites are compliant with environmental legislation and company and client requirements. Provide advice on all site environment aspects and impacts such as waste, water management, permits, consents and licences. Advise construction teams on environmental issues. Monitor and measure the environmental performance of their sites. Be involved in business improvement initiatives particularly with regard to sustainability issues.

Key Accountabilities:

Audit and inspect VS projects on a regular basis. Promote environmental awareness on their projects, through training, briefings, poster campaigns and other communication methods. Encourage a reduction in carbon emissions on the projects and across the company. Undertake incident investigations and draft actions plans and reports for senior management. Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and client representatives to ensure collaborative working relationships.

Work effectively and professionally with Regulators and third parties. Support and work with other Environmental team members. Be interested in the sustainability agenda and willing to become involved with and champion new initiatives. Actively promote the Volker Stevin safety behavioural programme and the Volker Stevin Way Embrace the challenges of change and help others to become receptive and responsive to new ideas and innovations.

Plan and provide training to site teams and other interested parties. Plan and attend internal and external meetings as required by the role. Note, this

Job Description is not exhaustive, and staff may be required to undertake relevant duties other than those listed. About you You will have a good working knowledge of environmental legislation and its application within an engineering and construction environment. Ideally, the candidate will have a professional environmental qualification, such as PISEF or similar. Previous experience in the Civil engineering industry would be advantageous.

Previous experience and understanding of BREEAM Infrastructure, CL:

AIRE DoW CoP and ISO
14001 will be beneficial, although training will be given. There will be a requirement to travel and spend nights away. The candidate must hold a full driving licence. However, they can organise their own calendar, in liaison with their sites, and we are flexible about WFH, though being regularly visible on sites and in the office is important.  Due to the nature of the project, applicants must be UK Nationals and either hold, or be eligible to obtain, Security Clearance (SC).

Candidates with existing SC…