Environment Manager,

Long Term Contract

Birmingham

My client currently has an opportunity for a major infrastructure project HS2, as an Environment Manager, Birmingham with travel along the route and to and from London).

Role:-

As the Environment Manager you will be based out of Birmingham (with travel along the route and to and from London). Your key responsibilities will be to Manage and assure the area environmental assessment work including associated assessments developed for the hybrid Bill for phase Two in accordance with organisational, sponsor and parliamentary requirements. You will report to the Senior Environmental Manager.

You Key Responsibilities will be:-

Lead a key area team’s environmental assessment requirements and deliverables, working in close association with other area teams, ensuring all client requirements are met. Guide with sound knowledge and understanding on how to achieve environmental objectives on a large greenfield /infrastructure projects of national significance.
As part of the area team, provide client leadership and advice developing environmental design solutions ensuring that environmental sustainability issues continues being embedded as an integral part of the project design in accordance with the projects sustainability policy & approach.
Work collaboratively with other technical specialists including engineers, construction experts, architects, property advisors, environmental and sustainability specialists achieving high quality integrated designs and develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
Ensure requirements for environmental consultants are developed in a timely manner, working collaboratively with the Client and Project Integration teams.
Provide key client management interface for consultants appointed undertaking area environmental assessment (including transport and equalities impact assessment) and design in order to input on the environmental and sustainability aspects and ensure compliance with projects.
Critically appraise all area environmental deliverables produced by consultants ensuring compliance with the organisation’s technical and sponsor requirements, environmental commitments, environmental law and regulation (including parliamentary requirements) enabling confident defence before Select Committees.
Support area technical stakeholder engagement (working closely with the Central Environment Team and Stakeholder Team) via various different forums obtaining information informing the development of the area (and, where necessary, route-wide) assessment and design and ensuring the stakeholder’s environmental and sustainability requirements are understood and managed minimising petition risk and supporting the development of a nationally significant infrastructure projects
Working closely with the Area Senior Environment Managers to support Principal and Expert Witnesses on area environmental issues (including EIA, TA and EqIA) and preparation of petition responses and reports to Select Committee.
Working closely with the Area Senior Environment Managers to manage the response to general internal and external enquiries (including FOI, EIR and PQ requests) on area environmental (including EIA, TA and EqIA) matters, supporting Area Team Managers on internal and external reporting of environmental matters.

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a relevant environmental/ built environmental discipline.
Membership of a relevant environmental/ built environmental organisation would be a plus (IEMA, SIAM, CIWEM).
Experience of managing environmental assessment (EIA) and design on large or complex infrastructure/ engineering projects.
Proven knowledge of EU and UK environment legislation and current best practice guidance.
Proven ability managing individuals, consultants and working across multidisciplinary teams.
Strong numeracy, written and verbal communication skills and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental issues to a range of stakeholders.
Strong IT skills and proven working ability using Office based software, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook, coupled with an aptitude towards learning and utilising new software. A good understanding of GIS, SharePoint and eB is also desirable.
Experience of preparing/ reviewing material for and attending public consultations
Experience of working under extremely tight deadlines and in a constantly changing project environment.

Are you looking for a new opportunity and challenge?

Do you want to be part of a company who is heading major projects?

This is a great opportunity for the right person

Do you have the skills, experience and the qualifications for this opportunity?

If the answer is yes; in order to be considered for this opportunity please forward your C.V. in the first instance to Farrah:- Farrah. alam@

vital. uk.com or call Farrah on Tel:- 07717

306 848 to discuss this opportunity in more detail