Senior Environmental Advisor

ROLE PURPOSE

Key point of contact for the client, designer, and stakeholders on Environmental issues

To provide support and advice to operational teams on all aspects of environmental management, developing environmental documentation, meeting legal and company standards, contract requirements and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. Understand and work with Client to ensure contract environmental requirements are complied with Support on site mitigation and sustainability of works.

Overseeing the work of the Environmental team.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Identifies environmental opportunities and financial / programme / reputational risks to the project.
• Fully understands the legal and Client requirements / conditions of contract, as they relate to
environmental sustainability issues and advises the project teams on these.
• Production of Environmental Documentation and Deliverables e.g., Construction Environmental
Management Plan, aspects, and impacts register
• Helps develop robust and comprehensive mitigation measures to deal with environmental risks,
working collaboratively with the whole project team on the following:
- Ecology
- Pollution Control
- Water environment
- Noise and Vibration
- Air Quality
- Climate Change and Carbon
- Resource sourcing and efficiency
- Waste Management
- Consents / permits / licensing
• Provides effective leadership to a team of Environmental & Sustainability professionals in a way that
facilitates learning and supports the development of both the individual and wider environmental
performance.
• Ensures effective implementation and reporting of monitoring regime and audit programme.
• Collaborates with client, designer and third parties. Works to share best practice within the project
and wider business.
• Leads a positive environmental culture on the section and works to transform behaviours where
required.
• Liaise with client, regulatory bodies, and subcontractors on matters of environmental management
and sustainability. Chairing environmental meetings, and acting as project environmental
representative and delegated authority of HSE manager where required e.g., meetings, business
forums etc. Review of method statements and associated documents to ensure environmental
compliance.
ROLE PROFILE
Provide on-site advice to operations and design teams on environmental management, compliance,
and project specific mitigation measures.
Complete audits and inspections, ensuring implementation of the project environmental management systems on project sites.
• Investigate environmental incidents and support the business to implement controls to prevent repeat occurrence.
• Be aware of changes to standards and legislation and where applicable recommend changes to
systems and processes.
• Deliver environmental training, promoting development of staff.
• Produce internal and external reports as required, e.g., case studies, environmental performance.
• Support and conduct assurance activities including facilitating external audits.
• Assist in the development of key performance indicators and management reports.
• Ensure compliance with licences / permits / consents.
• Other duties as required.

PERSONAL QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

• Member of an environmental professional body
  • A sound understanding of environmental legislation, impact mitigation and dealing with statutory authorities.
  • Good experience of managing a variety of environmental risks and understanding their impacts in terms of time costs and reputation.
  • Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the project.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills. Able to effectively communicate environmental risks and controls to many different job roles and levels of environmental awareness. Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.
  • Good commercial awareness
  • Literate in MS Office
  • Full UK driver’s licence Experience working under a marine licence or other licences / permits /
  consents.
  The following qualities/ experience are desirable:
  • Experience of co-ordinating the work of others and overseeing a team
  • Experience of managing environmental risks associated with concreting works.