Job title: Environment Manager (Central)

Reporting to: Senior Environment Manager

Directorate: Phase Two, Development

Location: Birmingham (with travel along the route and to and from London)

JOB PURPOSE

Manage and assure the route-wide environmental assessment work (including associated assessments) developed for the hybrid Bill for Phase Two in accordance with organisational, sponsor and parliamentary requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE

Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a relevant environmental/ built environmental discipline.

Membership of a relevant environmental/ built environmental organisation is desirable.

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 to manage individuals, consultants and to work 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 to use Office based software, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, coupled with an aptitude towards learning and utilising new software in the office environment (training is provided in the use of the internal document management systems). 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.

DECISIONMAKING

This role is part of the client team managing route-wide environmental products (including EIA, TA and

EqIA) developed by consultants and subsequently defended through Parliament. This role provides support for route-wide input for environmental and sustainability matters in the Area Scheme Design

Working Groups. You are responsible for ensuring the client requirements are met in the development

of the EIA (including TA) and EqIA and be responsible for ensuring that area issues/ risks are escalated to the Senior Environment Manager. You work closely with the other Environment Managers in the

Central Environment team and engage with other Environment Managers across Area Teams to achieve consistent, high quality products. You work closely with other Environment colleagues from

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Technical Directorate, Phase One and Phase 2A. You ensure that the Area Teams build on work already undertaken on Phase Two, whilst remaining consistent with Phase One and Phase 2A and avoiding difficult precedent for any subsequent phases of HS2. You support the hybrid Bill process and

Principle and Expert Witnesses in the defence of the scheme before Select Committee.

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OTHER CONTEXTUAL

This role is the Environment Manager for a whole route leg section of the Phase Two route (e.g. overseeing route-wide east or west leg work streams, including EQIA).

The role reports to the Senior Environment Manager and interfaces with other Environment Managers across the Central Environment Team and Area Teams.

This role works alongside a team of other specialists and consultants engaged on the project and liaises with a range of technical stakeholders, including statutory bodies to develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions and play an integral role in reducing the detrimental impact of the developing scheme on people and the environment. They also work closely with the supply chain and with Technical Directorate. Ensuring consistency with, and avoiding difficult precedent for, other parts of the HS2 project is also a key requirement. They achieve this by working closely with the Environmental Interfaces Manager.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Take reasonable care to ensure your own and others' health and safety - including those who may be affected by the delivery of this role - by taking personal responsibility for working to the HS2 S.A.F.E programme principles.

Cooperate with HS2 in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times and not interfering with measures in place to protect your health, safety or welfare.

Advocate and promote the company's well-being strategy and policies.