About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an
Environment & Sustainability Manager to join our
Highways team on the
Lower Thames Crossing project in
Dartford.
If you have or are looking for a career in Highways or Major Projects, working on the Lower Thames Crossing will give you experience and challenge that no other highways project can offer.
The successful candidate will provide E&S support to the Lower Thames Crossing enabling works and likely to the main works contract. Current enabling works include the creation of the Hole Farm community forest, conversion of the Pilgrims Lane site into a Green Beacon (a low carbon, environmentally conscious office and compound), and early surveys for archaeological trenching and protected species licences.
This is a very exciting project to be a part of especially for environmental reasons!! Don't miss out Apply today!
What you'll be doing
- Undertake regular site inspections to monitor compliance with the environmental licences/consents for the works and environmental plans and procedures; implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with UK regulations and legislation.
- Provide appropriate professional and practical advice to Enterprise Partners and the supply chain on environmental and ecological issues.
- Review and make recommendations for subcontractor selection using BMS selection procedures such as new Sustainability Jaggaer Question Sets and heatmaps
- Monitor the performance of environmental advisors / assistants, ecological clerks of works, and sustainability coordinators.
- Work with the Enterprise Partners to produce and update the Project Management Plan including key plans (Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and Sustainability Action Plan) and support specialist procedures (such as the Carbon Management Plan) as appropriate.
- Develop and deliver LTC specific environmental training for site personnel.
- Work with the Group and central BB Highways teams to coordinate and manage environmental inductions for all staff involved in the project.
Who we're looking for
- Environmental Degree, NEBOSH Environmental Diploma / IEMA Certificate or related discipline.
- Knowledge of investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for incident investigation.
- Experience in managing a team.
- Experience of chairing meetings, both with the workforce, supply chain and sub-contractors.
- Strong and effective communication skills to deliver key safety messages.
- Experience in construction environment (desirable)
- Driving Licence (Essential)
Why work for us
Our people are our biggest asset, and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level. Some of our key benefits are:
- Company car or car allowance
- Medical Health Cover
- Discretionary annual bonus
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- BB Pension Scheme
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies
- Payment of 1 annual professional membership
- Access to our employee referral scheme
- Discretionary annual salary reviews
About us
Balfour Beatty Highways delivers major schemes including smart motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put our customer, the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, delivering net carbon reductions and social value to the communities within which we work.
The
Lower Thames Crossing will create a new connection under the River Thames to increase capacity and ease congestion in the South of England.
Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the design and delivery of over 10 miles of new highways, connecting the M25 at Junction 29 and the A13 with the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel at Tilbury, Essex. In addition we will deliver 49 structures including bridges and major viaducts.
Diversity and Inclusion: At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
