Balfour Beatty UK Looking for Environment & Sustainability Manager at Maidstone, Kent Full Time

About the role

Balfour Beatty is looking for a talented Environment and Sustainability Manager to join our Rail Team. Preferably you will be based in or around the south/southeast of England. This role will see you managing & leading the sustainability and environmental advisors within the allocated area. You will help to deliver a culture of continual improvement, ensuring contractual and regulatory requirements are delivered, providing sustainability and environmental support and advice to the projects and regional teams whilst meeting legal and company standards. A company car will be provided. 

As an Environment and Sustainability Manager you will:

• Lead and manage the overall capability, development, deployment and
  performance of the Environment and Sustainability delivery team for a project portfolio.
• Implementation of the E&S strategy for the projects, including development of appropriate action plans.
• Advise and guide all levels within the business. Senior/Regional Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, peers, operatives, office staff and subcontractors.
• Support the E&S upskilling and development of the business operational teams, assisting in the identification of site E&S training needs.
• Manage, support, develop and coach Environmental and Sustainability Advisors.
• Manage external stakeholders, regulators and in line with the overall business approach.
• Responsible for the management of sustainability and environmental risks and mitigation, consultation with clients, stakeholders and regulators.
• Utilise the findings from reporting data, assessments, external and internal audits to drive sustainability action plans and inform key business decisions.
• Build and develop relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the company environmental management system ensuring it is implemented and operated in line with changing standards and legislation on contracts.
• Conduct site E&S Inspections, visits and joint tours.
• Ensure the projects complies with all Regulations, Company Policies, consents/licences, and the BMS/EMS and that it is continually improved
• Support their Project /Business area during incident/accident investigations

Who we’re looking for

• Proven experience in the Civils/Utilities industry in an environmental and/or sustainability role.
• Proven experience of leading a team.
• Cost estimation and commercial awareness
• Degree in relevant field
• Competent user of the complete Microsoft Office package (MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to operate in a range of environments.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to positively influence environment and sustainability within projects
• Experience in Implementing/maintaining ISO14001

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Internal environmental auditor qualification
• IEMA Full Membership/Chartered Environmentalist (CENV) or equivalent
• Masters degree in relevant field
• Knowledge of the Construction Industry
• Working under or delivering a DCO or other consenting regimes

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

Our Rail business has an extensive legacy of rail expertise. Our teams safely deliver complex projects, from consultancy and design to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Using advanced plant and machinery, and unique innovations, we provide end-to-end solutions for our customers.

Our aim is to improve the passengers experience, and our teams create better journeys by increasing network capacity, improving reliability, and making our railways more efficient and sustainable.

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.

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.