We're looking for an Environment Manager to join our Environment Agency CDF - Southwest team based in Southwest.
Location: Southwest
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is a unique opportunity to lead the environmental function within the Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework. You'll provide technical environmental advice and ensure compliance and strong environmental performance across projects throughout the Southwest. This role drives continuous improvement, supports pre-construction planning, and ensures effective implementation of environmental controls on site.
What will you be responsible for?
As an Environment Manager, you'll be working within the Environment Agency CDF - Southwest team, supporting them in delivering projects with strong environmental performance and compliance. Your day to day will include:
- Providing technical advice on permits, licensing and consents during pre-construction and throughout delivery
- Ensuring effective implementation of environmental controls across sites and verifying risks are managed before works commence
- Completing audits and inspections, collecting and reporting environmental data to support framework KPI tracking
- Liaising with clients, regulators and subcontractors to support compliance and alignment with Environment Agency requirements
- Investigating environmental incidents and creating monthly lessons learned bulletins to share across the framework
What are we looking for?
This role of Environment Manager is great for you if:
- You have significant experience working in an environmental management role, preferably within infrastructure or construction sectors
- You hold an environmental related degree or equivalent and membership (or working towards) of a professional body such as IEMA, CIWEM or CIWM
- You have a detailed understanding of environmental legislation, impact mitigation and working with statutory authorities
- You have strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to effectively communicate environmental risks to different job roles and levels of awareness
- You have working knowledge of ISO 14001 and auditing skills, and are flexible and willing to travel across the Southwest
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
