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Deputy Ecological Manager

March 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Deputy Ecological Manager

We're looking for a Deputy Ecological Manager to join our Major Projects team based in West Midlands to support the Environmental Manager in managing environmental risk to HS2, a key rail contract. You will lead on delivery and advising on environmental and ecological surveys. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, competitive annual leave with the option to buy and sell and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: West Midlands - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Contract: Permanent - flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know

Salary: £35k - £40k FTE

Responsibilities

As a Deputy Ecological Manager, you'll Ensure delivery of key ecological and environmental surveys to advise on future design and works along with identifying and managing risks to contracts and delivery

Your day to day will include:
  • Advise and support the Client and Kier Highways colleagues on environmental matters and ensure Legal and contractual compliance in environmental terms.
  • Liaise with non-statutory and statutory environmental bodies where appropriate.
  • Undertake site audits and inspections.
  • Assist with developing strategy, provide mentoring and line management functions.
  • Actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of and compliance with all legal requirements.
Who are we looking for?

This role of Deputy Ecological Manager is great for you if have:
  • relevant environmental degree
  • membership of / or working towards a relevant professional body
  • experience coordinating and advising on environmental input into design and delivery of various construction activities to both rail and highways.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A fantastic, matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 5 April 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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