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Senior Environment Advisor
November 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Environment Advisor
Senior Environment Advisor
Milton Keynes
Permanent with flexible working available
An exciting opportunity to work on a newly awarded project based in Milton Keynes. This is a great opportunity to be part of the Laing O'Rourke Environmental team which has been appointed to deliver the highway infrastructure that will support a new 5,000-home neighbourhood.
The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate previous experience in delivering management support to construction projects preferably including the management of materials under the CL:AIRE Code of Practice, identification of and implementation of water and flood risk consents and managing ecological risks.
Are you passionate about the environmental attributes in delivering projects?
Do you have the drive to provide environmental assurance and technical capabilities to support project leaders and the delivery teams from pre-construction through to completion and handover?
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- The candidate will support the project team to identify and control all environmental risks, identify appropriate mitigation and monitor the implementation of these.
- Undertake assurance of the works to the requirements of the Laing O'Rourke ISO 14001 certified environmental management System.
- Champion the implementation of the business environmental strategy and develop project commitments
- Assure compliance with the LOR Environmental Management System on the project
- Provide support to the project in the delivery of the key objectives with regard to environmental plans
- Provide environmental engineering so that the latest developments and innovations in permanent and temporary works are considered during construction
- Provide technical advice and direct help to the project, clients and contractors to assist with the resolution of any significant environmental problems
- Build capability across the project with regard the understanding and the processes to deliver environmental advances to meet the Laing O'Rourke vision
- Engage and brief the workforce around environmental issues
- Ensure innovation and best practice is developed, implemented and communicated with regards to environmental issues.
- Ensure that the project is managed with leanness and waste reduction implemented in all processes and procedures
- Measure our environmental performance and undertake the audits of the project on a regular basis
- Promote the reduction of energy use and carbon emissions
- Understands stakeholder and project requirements and supports the team to develop and apply action plans from pre-construction to completion
- Provides coaching and training on environmental processes and tools
Qualifications
- Professional Membership: IEMA, IES or IEEM or equivalent
- Relevant degree
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
Diversity & Sustainability:
We value and care about difference at Laing O'Rourke and believe a diverse team drives innovation.
We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.
We have set out far-reaching global sustainability targets including a commitment to achieve equal numbers of men and women amongst our global staff by 2033.
Additional:
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.