Carmichaels are seeking an Environmental Manager with Infrastructure experience to work on a major highways project in Birmingham.
Responsibilities include:
• Assist the Highways Environmental Sustainability lead and wider Infrastructure environmental team in any best practice initiatives and delivering ad-hoc improvement projects.
• Be responsible for the collection of data and report against the project’s monthly environmental KPIs
• Be directly responsible for a small team of environmental professionals within the project team.
• Be responsible for contributing to resource management, forecasting and succession planning, and providing required support projects and initiatives.
• Be responsible for ensuring environmental management compliance and best practice on projects and sites, and continual improvement.
• Provide advice, support and assistance to all project and work winning teams to enable them to manage their environmental responsibilities.
• Provide advice, support and assistance to operational and project personnel to enable them to deliver and manage their environmental and sustainable responsibilities and objectives.
• Assist in the development and delivery of suitable environmental and sustainability training for all project staff.
• Represent and promote the Environment Enabling Function in internal and external meetings, workshops, management reviews and forums – communicating best practice standards and initiatives
We’re looking for someone with:
• Good level of environmental management and general sustainability experience preferably gained in an infrastructure on construction environment
• Experience / competence managing operations within an accredited environmental management system, including people / processes / systems
• Experience / competence generating and delivering improvement initiatives within an operational function or project
• People and team leadership / development experience and capability
• Demonstrable passion and commitment for sustainability, carbon reduction and environmental outcomes
The ideal candidate would preferably have:
• Degree level in appropriate Environmental discipline or relevant construction/Highway Industry experience
• Have Practitioner/Full membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g. IEMA or similar)
• Problem solving and innovative thinking