Environmental Manager

Description

• Continue to develop the strategy for net zero on the project and work with other stakeholders to identify and develop opportunities for further carbon reductions towards a net zero strategy.
• Monitor progress of design team deliverables relating to Carbon and BREEAM. Hold the design team to account and escalate issues through appropriate mechanisms.
• Liaise with the design and construction teams to ensure that the client Environmental Minimum Requirements Compliance Notes are produced and approved for the packages of works.
• Work collaboratively with the BREEAM assessor, project team and contractors to ensure timely submittal of evidence, using Tracker+.
• Manage LCA tool software licenses and access.
• Attend key design team meetings to ensure BREEAM performance targets are not lost.
• Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Act as the chair of the Carbon Steering Group, holding others to account and ensuring agreed actions are closed out in a timely manner.
• Report data to client on a quarterly and six-monthly basis according to contract requirements.
• Record meeting minutes, site visit reports and correspondence with the project team to demonstrate progress against BREEAM targets.
• Support corporate environmental and sustainability activities and initiatives such as knowledge sharing and volunteering.
• Maintain and update the carbon management plan for the project in accordance with the client requirements and parent company standards.
• Work collaboratively with design and construction teams to identify risk and opportunities and ensure these are tracked and updated though the use of an opportunities matrix and the project risk register.
• Develop and deliver training and awareness raising measures, supporting the Environmental Lead.
• Work collaboratively with the design team to update the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) every 6 months and ensure a final ‘as-built’ LCA shall be conducted at the end of construction. To ensure the final LCA is completed EPDs will need to be fed into the design team to update the LCA appropriately.
• Engage with design teams and other key stakeholders to look for new opportunities to reduce carbon and progress carbon reduction opportunities through scheme design.
• During construction, regularly attend site and project team meetings to ensure construction and installations are in line with the targeted BREEAM credit requirements.
• Support BREEAM process as the appointed BREEAM Advisory Professional.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience of BREEAM
• Knowledge and experience of application of Type III environmental declarations in the construction context, specifically awareness of EN 15978:2011 and EN 15804:2012+A1:2013
• Takes safety of stakeholders, employees, self, suppliers, and the public seriously. Understands own and others’ role in emergency situations and minimises risk.
• Effective communication skills in English, able to communicate confidently with a range of people, adapting communication style to have a positive impact.
• Educated to degree or higher level or equivalent in a numerate discipline, typically environmental discipline (or related).
• Professional membership of an appropriate environmental body (eg MIEMA)
• Experience of undertaking assessments of the carbon and energy impact of construction projects.
• Understanding of LCA
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Able to stand firm when challenged.
• Influencing skills: Able to articulate the value and vision of sustainability.
• Able to work as part of a team to achieve results.
• Willing sharer of their knowledge and experience and able to build good working relationships for the benefit of the organisation.
• Appropriate CSCS card type and level
• Able to present in a concise and impactful way to a large variety of stakeholders.
• Relevant experience of carbon and BREEAM assessment
• Understanding of the relevance of sustainability to them and to the business and its commitments to economic development, social enrichment, and environmental protection.
• Familiar with ISO14040, ISO14044, PAS2080:216 and the use of carbon foot printing tools or other carbon life cycle assessment methodologies.
• Rigorous, methodological, analytical – able to process data, identify trends, and summarise.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance