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SalaryEnvironmental Advisor
Are you looking to join the business that is building the West Midlands section of the largest infrastructure project in Europe? Do you want to join a company that promoted over 20% of its workforce in the last year? Balfour Beatty VINCI is proud to be designing and building a 90KM stretch of the West Midlands section of HS2. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Environmental Advisor within the Environmental Team.
Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role
What you'll be doing:
- Ensure compliance of works with Construction Code of Practice and other environmental requirements
- Development of EMS documentation and systems
- Development of environmental works solutions/mitigation and monitoring regimes
- Roll out of systems to ensure construction methodologies and programme meet Environmental Minimum Requirements
- Management of Environmental Opportunities and Risks, updating of register and progressing selected opportunity actions
- Develops and maintains relationships with key stakeholders and client representatives to ensure collaborative working relationships
- Understand the financial implications of decisions affecting environmental issues (e.g. waste costs, delays.) and seek to ensure best financial outcome for business
- Promote environmental awareness on the project through training, briefings, poster campaigns and other communication methods
- Report on the site’s environmental performance against the Project’s objectives and targets
- Manage and oversee monitoring equipment, collect, process and interpret data (e.g. water, dust, noise, waste)
- Manage onsite Environmental Site inspections, highlighting any bad and good practice to the relevant teams and Senior Management
- Record and report all incidents to all relevant parties and instigate corrective actions required
- Liaises with the community liaison officer regarding complaints from third parties on noise, dust and or other environmental issues
Experience Required
- A sound understanding of environmental legislation and principles of environmental management systems
- Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills
Benefits of working with us
- Access to Employee assistance programmes
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Health risk assessments
- Healthcare
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity and paternity
- Excellent pension contributions
- Travel allowance for eligible candidates
- Car/ car allowance
About Balfour Beatty VINCI Working together for over 30 years, Balfour Beatty VINCI have been successful in delivering several significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites: •42 viaducts totalling over 11km •66 overbridges •More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km •56 culverts •66 embankments reaching over 33km •Building four motorway crossings requiring box structures •Six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both dive-under and overbridge structures Diversity and Inclusion: Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) is delivering equal opportunity for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and supportive of anyone with a physical or neuro-diverse ability. We welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities. We are transforming the image of construction through working on the HS2 project and increasing diverse representation of Balfour Beatty Vinci through representing the communities we are working in. We have embedded ED&I Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. Flexible working: Flexible or agile working is encouraged at BBV and we recognise the value and diversity of candidates which this can bring to our business operations. Not every role can provide a variety of working patterns to suit people's personal needs however we are happy to discuss agile working opportunities at BBV with you. Disability confident: We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is Disability Confident committed and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability
