Environmental Advisor

Environmental Advisor - construction - main contractor supporting site teams across the North of England - commercial, industrial and residential projects - £50-£60k+package (car, pension, bonus, healthcare etc)

Duties are to provide environmental and sustainability support for all members of staff and supply chain partners and report on compliance with relevant statutory provisions.

Carrying out Environmental Inspections –

• Tour the site and assess the operation as it progresses, ensuring that environmental issues and best practice are being complied with.
• Accompany the site manager or supervisor and discuss with them any issues of concern.
•  Produce report on digitised template for site team and senior management highlighting areas for action and positive elements of compliance.
• Where necessary, stop works and escalate appropriate follow up action.
• Monitor and ensure close out of actions raised.
• Monitor systems of work and the procedures that the Company employs for the recording, monitoring, and assessing of Environmental and Sustainability Standards.

• Discuss with site management forthcoming works and any environmental issues, method statements, risk assessments, procedures, etc involved.
• Meet with supply chain partners to discuss environmental aspects of their works including RAMS reviews.

• Investigate significant environmental incidents and near misses to understand root causes.
• Produce an investigation report for significant incidents detailing circumstances, root causes and provide any recommendations that could prevent a re-occurrence.

• Ensure relevant Environmental and Sustainability documentation is up to date including policies, aspects registers, notice boards, emergency arrangements and permits.
• Review with project team Environmental Management Plan throughout the course of the project.

• Ensure processes and procedures are in place to collate relevant environmental data for the site including use of resources and identify trends from inspection/audit reports.

• Identify environmental and sustainability training requirements for employees.

• Attend relevant SHEQ Meetings with the Group Head of SHEQ, Construction Director, Contracts Managers and the SHEQ Department to discuss any areas for improvement or concerns.
• Other Duties
• Consult with Enforcing Authorities

Requirements:-

• Experience: Minimum five years in construction related organisation
• Member of IEMA
• Background in compliance with ISO 14001 Management Systems and a background in Sustainability including strategies for working towards Net Carbon Zero and the Circular Economy