Senior Environment Specialist - Bedford, United Kingdom - Highways England

Highways England

Verified Company

Bedford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your New Role:

As a Senior Environmental Specialist, developing and deliver a programme of asset led inspections and surveys for key environmental sites across the East region,
Bedford, Cambridge and
Ipswich .

You will lead and coordinate the activities and resources involved in the identification and evaluation of environmental needs.

You will develop these needs into environmental schemes, provide specialism and technical expertise and engage with both internal and external stakeholders to provide sound advice and meet deliverables in projects.

**_You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full clean driving license to be considered for this position
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What You'll Be Leading On:

Providing ecological and landscape advice to internal stakeholders
Advice and input into the development of early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, considering new techniques, materials, feasibility, and costs
Identify and commission environmental studies and survey works
Collaborate with engineering colleagues to ensure forward programme plans reflect asset needs and priorities, environmental legislation, business priorities and strategies
To oversee and advise on the development of technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractor for improvement and renewals work
Manage and carry out ecological and landscape surveys it monitor condition of sites and identify early programme needs

To Be Successful

Degree or equivalent qualification in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
Experience of project/programme delivery
Membership of professional body, CIEEM or IEMA or similar
Good ecological skills and experience delivering a programme of surveys
Experience in working within budgets including the creation of a budget for scheme development
Evidence of excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience in highway construction and delivery methods (desirable)

Mission:

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations.

We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.