Environment and Sustainability Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Vattenfall

Vattenfall

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately employees.

For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation.

We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation.

To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

BA Wind is responsible for the development, construction and operation of wind power onshore and offshore as well as other non-hydro renewable activities like solar and batteries.

We manage the maintenance, operation and continuous improvement of wind generation assets, safely and with the highest levels of availability and profitability.

We also perform the structuring and execution of project partnerships in accordance with overall wind strategy.

Job Description:

We are looking for an Environment and Sustainability Specialist to work within our Business Area Wind, in the offshore market and focusing on all phases of offshore windfarm development, construction and operation.

If you have an environmental background, project management skills, speak English at a professional level, and are enthusiastic about environmental and sustainability topics, then this could be the role for you

You will work within the Environment & Sustainability Unit, reporting to the Environment & Sustainability Manager of the "Projects and Operations & Maintenance" support Unit.

In this role, you will provide environmental and sustainability support for our offshore assets during the development, construction and operational phases.

Support will focus primarily around offshore wind in the UK, with some work potentially focusing in other countries as the need emerges.

While some travel may be required, this is a UK-based role.

You will support our windfarms to be managed in accordance with legal, permit and Vattenfall environmental requirements, and strive for operational excellence.

You will co-ordinate with interdisciplinary teams and other Environment and Sustainability Specialists working in our key markets, and deliver a structured and systematic approach to taking environmental and sustainability aspects into account.

As the Environment and Sustainability Specialist you take the responsibility for managing and assuring compliance of the environmental aspects and impacts of Vattenfall's wind generation assets.

As such, in this role your main tasks will be to:

Assure that Vattenfall's wind generation assets are constructed and operated in compliance with environmental legislation and in line with Vattenfall's BA Wind environmental policies and ambitions;
Conduct project site inspections to_ _monitor and audit contractors, to assure that legislative environmental requirements, industry standards and BA Wind expectations are upheld in all areas and through all phases of the projects;
Develop project specific environmental management documents and implement these at a project level in accordance with Vattenfall's organisational environmental management system;
Review and approve contractor environment and sustainability management and performance documentation;
Provide compliance, technical and reporting support on environmental matters to Vattenfall's project management and contractor project teams;
Liaise with and support the consenting teams, as well as engaging with and reporting to authorities as required;
Report, investigate and evaluate all environmental events and, if necessary or required, develop, implement and close remedial actions from environmental events in an appropriate timeframe;
Participate in and support the project Emergency Response Team and initiate and manage environmental emergency response when required; and,
Manage and maintain the project environmental related records and documentation.

Performance and improvement

Create environmental awareness at project level through developing, performing and conducting environmental trainings and drills;
Provide toolbox talks to contractors on a frequent basis regarding key environmental topics;
Provide environmental input in contracting and due diligence;
Manage and further develop systematic ways of working with environmental topics;
Coordinate and assist with the overall Environmental strategy for BA Wind; and
Ensure environmental and sustainability lessons learned are captured and communicated within Vattenfall's Environment and Sustainability Unit and other BA Wind projects.

Working as a team

Work in close cooperation with the specific Consenting & Health & Safety specialist and interdisciplinary site teams;
Work together with other specialists inside and outside your own work area such as technical disciplines and environmental consultants; and