Environment Manager - London, United Kingdom - HS2

Description

Base salary: £39,250pa to c.£49,100pa depending on skills and experience.

In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and isfully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefitssection on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives andachieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive aboutmaking adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish andproviding personal and professional development opportunities.

As an Environment Manager at HS2 you will be responsible for providing professional andtechnical support in the assurance of achieving compliance with environmental minimumrequirements, design and construction is in accordance with organisational and sponsorrequirements and policies, environmental commitments, environmental law and regulations. Youwill also be responsible for providing guidance on environmental design solutions and ensuringenvironmental issues and constraints are key considerations in project design.

About the role:

• To be responsible for supporting technical assurance through production, checking andsubmission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates, assuring the design andconstruction of the assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements, environmentalcommitments, environmental law and regulations;
• To be responsible for supporting the Senior Environment Manager in organising, coordinatingand undertaking the environment element of the HS2 risk based technical assurance of the worksperformed and assured by the Integrated Project Teams (IPT );
• To be accountable for Authorising Mandatory Approvals: by assuring that contractor designsand construction works are undertaken in accordance with the Environmental Minimum Requirements(EMRs), with particular emphasis on the General Principles and the CoCP. (note - client assuresconsistency of application);
• To be accountable for managing and communicating HS2 Environment & Sustainabilityrequirements to the Integrated Project Teams' contractor;
• To be responsible for providing guidance for environmental design solutions for the assetand ensure that environmental issues and constraints are key considerations in project design;
• To be accountable for supporting the Senior Environment Manager with internal and externalreporting of environmental matters;
• To be responsible for liaising with technical stakeholders via various forums at local,regional and national levels and the local community on sensitive issues;
• To be accountable for working alongside other technical specialists to develop appropriateand cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work andsupport and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.

About You:

Skills

• Complex problem solving –ability to identify complex problems. Review, analyse andinterpret a wide range of data and evaluate options and implement solutions to be consistentwith other working. Also ability can be measured as part of the assessment process.
• Decision Maaking - Ability to gather and synthesise information, identify options and applyjudgement based on logic and reason and make use of a variety of analytical approaches toprovide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts anddata.
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on alldiscipline-specific scientific, technical and environmental principles but, knowing when toseek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others.
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specificanalysis, problem solving and design techniques but, knowing when to seek further guidance fromSubject Matter Expert or others.
• Communication - Ability to communicate many discipline-specific technical ideas tocolleagues, based on a mix of training and examples of application.
• Data management - Applies principles and methods that ensure effective informationmanagement, modelling and data security, basic understanding of data creation andvisualisation, working under supervision of line manager or in liaison with relevant SubjectMatter Expert

Knowledge

• Applicable UK environmental law and other relevant construction (including CDM )regulations.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and theneed to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience in managing standards, engineering and environmental activity on large complexmajor projects/programmes.
• Experience of managing competing project, engineering and environmental demands, with costand schedule implications.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 valuesof Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies andprocedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to providesponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at thetime of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interviewstage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employmentchecks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS,Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the firstassessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a furtherdevelopment of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised andpersonal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. Thisremoves bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated wordversion of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related tothe criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improvingcapacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's majorpopulation centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be aleader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff- living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providingflexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal andprofessional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonablecare of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for workingto our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives andachieves their full potential.