Senior Environmental Advisor - Motherwell, United Kingdom - Burns & McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell
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Motherwell, United Kingdom

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Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours.

At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We're looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset.

It's those kinds of people who've helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions.

Today, we're a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 55 offices worldwide and recognised as a Global Leader within our fields:


  • Provide strategic, corporate, operational and project level advice and support to ensure compliance with environmental legislation and conformance to company environmental and sustainability policies, processes, standards and procedures.
  • Leadership and management teams, project delivery teams, design and engineering teams, corporate team in the USA.
  • Clients, contractors and supply chain, subconsultants, statutory bodies, professional bodies, other interested parties.
  • Conduct business development activities to support the growth of Burns & McDonnel Environmental Services
  • Develop relationships for a potential client base for Environmental Services.
  • Ensure continued compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, company standards and others as applicable.
  • Provide a source of knowledge, advice and support to the business on all matters of environment and sustainability.
  • Work with the Quality & Compliance Manager and SHES Manager to develop, review and ensure implementation of the Environmental Management System including ISO 14001 certification.
  • Advise and support with obtaining environmental licences, permits and consents and monitor compliance on construction projects.
  • Collaborate with our subcontractors and supply chain to deliver best value solutions whilst aligning with our corporate Environmental and Sustainability strategy, goals and objectives.
  • Coordinate with the other environmental specialists, subcontractors and subconsultants, in fields of hazardous material management and remediation, ecology, archaeology, hydrology, environmental planning and consents, traffic, etc.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, EA, SEPA, Natural England, etc.
  • Undertake environmental advisory visits and assurance activity.
  • Provide guidance on environmental studies/assessments and Risk Assessments and Method Statements to mitigate risks and prevent harm to the environment.
  • Performance reporting, monitoring, collation and analysis of data, providing recommendations for future actions and measures. Investigate Environmental incidents, near misses and other incidents.
  • Prepare and deliver communications, including bulletins, alerts, toolbox talks, briefings and training.
  • Promote good and best practices and techniques, innovations and lessons learnt across the business and more widely.
  • Lead by example, influencing and inspiring our managers, teams, and supply chain to strive for excellence in environmental management and sustainability.
  • Maintain personal development keeping up to date with knowledge and competency levels in relation to environmental management and sustainability.
  • Coach and mentor others working at Burns and McDonnell on environmental management and sustainability.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent in a related discipline of environmental engineering, geology, and natural sciences and 7 years in an environmental position in a high compliance construction industry, preferably with 2 years experience of an environmental position in a power T & D related industry. Required
  • Project experience or working knowledge of the SuRe standard for sustainable and resilient infrastructure (from

GIB:
Global Infrastructure Basel), PEER (power system performance and electricity infrastructure), RELi (project resilience, including hazard mitigation and adaptation).

  • Working knowledge of or familiarity with BREEAM, LEED, Green Globes.
  • Required to be competent in understanding, assessing and advising on matters concerning noise and noise control in line with legislation and sitespecific planning controls.
  • Required to be competent in understanding, assessing and advising on matters concerning contaminated land, remediation and disposal in line with legislation and sitespecific planning controls.
  • Required to be competent in understanding, assessing and advising on matters concerning air quality in line with legislation and sitespecific planning controls.
  • Required to be competent in understanding, assessing and advising on matters concerning waste management in line with legislation and sitespecific planning controls.
  • Experience of preparing briefing materials and training.
  • Experience of EMS and developing policies and procedures.
  • Experience of
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