Environment Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - Network Rail

Description

Brief Description

To provide professional environment and sustainability advice and support to enable the Regions / Programmes to manage environment and sustainability risks and opportunities in order to improve performance. This includes managing the relevant assurance and governance processes and supporting the leadership team with the management and implementation of environment and sustainability improvement programmes.

About the role (External)

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

1.Deliver expert technical advice on environmental management and sustainability requirements to stakeholders across the Region/Programmes, embedding requirements and performance measures into business wide processes and controls.

2.Implement the environment and sustainability aspects of the Region/Programme Environment & Sustainable Development (E&SD) strategy and/or plans, working with all relevant business areas and the supply chain to enable successful delivery.

3.Work with project teams to determine practical and deliverable measures to improve the environmental and sustainability performance on projects. Drive the implementation of best practices through the project teams and the supply chain by capturing and sharing lessons learnt to deliver efficiencies.

4.Manage and deliver an appropriate governance framework that delivers risk based Level 2 assurance for the Region/Programme on environmental and sustainability performance and drives continuous improvement.

5.Manage the Environment team within a Region/Programme (where relevant).

6.Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, liaising with regulatory bodies and other agencies, developing partnerships with NGOs, working collaboratively with contracting organisations, maintaining effective liaison with other IP Regions/Programmes and aligned routes, and contributing to the national strategy.

7.Manage the implementation and continuous improvement of the Environment Management System (EMS) within the Region/Programme through active engagement within the relevant business areas and the supply chain.

8.Manage the delivery and implementation of environment and sustainability competence framework and associated education and training programme for the Region/ Programme, supporting staff to understand their responsibilities, and improve technical awareness of environmental aspects.

9.Develop internal and external environment and sustainability communications for the Region/Programme such as cascades, briefings, lessons learnt, case studies, newsletters etc.

10.Build the desired environment and sustainability culture throughout the business unit to achieve continuous improvement and adoption of best practice.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

·Practitioner member of IEMA or equivalent professional institute e.g. CIEEM (or equivalent through

·experience).

·Degree level qualification (minimum UK level 6) in environment / sustainability or other relevant

·subject (or equivalent through experience).

·Demonstrable significant experience in managing environment / sustainability matters, with

·involvement in construction programmes across multi discipline areas.

·In depth understanding of environment / sustainability legislation

·Experience in implementing successful environmental / sustainability improvements.

·Experience of working with management systems (e.g. ISO or equivalent)

·Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a specific emphasis on influencing the views of

peers, colleagues and stakeholders.

We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:

·Masters level qualification in relevant subject

·Full member of IEMA or equivalent professional institute e.g. CIEEM.

·Rail industry experience

·Auditing competency