Environmental Sustainability Manager

Skanska is seeking an Environmental Sustainability Manager for their infrastructure team in Peterborough, UK. The role involves ensuring environmental compliance across various aspects, providing advice to teams, mentoring project Environmental Advisors, and conducting audits. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field, construction industry experience, and IEMA membership. The company values diversity and offers flexible working arrangements, though this position is not remote.
Description And Requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for an Environmental Sustainability Manager to join our infrastructure team to support Anglian Water projects across Peterborough.

What you'll do:
• Responsible for environmental compliance across all major aspects – water, waste, noise/vibration and ecological
• Provide environmental compliance advice to various teams including design, construction, procurement, subcontractors, and suppliers on practical implementation of contract policies.
• Manage and mentor the development of project Environmental Advisors.
• Assist the Environmental Lead in developing and implementing the Environmental Management Plan and other site-specific control measures.
• Undertake internal and external environmental audits and inspections, including those for suppliers and waste contractors.
• Deliver suitable environmental and sustainability training for all project staff.
• Drive awareness for and delivery against contract targets, particularly reducing Carbon emissions, improving materials efficiency, and achieving no-net loss in biodiversity.

What you'll bring to the role:
• Degree level in appropriate Environmental or relevant discipline or equivalent (eg NVQ)
• Several years’ construction industry experience or relevant environmental experience in a similar sector
• Minimum Practitioner Membership with IEMA or similar professional membership

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About The Role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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