Assistant Environmental Advisor

Assistant Environmental Manager - Lower Thames Crossing - major construction project - working for a UK leading major contractor with excellent progression opportunity.

- Communicating Development Consent Order (DCO) environmental requirements to relevant teams.
- Liaison with the statutory environmental bodies / consultees.
- Providing environmental training to staff.
- Produce relevant environmental management plans required for the project and ensure they are reviewed and approved by the client, relevant stakeholders and the Secretary of State.
- Develop, maintain, implement and coordinate the review of all Environmental Management System (EMS) documentation at project/contract level.
- Performing inspections to ensure compliance with environmental legislation Code of Practice and the DCO.
- Interpreting environmental requirements within the DCO.
- Identifying and summarising key environmental risk, opportunities and KPIs.
- Provide advice and guidance, and where necessary assist with obtaining legal consents, licenses, and exemptions. Maintain good working relationships with external stakeholders.
- Support with attendance at client forums and working groups.
- Identifying sustainability innovations and working with other disciplines to implement them on the project
- Identify cost savings and best practice activities.
- Share lessons learnt and best practices across the Scheme

Requirements:
- Degree level in appropriate Environmental or relevant discipline or equivalent (e.g. NVQ).
- Experience of the Development Consent Order process.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail to identify environmental risks and mitigation measures.
- Excellent communication skills with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Several year’s construction industry experience or relevant environmental experience in a similar sector.
- Minimum Practitioner Membership with IEMA or similar professional membership
- IT literacy, able to adapt quickly to new software and systems.