Environmental Sustainability Manager Rail Systems

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About The Role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Enabling Functions (Rail) team as a Environmental Sustainability Manager Rail Systems and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you. The role is based South-East/London with regular travel across England and Wales to support wider teams and projects.

What you'll be doing

• To work with the Operations Director and Head of Sustainability for Rail to: ensure projects are compliant with the environmental and sustainability requirements of the UK Business Management System (BMS); manage and work with project teams to ensure delivery of ES requirements and provide technical advice, guidance and support on environmental and sustainability matters.
• Oversee contractual and regulatory requirements, regularly inspecting depots, sites and contract deliverables to ensure compliance and advise the HSW advisors on ES matters.
• Support winning business teams with environment and sustainability responses for tenders.
• Actively contribute to learning, sharing and best practice via BB and clients.
• Maintain environmental plans and commitments.
• Report contract performance and best practice case studies.
• Support delivery of UK and Group Zero Harm and Sustainability action plans.
• Lead and manage the overall capability, development, deployment and performance of Environment and Sustainability requirements within Rail Systems.
• Assess environmental and social risks and opportunities and maintain the required management plans, and other requirements.
• Translate and ensure compliance against BMS standards, procedures and policies.
• Support the delivery of sustainability performance management and reporting for the designated work area, analysing trends to build improvement in line with contract requirements.
• Ensure sustainability data from projects is uploaded onto the sustainability portal on a monthly basis.
• Carry out investigations on environmental incidents and feedback lessons learned.
• Support project teams to ensure they are compliant with all customer contract requirements, environmental legislation and the environmental processes and procedures outlined in the BMS.
• Utilise the findings from reporting data, assessments, external and internal audits to drive performance improvements.
• Provide ongoing expertise, support and coaching to contracts, projects and offices through regular and structured site visits and communications.
• Assist in the development of case studies and lessons learnt.
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values.
• Maintain and develop wider HSW and ES skills and knowledge.
• Keep the Project Manager and other managers appraised of any legislative, or other impending changes which could affect construction practices.

Who we're looking for

• Full Driving Licence to fulfil mobile element of role
• Experience of working in a construction environment
• Recognised Environmental Institution qualification
• Substantial Environmental experience
• Some experience in an operational railway environment
• Knowledge and experience of Environmental and sustainability legislation
• Line Management
• Communication
• Client Focus
• Influence and persuasion
• Teamworking

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth. From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Construction