Senior Environment & Sustainability Manager

Your New Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Senior Environment & Sustainability Manager to work in our Justice Business Sector.  The role will be a Fixed Term Contract of 12 months with the potential to become permanent.  The E&S Business Partner will directly support the E&S delivery of its maintenance and project programmes.  The role will be based from home but with a requirement to travel nationwide across the contract to support operational and project teams. 

The E&S Business Partner plays an important role in setting agendas and leading initiatives to ensure we meet the Group and/or Business Unit (BU) environment and sustainability goals. The post holder will provide ‘value-added’ technical, specialist environment and sustainability support to the Director and their senior leadership team so that they can effectively discharge their responsibilities specifically relating to sustainability, environmental compliance and best practice.

The standard hours of work are 37.5 Per Week

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them.

You will be responsible for:

Collaboration - working with environment and sustainability professionals across Amey, Clients, our key partners and Supply Chain members to compliant, resilient and industry best practice solutions across our value chain, helping reduce the environmental impact of our construction, operation and maintenance activities.

Strategy - being the ultimate ‘go to’ person for their sector for understanding, knowledge, technical compliance and competence matters to meet all internal and external E&S commitments.  Partnering with senior leaders and operational teams to reduce the environmental impact of our operations as well as meeting Amey policy requirements and embodying a collaborative approach by working with environment, carbon and sustainability professionals across Amey.

Maintaining Professional Standards - working with Operational Leaders and their teams to maintain ISO 14001 certification, including staying abreast of developments in legislation, regulation and industry best practice. Ensuring environmental issues are identified and factored into the decision-making processes.  Developing, reviewing and revising appropriate policies and procedures.  Work with the operational teams to identify, manage and mitigate environmental risks and opportunities – pollution prevention and control as well as biodiversity improvement are particular areas of focus for the Justice sector

Incident / Accident Investigations – providing direction and oversight where appropriate to ensure incidents are comprehensively investigated.  Identifying and implementing effective preventive actions through a process of root cause analysis.

Assurance - monitor the business E&S strategy, its implementation and performance requirements and apply specialist technical knowledge to observe and audit as necessary to identify areas of strength and weakness.  To support, undertake E&S performance monitoring, analysis and evaluation, writing reports and making recommendations to the sector senior leaders to drive continual improvement.

Engagement - ensure Amey’s framework for behaviour and competence is implemented and mandated standards for environmental training are maintained.  Additionally, directly engage in the design and delivery of E&S training solutions and the role out of E&S employee engagement / culture programmes.

Work Winning, Bids, Mobilisations and De-mobilisations - support work winning activities by contributing to bid writing, providing E&S solutions, including environmental compliance requirements.  Ensure that mobilisations and demobilisation take place in compliance with Amey’s E&S requirements and contribute to the development of E&S case studies.

What makes this role unique is the opportunity to truly influence how E&S is delivered in the sector, particularly identifying areas of opportunity and working with colleagues to deliver improvements across the account.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Provided proactive and professional support and acting as the ‘subject matter expert’ for E&S compliance and best environmental practice including pollution prevention and control
• Formed good relationships with senior operational leaders to formulate effective compliance and improvement plans aligned to corporate E&S strategy and those of our customers – the identification and implementation of biodiversity improvement projects would be advantageous
• Acted as a commercially aware, focused, business-minded partner to affect the sensible application of environmental management and compliance
• Worked collaboratively with a network of E&S Business Partners (or equivalent) across organisations to ensure best practice environmental solutions are shared throughout the business
• Contributed to driving sustainable culture change through the short and long term planning of sustainable activity and resources. 
• Has experience in developing and implementing new working methods and initiatives that could improve environmental compliance across the business

• Has strong business acumen and previous experience of a diverse and complex operating business
• ISO 14001 Lead Auditor (Essential)
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication, organisation, people and project management skills
• A skilled communicator at all levels with an ability to influence behaviours and create positive environment and sustainability outcomes
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively under tight deadlines
• Solid administration and IT Skills - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Bachelor’s degree or master’s in relevant field such as environment, sustainability or engineering
• Chartered Environmentalist (CENV)
• Managerial (Full) Membership of IEMA or equivalent membership of a professional organisation

What we offer you:

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program.

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives
• Company Car

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining, and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at Amey

Application Guidance:

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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