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Job Title:  Environmental & Sustainability Advisor

Reporting to: Business Unit General Manager

Business Unit: OPS

Role purpose

The Environment and Sustainability Advisor will provide support and advice to our electricity substation and overhead line operational teams on all aspects of sustainability and environmental management; developing documentation, compliance with legal, regulatory, and company standards, and helping to promote environmental best practice and deliver a culture of continual improvement.

The individual will be required to work with clients, regulators, and project teams to ensure all Environmental and Sustainability requirements are complied with, supporting on-site mitigation, sustainability of works, and engagement with local stakeholders as required.

The role will require regular travel across England to visit various project sites as required.

Responsibilities & Duties

Including but not limited to the following:

• Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental and sustainability matters including pollution control, water management, ecology, archaeology and carbon reduction.

• Assist the team in monitoring and maintaining compliance with environmental legislation, best practice, project documentation and company procedures.

• Identify and manage environmental constraints associated with projects.

• Conduct site inspections to assess compliance against project documentation and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Collate environmental and sustainability data to facilitate reporting against key metrics, objectives and targets.

• Identify carbon reduction opportunities in infrastructure and alignment with industry / project sustainability targets. Produce Sustainability Action Plans to actively reduce embodied carbon in our projects.

• Assist in the development and delivery of environmental training.

• Assist with the development of Environmental Management System documentation and procedures.

• Assist with developing and implementing environmental mitigation and monitoring regimes.

• Maintain relationships and liaise with regulators, stakeholders, clients, project teams and subcontractors.

• Investigate environmental incidents and support the business in implementing controls to prevent recurrence.

• Identify and support sustainability activities for the project and business.

• Advise the business on best practice in areas of corporate, ethical, and social responsibility, and address any issues arising.

• Produce internal and external reports as required (e.g. Construction Environmental Management Plans, best practice bulletins, case studies, environmental and sustainability performance reports).

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Person Specification

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with all stakeholders (internal and external), a commercially focused self-starter with the enthusiasm, motivation, and initiative to succeed in this role.

The jobholder must possess:

• Strong knowledge of environmental management within construction projects.

• Strong knowledge of applying sustainability within construction projects.

• Relevant industry experience working in an environmental or sustainability role.

• Knowledge and understanding of main environmental legislation and guidance.

• Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel regularly within the England region.

• Ability to establish effective networks, both internally and externally.

• Ability to collate and report construction data via internal systems.

• Ability and willingness to work flexibly between home, office, and site.

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Desirable Criteria

• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainability, or related discipline.

• Practical experience and knowledge of sustainability, environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licences and consent applications, and regulator consultation experience.

• Previous experience conducting environmental inspections.

• Understanding of the construction environment.

• Knowledge of electricity infrastructure.

• Membership of an environmental organisation (e.g. ISEP).

• Experience of PAS 2080 and ISO14001.

In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:

Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.

Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.