Location
Manchester

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Own your career and build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. Join our Highways team as an Environmental Sustainability Manager on the RIP Mottram Moor Link Road & A57 Link Road project, working alongside true experts who will share their knowledge, provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback to help you continuously learn and develop. You will promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams, supply chain, clients, and statutory bodies. Your responsibilities will include maintaining and updating environmental plans and procedures such as the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), approving relevant documents (CEMP, method statements) in consultation with the National Highways Project Manager and statutory bodies, and appointing, training, and monitoring the performance of Environmental Advisors, Ecological Clerks of Works, Environmental Management Representatives, and Sustainability Coordinators.

You will act as the main point of contact between regulatory authorities (Environment Agency, Natural England, Heritage England, Local Authorities) and third-party consultees regarding on-site environmental issues. You will coordinate and undertake regular site inspections with construction teams to monitor compliance with environmental licences, consents, plans, and procedures, implementing corrective actions as needed to ensure compliance with UK regulations and legislation. Investigating environmental incidents and near misses in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and share lessons learned will be a key part of your role.

Additionally, you will keep detailed records of all site activities, environmental issues, transgressions, and tasks undertaken, providing professional and practical advice to contractors, consultants, and project team members on environmental and ecological matters. You will also undertake risk assessments and review work package plans to ensure suitability and compliance with company requirements, applying these standards to both direct and subcontracted works.

Experience
- Strong understanding of environmental management in a construction environment
- Experience in incident investigation using root cause analysis techniques
- Experience managing others providing administrative support within an Environmental Sustainability department
- Experience chairing meetings with workforce and supply chain
- Strong communication skills to effectively deliver key safety messages
- Understanding and experience of construction and civil engineering processes including specialist heavy-civils operations such as piling, earthworks, lifting, pavement, and drainage
- Commercial awareness of budget production and cost definition for environmental issues

About you
- Takes ownership and accountability for tasks, ensuring successful completion
- Ability to seek out and deliver innovative training methods and adapt communication styles to workforce and staff
- Strong interpersonal skills to engage with multiple stakeholders including regulatory authorities and project teams

Qualifications
- Environmental degree or related discipline (preferred) or NEBOSH Environmental Diploma or IEMA Certificate
- Chartered Environmentalist (preferred)
- Relevant CSCS card
- Full clean driving licence