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Environment & Sustainability Manager

Posted 34 days ago by Amey

Remote, GB, REMOTE

Application ends: 2025-04-01

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Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Environmental & Sustainability manager, to join our Transpennine (TRU) account. On a hybrid working role covering between Huddersfield to Leeds.

 

Transpennine [KS1] Amey is working in partnership with Network Rail on the Transpennine route upgrade project (TRU), with a focus on providing reliable, frequent, faster, and greener railways to the North of England. TRU covers 76 miles of railway between Manchester, Leeds, York, Selby and on to Humberside. We lay the foundations, covering upgrades to civils, track, railway systems and electrification to the west of Leeds. By completing such works, we aim to support Network Rail with cutting carbon emissions and delivering a smoother, more enjoyable journey to their customers.

 

 

The Environment and Sustainability (E&S) Manager plays an important role in making our activities future proof, working to take action to deliver tactical solutions and 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.

 

The standard hours of work are 37.5 hours per week

 

You will be responsible for:

Supporting Leaders and Operational Teams in reducing the environmental impact of our operations, embodying a collaborative approach, working with environment, carbon and sustainability professionals across Amey and others (including Clients, our key partners and Supply Chain members)
Providing specialist environmental advice, being the ‘go to’ person for understanding, knowledge, technical compliance and competence matters, providing the environmental discipline focal point, ensuring that we meet all external commitments and obligations and being recognised as such both inside and outside of Amey.
Support and enable the maintenance of the ISO 14001 certification of our integrated management systems
Work with team members to identify environmental risks and opportunities, improving understanding of how our activities interact with the environment and determine effective operational control measures to mitigate significant impacts, including in the event of an emergency, as well as in a changing climate.
As required, undertake environmental applications (authorised waste, consents to discharge/abstract)
Apply specialist technical knowledge to observe and audit as necessary to identify areas of strength and weakness.
Developing briefings on Environmental Sustainability topics, changes in law and standards to enable information to be cascaded via the Operational Teams.
We want to hear from you if you have:

Experience of working across organisations, providing specialist environmental advice.
Good understanding of environmental management principles, environmental impact assessment, life cycle assessment and environmental impact reduction actions.
Experience of environmental permission application and supervision (Protected Species, authorised waste, water abstraction and effluent discharge)
Must have knowledge, understanding and experience with ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and environmental requirements set out in legislation and where relevant sector specific expertise is desirable.
Experience undertaking environmental performance monitoring, analysis and evaluation and making recommendations to business leaders to drive continual improvement.
Bachelor’s degree or master’s in relevant field such as Environment, sustainability or engineering
Practitioner Environmentalist (PIEMA)
What we can offer you

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 / Car allowance
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.

Please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

Job Information

Experience

0

Gender

both

Industry

management consulting & analysis,

Salary

monthly

Qualification

Bachelors degree, higher national certificate, a level national diploma,

Career Level

others,

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Remote, GB, REMOTE

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Application ends: 2025-03-28

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