Environmental Discipline Lead

Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering joint venture in Milton Keynes is seeking an Environmental Discipline Lead to oversee the environmental technical team. This role involves managing deliverables, ensuring compliance with EMR requirements, and leading communications with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering or environment, extensive environmental knowledge, and strong team management skills. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered, promoting inclusivity and equality of opportunity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a technical/design environmental field.
• Strong knowledge in ecology, landscaping, hydrogeology.
• Chartered professional qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental technical team across the programme.
• Manage commercial and contractual communications.
• Ensure compliance with EMR and environmental legislation.

Skills

Stakeholder management skills

Experience influencing and negotiating

Team management

Broad environmental knowledge

Education

Degree-level qualification in engineering or environment

Job description

About The Role

At EKFB,’re shaping infrastructure for a better tomorrow. All four of our partners – Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, and BAM – bring specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing, and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe’s latest high‑speed rail projects.

We’re currently looking for an Environmental Discipline Lead to join our Routewide team based in Milton Keynes.

In this role you will lead the environmental technical team across the programme, be responsible for ensuring that designs and technical deliverables are provided on time and in collaboration with the wider team, including engineering disciplines. You will also be responsible for the programme’s EMR compliance and variation of environmental consents associated with the permanent design and management of environmental impacts of design changes as the project matures.

You will ensure the environmental elements of the contractual requirements for handover have required information in place, ensuring the evidence is acceptable. You will work with planners and the engineering teams to ensure that environmental deliverable timescales are built into the delivery and handover schedules and risk is understood.

Key part of this role is to lead team in effectively managing relevant commercial and contractual communications (TQs, EWs, EIs, CEs etc.) associated with area of responsibility with suppliers and client. You will ensure that the schedule for reporting is adhered to whilst ensuring environmental deliverables demonstrate compliance with applicable legislation, industry best practice and HS2 technical requirements.

In addition, you will assist with the implementation of BS EN ISO14001 certification and audit against the standard and internal procedures. You will work in collaboration with the wider environmental delivery team, client, designers, community, stakeholder and public relations managers to ensure the programme is achieved. You will lead by example and promote good practice relating to environmental management & sustainability, sharing best practice and learning.

About Us

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market‑leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe’s latest high‑speed rail projects.

We are proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80 km section of the new high‑speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of works includes 15 viaducts, 5 km of green tunnels, 22 km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work.

In return, we’re offering a competitive salary & benefits.

Inclusivity

We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; this is why we welcome applications from different backgrounds, experiences and abilities. Our aim is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels they are able to be themselves. Please contact us if there is any additional support you might require making an application.

Pre‑employment Checks

We will undertake relevant employment checks if you’re successful in the selection process. This includes references, checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks. BPSS security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process).

Key Skills and Qualifications

• Degree‑level qualification in engineering, environment or other relevant field with extensive experience in a technical/design environmental field.
• Extensive knowledge across a broad range of environmental areas including ecology, landscaping, hydrogeology, EMR compliance and consenting with statutory bodies.
• Chartered (e.g. CEnv MCIEEM) professional qualification (desirable).
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience of influencing and negotiating with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders and the ability to extract key points and communicate this to others.
• Ability to lead and manage a team with competing priorities with a focus on what is ‘best for project’.
• Management of commercial/contractual aspects of projects with suppliers and client.

Please note your CV may be shared with joint venture partners on this project.