Senior Environmental Specialist

Kier Group plc; Penrith; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in Penrith is seeking a Senior Environmental Specialist. In this role, you'll support major highways projects, leading environmental assessments and collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Ecology and a robust understanding of UK environmental legislation. The position offers a salary of £40,000 – £50,000 per year, remote working options, and other benefits.

Benefits

Annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• Practitioner member of ISEP (or equivalent) and working towards CEnv.
• Demonstrable experience undertaking environmental assessment for infrastructure or building projects.
• A UK protected species licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead client and stakeholder meetings promoting environmental principles.
• Conduct environmental impact assessments for projects.
• Obtain relevant environmental permits, licenses, and consents.

Skills

Understanding of UK environmental legislation

Environmental impact assessment

Decarbonisation strategies

Habitat survey knowledge

Education

Degree in Ecology

Job description

Due to the rapid and exciting growth of our internal environmental consultancy services, we're looking for a Senior Environmental Specialist to joinour team. In thisrole, you'll play a pivotal part in delivering a diverse range of projects across the UK, spanning the road, rail, water, and property sectors. A full driving licence is essential for this role.

At Kier, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, using their skills, creativity, and passion to deliver innovative solutions for our clients and customers. We succeed because of the commitment and talent of our teams working together toward a shared purpose.

Location: Penrith, Cumbria – travel to sites and offices required, with remote working available

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – Some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Senior Environmental Specialist, you'll be supporting on major highways projects in the north, providing services on a range of exciting projects, predominantly A66 NTP and M6 Lune Gorge as well as a wider portfolio of projects, you will be directly supporting the Environmental Leads on the Major Projects and work with the wider Kier Design Environmental team.

Your day to day will include:

• Leadingandcontributingto client,stakeholder, and technical meetings,activelypromotingenvironmentalprinciples, best practice, andinnovation, supporting theEnvironmentalLeadson key MajorProjects– A66 NTP and M6 Lune Gorge
• Working withthe Constructionteamon site to deliver thecommitmentsin the EMP,leadingonenvironmentalimpact assessments forprojects,identifyingkeyenvironmentalrisks, proposingmitigationstrategies anddevelopingmanagementplans
• Ensuring all relevantenvironmental permits, licences and consents are obtained in a timely manner, working closely with designers minimising environmental impacts and maximising environmental benefits
• Promoting decarbonisation, climate resilience, nature-based solutions and innovation across the business, authoring and reviewing technical environmental documents
• Supporting and mentoring junior members of theteam, representing the team in client, stakeholder and technical meetings, continuous improvement of environmental processes, procedures and related forms

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Environmental Specialistis great for you if:

• A degree in Ecology or equivalent experience
• Practitioner member of ISEP (or equivalent) and working towards CEnv
• Robustunderstanding of UK environmental legislation and policy, demonstrable experience undertaking environmental assessment for infrastructure or building projects
• A UK protected species licence, strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, Defra Biodiversity Metric, and Biodiversity Net Gain plans

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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