Environmental Lead

Job description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

We are seeking an Environmental Lead to join the Commissioning team on one of the most exciting and challenging projects within EDF, as we continue to lead the rebirth of nuclear in the UK. At Hinkley Point C (HPC) we are building the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK providing low carbon electricity for around six million homes.

As an Environmental Lead you will be part of a team supporting the Commissioning Delivery Team to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, permits, licences and consents. You will provide front line advice to enable the Commissioning team to protect of the environment and you will work collaboratively with our Site Environment Team and Tier 1 Partners across the project to drive forward environmental performance. You will liaise with environmental technical and engineering teams to support the substantiation of environmental protection equipment. Key responsibilities include:

• Undertaking site inspections of Commissioning work areas and relaying observations and/or reporting environmental issues where necessary,
• Provision of written and verbal advice on environment legislation, permits, and environmental planning constraints for all activities on site;
• Interface with Site and Bristol based environment teams to support compliance with environmental legislation and demonstration of substantiation of environmental protection equipment
• Gather and collate environmental performance information on Commissioning's activities
• Reviewing of Commissioning Environmental Management Plan to ensure it is compliant with environmental regulations and NNB standards and ensuring the requirements are implemented within Commissioning arrangements;
• Support the delivery of environmental training to Commissioning technicians and engineers
• Support for the self-assessment and internal audit of site activities to ensure compliance against applicable legislation, NNB processes and procedures and environmental best practice;

Here's What You'll Need:

• Experience in an Environmental Management role on a dynamic construction, commissioning or industrial project (site based)
• Detailed knowledge of environmental legislation in the UK relevant to construction or industrial installations, plus knowledge of the supporting guidance, reference notes, industry best practice
• Must be able to work independently and demonstrate excellent communication/interpersonal and influencing skills
• Degree qualified or equivalent in an environmental or engineering/science related discipline
• Experience of operating within an environmental management system (EMS) conforming to recognised standards (BS EN ISO14001:2015)
• Ability to prioritise work in a complex and fast-moving project environment with excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Previous experience of working on nuclear or high hazard industry would be advantageous.
• Awareness of the client/contractor relationship and legal responsibilities under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 would be desirable

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .

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