Environment Manager - Power Infrastructure
Location: Leicestershire | Great Grid Upgrade
Are you passionate about protecting the environment and driving sustainable practices across major infrastructure projects?
Working on the Weston Marsh to East Leicester (WMEL) project portfolio, you'll take a leading role in driving environmental performance, influencing project decisions and embedding best practice across design, construction and delivery.
The plan is to step in and work collaboratively with other project portfolios in Birmingham, in parallel with WMEL as it kick-starts.
Do you want to play a leading role in delivering projects that will help shape the future of the UK's energy network?
At Laing O'Rourke, we're looking for an experienced and motivated Environment Manager to join our growing Power Infrastructure team, supporting the delivery of the Great Grid Partnership.
What will you be doing?
As Environment Manager, you'll provide environmental leadership across the project, ensuring environmental risks are effectively managed, commitments are delivered and sustainability remains at the heart of everything we do.
You'll have the opportunity to influence how environmental management is delivered on site, working closely with project leadership, design teams, clients and supply chain partners.
Your responsibilities will include:
You'll ideally bring:
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
#LI-SP1
Location: Leicestershire | Great Grid Upgrade
Are you passionate about protecting the environment and driving sustainable practices across major infrastructure projects?
Working on the Weston Marsh to East Leicester (WMEL) project portfolio, you'll take a leading role in driving environmental performance, influencing project decisions and embedding best practice across design, construction and delivery.
The plan is to step in and work collaboratively with other project portfolios in Birmingham, in parallel with WMEL as it kick-starts.
Do you want to play a leading role in delivering projects that will help shape the future of the UK's energy network?
At Laing O'Rourke, we're looking for an experienced and motivated Environment Manager to join our growing Power Infrastructure team, supporting the delivery of the Great Grid Partnership.
What will you be doing?
As Environment Manager, you'll provide environmental leadership across the project, ensuring environmental risks are effectively managed, commitments are delivered and sustainability remains at the heart of everything we do.
You'll have the opportunity to influence how environmental management is delivered on site, working closely with project leadership, design teams, clients and supply chain partners.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead environmental performance: Take ownership of the project's Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), environmental risk and legal registers, consents and licences.
- Drive environmental compliance: Implement Laing O'Rourke's Environment and Energy Management System, ensuring project activities meet regulatory, client and business requirements.
- Influence project delivery: Work with design and construction teams to identify environmental risks, develop mitigation strategies and embed effective control measures throughout the project lifecycle.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships: Collaborate with clients, regulators, consultants, supply chain partners and project teams to deliver environmental commitments and requirements.
- Champion sustainable procurement: Ensure environmental and sustainability requirements are embedded within procurement processes and subcontractor packages.
- Monitor and improve performance: Carry out site inspections, review environmental data, track KPIs and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Provide leadership and guidance: Set clear environmental expectations, coach and mentor colleagues and subcontractors, and build environmental awareness across the project.
- Manage incidents and compliance: Investigate environmental incidents and non-conformances, ensuring effective corrective actions are implemented and lessons are shared.
- Support consenting and planning: Work with Great Grid Partnership partners to deliver environmental and consenting commitments, including DCO and planning requirements.
- Develop capability: Create and deliver environmental training, providing technical advice and support to project teams.
You'll ideally bring:
- At least six years' experience in an environmental or sustainability role, ideally within major infrastructure projects.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and managing relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Previous experience in a senior or leadership position, with the ability to motivate, coach and influence others.
- Experience engaging with regulatory and consenting bodies and managing relationships to support the timely approval of consents.
- A strong understanding of environmental legislation, regulatory requirements and environmental management systems.
- Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 standards.
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous improvement and managing change.
- A degree in an appropriate environmental or sustainability discipline.
- Full membership of ISEP or an alternative relevant professional body (such as IES or CIEEM) would be desirable.
- Previous experience within the power and transmission sector would be advantageous.
- Make a meaningful contribution to major UK power infrastructure projects.
- Influence environmental performance across the entire project lifecycle.
- Work alongside talented specialists and multidisciplinary teams.
- Drive positive environmental change and champion best practice.
- Develop your career within a business committed to innovation, sustainability and technical excellence.
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
#LI-SP1