Senior Environmental Specialist (Utilities & Assurance)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Job Description Location Birmingham or London

Salary Birmingham: "Base salary: £54,878pa to c£64,562pa depending on skills and experience

Salary London: "Base salary: £59,268pa to c£69,727pa depending on skills and experience

In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Senior Environmental Specialist (Utilities & Assurance) at HS2 you will be responsible for managing and implementing the environmental requirements of HS2acrossConstruction andUtilitiesContractsto ensure the long-term sustainability of the HS2 project and to manage its impact on the environment, including adherence to regulatory requirements. The roleprovides support to the Head of Environmental Deliveryin the reportingof contractor'senvironmentalperformanceand the development and implementation of HS2's risk-based assuranceandis responsible forsupporting ondischarge of Undertakings and assurances.

About the role:

• Provide leadership on Environment and Sustainabilityacross theConstruction andUtilities contracts, directing and coordinating the provision of technical advice and approaches to assure compliance of works undertaken.
• The role willbe responsible forensuring HS2 Ltd discharges its Nominated Undertaker responsibilities andcomplying withthe EMRs and General Principles and U&As.
• The role willbe responsible fordevelopment and delivery of a risk-based assurance model for of the HS2Construction andUtilitiesContracts,evidencingcompliance with HS2s Environmental and Sustainability requirements, the law and consents, licences or permissionsrequired.
• Work closely with the MWCC IPT Heads of Engineering and Environment to manage the technical interface between the Main Works Civils andUtilitiescontracts. This will include managing and agreeing technical capability is released in controlled manner from IPTs to support the deliveryenvironmentalassurance ofUtilitiesworks.
• Encourage use of best practice and drive consistency in the application of HS2 environment processes, policies, standards, and requirements acrossConstruction and Utilities Contracts.
• Assistwith the provision of functional responses to requests made underConstruction and Utilities Contracts(e.g. Departures, RFI, Early Warnings)
• The role will support theUtilitiesinterface with key environmental statutory and key environmental stakeholders.
• Support Technical Directorate in defining technical environmental requirements for works delivered by HS2's contract partners.
• Support the business reporting cycle ensure environmental risks, performance and issues are communicated withinUtilities.
• Monitor and report environment & sustainability assessment and assurance outcomes withinConstruction and Utilities Contractsand provide regular status reports to the Head of Environmental Deliveryand the other stakeholders.
• Support responses to environmentally themed enquiries from the public and other stakeholders under Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations, on behalf ofConstruction and Utilities. This includes Ministerial queries, Parliamentary questions, and media enquiries.
• Support the identification and management ofConstruction and Utilities basedenvironmental risks (threats and opportunities).
• Assistwith the inclusion of technical environmental requirements into relevant procurement activities and provide review and assurance of the procurement activities.
• Champion the environmental aspects of theUtilitiesprogramme and build andmaintainstrong relationships with stakeholders, relevant Government Departments, the public and other interested parties to gain their buy-in and inputrequiredto achieve environmental requirements.

Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support andcomply withall organisational initiatives,policiesand procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills

• Complex problem solving -identifyingcomplex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple workstreams and the competing demands of stakeholders.
• Decision Quality - Gathering and synthesising information,identifyingoptions and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of avariety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data.
• Technical Leadership - Can confidently communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to stakeholders and colleagues, based on examples of application.
• Technical Leadership - Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management,modellingand data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from Subject Matter Experts.
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on discipline specific analysis, problem solving and design techniques but, knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others.
• Technical Communication - Able to communicate some discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, basedlargely onexamples of application.
• Influencing & Negotiation skills - including external and internal stakeholders

Organisation & Planning skills - including working to agreed timescales,costand quality requirements.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the UK context surrounding HS2, which includes having knowledge and understanding of the political and environmental implications which may/may haveimpactedHS2.
• Understanding of the Environmental and Sustainability Regulatory/ Legislative Framework relevant to HS2.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, scheduletargetsand the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.

Membership ofan appropriate professionalinstitution or the equivalent experience.

Experience:

• Experienceofworking to multi-disciplinary standards and managing environmentalactivity on major projects/ programmes within multi-discipline project teams.
• Experience of managingandachieving positive environmental outcomes withinengineering, technical,cost and scheduledemands.
• Experience ofenvironmental projectmanagement gained across a range of environmental disciplines and processes.
• Experience ofassuring environmental management systems, reporting,designsand construction activities.
• Experience of stakeholder management including external stakeholders such asconsent granting bodies and sponsors.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant.Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation . click apply for full job details