Environmental Manager
HSE Recruitment · Poplar, Greater London
Environmental Manager at HSE Recruitment, based in Poplar, Greater London, paying £65,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- £65,000 per annum
- Location
- Poplar, Greater London
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 2 days ago
- Closes
- 2 Sep 2026
- Sector
- Legal
About 28% above the going rate for legal
Reference 268283951
About the role
Location: Central Birmingham (Covering 2 sites)
Salary: Up to £60,000 + electric company car, bonus, pension and private healthcare
Working pattern: Full-time, site-based
An established joint venture delivering a major infrastructure project in Birmingham is looking to appoint an experienced Environmental Manager to support its construction operations.
This is a key site-based position responsible for managing environmental compliance, providing technical guidance and ensuring environmental requirements are fully integrated across design, construction activities and the wider project programme.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide environmental advice and support to construction, design and delivery teams.
- Manage, challenge and assure compliance with environmental commitments, legal requirements, consents and project controls.
- Ensure environmental requirements and mitigation measures are embedded within construction methodologies, designs and programmes.
- Coordinate environmental activity across areas including ecology, landscape, heritage, water, flood risk, waste, carbon, contaminated land, noise and vibration, air quality and soils.
- Engage with subcontractors and their environmental representatives to ensure requirements are understood and effectively implemented.
- Lead the preparation and review of site environmental plans, assessments and supporting documentation.
- Monitor environmental performance, identify compliance risks and drive corrective actions.
- Investigate environmental incidents and non-conformances, ensuring lessons learned are shared across the project.
- Work closely with consents, assurance, sustainability, design, commercial and health and safety teams.
- Identify environmental training requirements and support the delivery of site-based awareness and training.
- Lead and support members of the environmental team.
- Identify and deliver opportunities for environmental and sustainability improvements throughout construction.
- Exenstive environmental experience, ideally gained within construction, civil engineering or major infrastructure.
- Experience working on large-scale infrastructure projects, such as rail, highways or other complex linear developments.
- A background with a main contractor, civil engineering consultancy or specialist environmental contractor.
- Strong knowledge of construction environmental management, compliance and assurance.
- Experience managing environmental design, mitigation measures, consents and site controls.
- The confidence to challenge construction methodologies and designs where environmental requirements have not been sufficiently addressed.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with site teams, technical specialists, subcontractors and senior stakeholders.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to drive project vehicles between sites.
If you are interested in hearing more, please click apply.
Reference: 268283951 · Posted 2 days ago · Closes 2 Sep 2026 · Listed via HSE Recruitment
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