Environmental Specialist

We are a fully integrated design and construction business that harnesses the contracting strength of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald. We are a multiple award-winning partner for multiple UK water companies, where we deliver innovative engineering solutions to a range of clients.

Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) is working in partnership with multiple water companies across England and Wales on design and build frameworks to deliver both infrastructure (pipeline) and non-infrastructure (treatment works) projects across the region. Building on our successes in AMP5, AMP6 and AMP7, we are seeking to expand our team to help deliver our current and future workload.

As an employee-owned company, we place great emphasis on our people, and their development. We constantly strive to improve ourselves and those we work with, with a real emphasis on work life balance, a supportive team structure and professional development.
       
We are looking for a proactive Environmental Specialist who will be part of our environment team co-located across the UK, supporting a regional team comprised of both design and operation staff.

What can we offer?

• Develop your technical and environmental management skills, plus increase your knowledge of procurement, commercial and construction, within a fully integrated design & build company.   
• Excellent experience for those actively working towards professional qualifications (CIWEM, IES, IEMA), which we will support you with, via our development and training programmes. 
• Grow your professional internal and external networks, including engagement with our global Mott MacDonald practices and learning from our subject matter experts. 
• A unique opportunity to help develop new ways of working, such as reducing our carbon, protecting the environment and increasing biodiversity, and embracing innovations and new digital technologies.    
• Be part of a diverse and secured programme of projects that include water, wastewater, infrastructure and non-infrastructure.
• Work with one of the most successful and award-winning UK water sector design & build companies.

Candidate specification:

• An understanding of environmental disciplines and project risks in the following areas: ecology, archaeology, drainage, geotechnical, contaminated land, landscape, noise. More in-depth knowledge and experience in one of these subject areas is desirable.
• Awareness of the planning process (preferably the water sector), including the need for surveys as well as permits and consents for relevant construction activities.
• Able to coordinate the management of environmental aspects through a high level of planning, organisation, and communication, to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Able to collaborate and work effectively within a multidisciplinary and diverse team, with a proactive approach and ability to adapt to changing scenarios.
• Strong communication skills, both internally with project teams and externally with regulators and stakeholders.
• Experience in advising and promoting on project sustainability initiatives, including an understanding of biodiversity net gain.
• Chartered with a relevant professional body or actively working towards chartership

Your role:

People:

• Form collaborative relationships with the project team. 
• Positively engage with our clients to develop relationships and enhance our reputation.
• Contribute to improve the understanding of environmental risks across the wider team and support their learning.
• Ability to influence design and/or site teams to mitigate environmental risks and minimise risk to project programme and costs.
• Assist with mentoring our graduate and apprentice environmental specialists.

Delivery:

• Identify specific environmental risks throughout the project lifecycle, from solution definition to completion.
• Support projects teams to develop environmental risk mitigation measures, with consideration of cost, time, compliance, safety and social impacts.
• Identify, plan and coordinate project environmental specialist inputs (e.g. heritage, ecology, archaeology), to ensure that all environmental tasks are completed at the correct time and to the required standards, including prioritising risks.
• Able to produce specific environmental deliverables at appropriate project milestones e.g. EIA screening assessments, material management plans, and environmental management plans.
• Able to produce applications for environmental permits and consents.
• Lead on the liaison with environmental regulators.
• Positively engage with our clients regarding environmental and consenting matters, develop relationships and enhance our reputation.
• Contribute to environmental improvement projects at both local and regional level.
• Assist in the production and delivery of training.

Location:
The role would be based in our office in Shifnal, Shropshire however MMB are an adopter of agile working. Whilst the role does not require the candidate to live near Shifnal, it will require sites visits and attendance at meetings predominantly in the Severn Trent / Hafren Dyfrdwy region but also providing occasional support to our colleagues working in other frameworks / regions.

Other information

This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald.
Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business, established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy, Mott MacDonald.

Mott MacDonald Bentley offers fully integrated design and build services to its clients, combining the contracting expertise of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald.

This role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.

About Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.

We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better.
We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities.

We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards.

You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here: https://www.mottmacbentley.co.uk/people.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or email recruitment@jnbentley.co.uk to discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here: Equality, diversity and inclusion - Mott MacDonald

Agile working
We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business. 

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