Environment Manager

HS2
Job Description

Location: Birmingham Snowhill

As a Environment Manager at HS2 you will Manage and assure the area environmental assessment work (including associated assessments) developed for the hybrid Bill for Phase 2b (East Leg) in accordance with organisational, sponsor and parliamentary requirements

About the role:

• Support the Area Team’s environmental appraisal and assessment requirements and deliverables, working in close association with the rest of the Area Team HS2 Senior Sponsor and HS2 Ltd’s Technical Services Directorate. Ensure all client requirements are met for the hybrid Bill (and in particular the Environmental Statement deliverables).
• Working closely with the HS2 Senior Sponsor, Area Manager and others in the team, support the provision of environmental input to non-routine advice to the Department for Transport.
• As part of the Area Team, provide client advice to develop environmental design solutions and ensure that environmental sustainability issues continue to be embedded as an integral part of the project design in accordance with the HS2 Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Approach Document and Environmental Policy (including the HS2 Carbon Action Plan).
• Work collaboratively with other technical specialists including engineers, construction experts, land and property advisors, environmental and sustainability specialists to achieve high quality integrated designs and develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions.
• the management of consultants appointed to undertake area environmental assessment (including transport and equalities impact assessment) and design in order to input on the environmental and sustainability aspects and ensure compliance with HS2 Ltd assumptions in relation to design, construction and operation.
• As part of HS2 Ltd’s assurance process, review and critically appraise all area environmental deliverables produced by consultants to ensure compliance with the organisation’s technical and sponsor requirements, environmental commitments, environmental law and regulation (including parliamentary requirements) to enable them to be confidently defended before Select Committee
• Working closely with the Area Senior Environment Manager, manage the response to general internal and external enquiries (including FOI, EIR and PQ requests) on area environmental (including EIA, TA and EqIA) matters to ensure timely, consistent, robust and assured responses.
• Support the Area Senior Environment Manager on internal and external reporting of environmental matters.
• Working closely with the Area Senior Environment Manager, provide area environmental input into relevant HS2 Ltd reports and briefings to Ministers to enable robust decision making
• Support environmentally focussed innovation, achieving net zero carbon targets, delivering biodiversity net gain, lessons learnt and efficiency idea submissions on Phase 2b

• 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.

About You:

Skills:

Ability to manage individuals, consultants and to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Communication skills: ability to produce and present data and numeracy-based information, with ability to rationally explain, explore and discuss environmental issues to a diverse stakeholder.

IT skills with ability to use Office based software, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, coupled with an aptitude towards learning and utilising new software in the office environment (training will be provided in the use of the internal document management systems).

Knowledge:

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant environmental! built environmental discipline.

Understanding of GIS and document management systems.

Membership of a relevant environmental! built environmental organisation.

Knowledge of EU and UK environment legislation and current best practice guidance

Type of Experience:

Experience of developing environmental assessments (EIA) and design on infrastructure engineering projects.

Experience of preparing! reviewing material for and attending public consultations.

Experience of managing overlapping and conflicting deadlines which are the nature of a constantly changing project environment with diverse stakeholders.

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.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. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.