Apprentice Environmental Advisor

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Skanska Full time

**General information**:
**City/town**:

- London**Job field**:

- Construction**External closing date**:

- Wednesday, May 1, 2024**Type of contract**:

- Permanent**ID**:

- 3583**Description and requirements**:
**Apprentice Environmental Advisor - London - 2024**

Joining Skanska as an Apprentice Environmental Advisor, you will support the delivery of the construction and handover phase of the HS2 (High Speed Two) Main Works project. You will initially be based with our Tunnels & Shafts team.

You will gain experience in many aspects of environment and sustainability management but also wider exposure to the delivery of this leading civil engineering construction project.

Skanska is delivering the HS2 Main Civils Contracts which include both Lots S1 (Euston Tunnels & Approaches) and S2 (Northolt Tunnels) in a joint venture with Costain and STRABAG, forming SCS Joint Venture - JV). Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks, and the construction of site compounds.

**What you will learn**:

- Understand the client and joint venture partners' Environment and Sustainability policies, processes and statutory requirements
- Monitor and collect data to aid reporting on performance against targets
- Undertake internal inspections and audits, including targeted risk monitoring, both on site and within the supply chain.
- Assist with external audits
- Provide environmental compliance advice to various team, including construction, procurement and subcontractors and suppliers on the practical implementation of contract policies, processes and requirements. Identify and provide training and upskilling required to fulfil environmental responsibilities of various delivery team roles
- Identify and communicate environmental and sustainability risks and mitigations, assisting with the review and undertaking of risk assessments and method statements
- Provide advice and guidance to our delivery team, and where necessary assist with the obtaining legal consents, licenses and exemptions. Maintain good working relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, Natural England, Environment Agency, Thames Water and others
- Drive awareness for and delivery against contract targets, particularly reducing carbon and striving to achieve no-net loss in biodiversity and Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) ‘Excellent’ rating. Drive innovation and continuous improvement throughout the contract team.
- Ensure works are in line with the Environmental Management System, certified to ISO 14001:2015, ensuring it remains appropriate to all contract risks.

**What we offer**:

- Through day release (once a week) to Kingston University, Skanska will provide support and funding to help you achieve a Level 6 Environmental Practitioner Degree
- Full on the job training and development will be provided and you will receive ongoing support and guidance in your career development
- A competitive salary and benefits including travel allowance

**Who you are**:

- You need to have lived in the UK in the last 3 years for us to enrol you on the apprenticeship.
- Curious about Sustainability
- Able and motivated to successfully complete this degree apprenticeship

**Start date**: September 2024

**Location**:Greater London - West Ruislip or Central London - Acton

Please note you need to be able to commute to either of these locations from Monday to Friday.

**Working environment**: office and site based - you will spend a lot of time on a construction site and need to be able to walk on uneven surfaces.

**About Skanska**

Skanska is one the UK’s top construction and development companies. We are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations. Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

We believe in our Purpose; we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.

**Equal opportunities**

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

**Flexible working**

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

**Reasonable adjustments**

**More information about the role**

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