Site Environmental Assistant

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 65,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing to our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.

ACCIONA is looking to appoint a Site Environmental Assistant based in our North London Heat and Power Project in Edmonton, London E4 8JG. This is a part-time position (3 days per week).

Main responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Environmental Manager, we are looking for an enthusiastic site-based Environmental Assistant, or an individual with relevant transferable experience who is passionate about the environment. Such experience could be an environmental graduate or someone undertaking higher qualifications in an environmental or construction-related subject looking to gain site experience.
• A significant duty of the role is to be the “boots on the ground”; monitoring contractors at the work fronts on site to ensure adherence to environmental requirements. A standard day will include visiting sub-contractors and checking their continued environmental compliance with ACCIONA’s standards.
• Attendance at daily briefings to discuss environmental issues.
• Collecting environmental data from sub-contractors and/or from on-site measuring devices.
• Collecting water samples, as directed, to monitor the construction site’s compliance with its consents, or as part of incident investigations.
• Review of environmental documentation e.g. Construction Environmental Management Plan; Risk Assessments and Method Statements; training material; and the collation of sub-contractor data such as waste tonnage, plant register, and resource consumption.
• Support the co-ordination of the activities of consultants retained by ACCIONA to address environmental matters on a variety of specialisms.
• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the ISO14001 certified EMS as directed by the Environmental Manager.
• Support the investigation of environmental incidents and complaints to identify trends, root causes, corrective and preventative actions needed.
• Undertake routine site inspections and audits, and record findings, working with ACCIONA personnel and sub-contractors to ensure that they are managed to completion.
• Providing information on the environmental elements of weekly and monthly progress reports to the Environmental Manager or Deputy Environmental Manager as directed to enable timely reporting.

Required Skills and Competencies:

You must have experience mentioned under the main responsibilities above in addition to the following:

Essential:

• Passionate about environmental management
• General environmental knowledge
• CSCS Card holder
• Confidence in challenging poor practice
• Strong communication skills
• IT proficiency

Desirable:

• Construction site experience
• Experience dealing with sub-contractors
• Familiarity with UK environmental legislation
• Environmental monitoring / sampling
• Planning and conducting audits
• Knowledge of Waste Duty of Care requirements and use of the SmartWaste platform
• CITB Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS)
• IEMA membership
• Environmental degree or degree in another relevant subject

As a company that values diversity as a source of talent, we work to foster an inclusive environment that promotes respect, belonging and engagement so that all people can participate on an equal opportunity basis. We invite everyone to apply regardless of origin, circumstances, background or condition.