Environmental Manager

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, natural resources, energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering, Utility Connections, Murphy Plant, Murphy Process Engineering, Pipeline Testing Services, Specialist Welding Services, and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

Murphy is recruiting for an Environmental Manager to work with the Energy Team on the National Grid, HWUP Project. Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

A day in the life of a Murphy Environmental Manager:

• Establish and provide leadership in best practice in environmental and sustainability matters in conjunction with the SHESQ function.
• Ensure management controls are in place so that all personnel are aware of their statutory duties and responsibilities, and to provide advice as and when required.
• Take a lead with site management teams to ensure compliance with all requirements stipulated in the environmental and sustainability plans.
• Lead, partake and oversee accident/incident investigations in accordance with the Company procedure and, analysing all data, making recommendations to avoid any reoccurrences.
• Collate & review environmental and sustainability statistics to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement environmental and sustainability campaigns and improvement plans in agreement with the Operations Director / SHES Director.
• Manage and where required be involved in the preparation & review of environmental and sustainability documents including those of 3rd parties.
• Produce environmental and sustainability plans, procedures and associated documentation and check compliance.
• Identify significant environmental and sustainability issues and help set-up contracts/yards to include appropriate controls.
• Manage and identify any environmental and sustainability consents/permits or exemptions that are required and ensure they are obtained.
• Provide reports, presentations, and information as directed by the Business / SHESQ function.
• Input and review of pre-qualification, tender and environmental and sustainability award submission.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Chartered IEMA
• Understanding of practical environmental risk mitigation on significant construction projects such as waste management, water management and pollution prevention, statutory nuisance, contaminated land, ecological mitigation, consents, licensing and DCO experience and biodiversity net gain.
• Solid understanding of Net Zero principles.
• Experience within carbon measurement and action to drive reduction/efficiency.
• Experience in environmental incident management and investigation.

What’s in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service.
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review.
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus.
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus.
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations.
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc.

About Murphy: Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.8bn and £39m invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy.

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Jack Roberts to discuss in more detail. Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.