Environmental Coordinator

As our Environmental Coordinator, you are passionate about protecting eco-systems and implementing environmental innovation across a range of projects and sectors. As a natural relationship builder, you will influence Project Managers and external stakeholders to achieve continual environmental improvement, using your excellent communication skills and strong technical expertise to:

• Manage environmental aspects and impacts on site in line with best practice principles, and to assist in the achievement of organisational and project objectives.
• Develop and ensure compliance with Project Environmental Management Plans, company Environmental Policies and promote a positive sustainability and environmental culture, leading by example and setting best practice standards as ‘business as usual’.
• Ensure compliance with contractual environmental specifications and environmental legislation, environmental approvals and other relevant stakeholder requirements of the project.

Your day would look like:

• Engaging and supporting our precontracts, project teams and workforce to champion use of our systems, client requirements and industry best practice.
• Contributing to tenders and bids giving advice on risk and compliance
• Leading the implementation of the BMD Environmental Management System and providing high-level technical advice.
• Visiting projects to champion implementation of our Environmental standards and procedures.
• Facilitating and undertaking environmental monitoring
• Undertaking audits, inspections and frontline engagements.
• Contributing to risk workshops, communication forums and initiatives.
• Contributing to incident investigations and reviews.
• Keeping across industry and legislation changes and advise the business.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with:

• Degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in Environmental Science/ Engineering
• 4-5 years in civil construction (or related sector) in environmental management
• Prior experience on resource sector or infrastructure projects (Transport, Water, Defence) highly regarded
• Possess a solid understanding of the current legislative environment relevant to this role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.