Environmental & Sustainability Project Manager

Environmental & Sustainability Project Manager

GE Vernova

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Overall Target of the Position

• Lead and manage in the most efficient manner the implementation of Skye Project Environmental & Sustainability;
• Implement and maintain Environmental & Sustainability Plans, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, contractual and the company requirements;
• Liaison with Client, Statutory Bodies and Contractors;
• Define and monitor actions to improve Environmental & Sustainability Performance in Construction & Commissioning and to reduce likelihood and severity of Environmental events and Skye Project ESG breaches.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Environmental Role

• Management and implementation of environmental project requirements;
• Provision of required environmental plans;
• Lead and develop environmental strategy for compliance approach with Skye Project;
• Delivery of program of environmental works, inclusive of, but not limited to, surveys, pre-construction mitigation, monitoring of mitigation, watching briefs, and exclusion periods;
• Provision and delivery of environmental communication and training plan;
• Environmental monitoring and auditing;
• Assist in recruiting of specialized personnel e.g. ecologist, hydrologist, archaeologist, ornithologist, noise specialist;
• Manage all ongoing programs and action plans implemented for the protection of the environment, including permits for air emissions, hazardous waste management, and wastewater management;
• Ensure full implementation of GE standards and procedures at site (EHS Directives, Work Instructions and Guidelines, EHS Roadmap standard, etc.);
• Monitor fulfilment of Environmental contractual requirements established with the Subcontractors;
• Ensure that all site Environmental events (pollution incidents, near-misses, spills, etc.) are recorded, reported, investigated and analyzed in due time to prevent recurrence;
• Monitor quantity and quality of the site Environmental inspections carried out by the site personnel;
• Define and implement an Environmental Subcontractor audit program to monitor compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, contractual and the company requirements;
• Monitor fulfilment of EHS contractual requirements established with the Subcontractors.

Sustainability Role

• Support and drive to establish sustainability management plans for Skye Project with the sustainability guidelines, processes & frameworks;
• Lead data collection, internal verification, coordination;
• Lead/coordinate/support decarbonization and Sustainability efforts in GSI operations and value chain;
• Secure internal Skye project stakeholder engagement/alignment/buy into Sustainability initiatives;
• Coordinate deployment of Skye project specific Sustainability strategy, track and report progress to key stakeholders;
• Collation of Sustainability data;
• Recording of Social Value initiatives.

Profile

Skills knowledge and experience required

• At least 8 years of experience;
• IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) Full membership of IEMA + Chartered environmentalist;
• Membership of a recognized professional body e.g IEMA, CIEEM, CIWEM, SocEnv;
• Experience with and knowledge of independent standards organizations and certification programs such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001, etc.;
• A degree in business management, Sustainability, environmental engineering or other academic field from an accredited college or university discipline;
• Experience in GRID industry or in power generation industry;
• Be fully conversant in Scottish and UK consenting and environmental legislation;
• Good computer skill using MS office (word, excel, power point);
• International EHS regulatory knowledge /qualification as required;
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; integrative team working style, able to work into a multi-cultural environment;
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills;
• Ability to work with cross-functional and cross-business teams;
• High proficiency in English (oral & written);
• Ability to make decisions with limited or conflicting data and manage multiple transactions and priorities simultaneously.