Environmental Advisor

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. Wood is currently recruiting for a Environmental Advisor to join our team for a large-scale challenging construction project. We are looking for individuals with expertise and experience who are ready to take on new challenges and assist us achieve excellence in schedule, safety, and quality.

Wood is one of the world's leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management companies. We aim to deliver safe and sustainable projects and services for our clients in different fields.

This job offers an exciting and technically advanced approach to value added quality control on a wide range of EPCm projects.

Responsibilities What makes you remarkable?

• Support the implementation of Wood’s environmental strategy and HSSE policy obligations
• Assist with technical support in the management of environmental risk and opportunities across project site
• Provide technical and practical support service to ensure that project site maintain environmental licence to operate and environmental credentials to support clients in all jurisdictions in which they operate
• Responsible for facilitating the implementation of Wood’s environmental standards across the project site
• Collaborate and support project stie to achieve the highest standards of environmental stewardship, building an exemplary environmental reputation for Wood in the eyes of key stakeholders
• The post holder will be an enthusiastic environmental professional with experience of site-based environmental management in the project site environment
• The person will be technically proficient in environmental management standards and/or a specialist environmental discipline (e.g. contaminated land)
• Provide technical support to facilitate the environmental plan to ensure that environmental aspects are appropriately managed and that Wood’s HSSE policy obligations are enacted
• Assist in the identification of, understand and communicate the legal, industrial and contractual environmental obligations placed on Wood
• Assist in the development and provision of training on key environmental risks to facilitate greater environmental awareness across the project site
• Work with assurance teams in developing and undertaking environmental inspections and audits where required
• Provide the project site with technical environmental services on a broad range of environmental management issues e.g. contaminated land, investigations, client engagement
• Provision of technical environmental advice and support to management to ensure that environmental obligations are effectively supported
• Assist in the investigation of environmental incidents and subsequent monitoring to ensure any trends are identified and mitigated effectively
• Liaise with the line manager and legal teams to manage environmental regulatory issues and/or investigations
• Facilitate the implementation of environmental key performance indicators and monitor trends, issues, alerts etc., communicating to Wood’s management and central support teams
• Support the project site to maintain environmental licences, certifications and memberships, if applicable

Qualifications

• First and higher degree in an environmental-related discipline (desirable)
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in process engineering design within the petrochemical, refinery, and oil & gas sectors
• Professional membership in an environmental body (desirable)
• Good understanding of EIA, HIA, and sustainability
• Strong skills in coordinating with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Positive relationship attitude and team-working abilities
• Proactive and motivated

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Practical environmental monitoring skills (noise, vibration, air etc.)
• Authoring environmental management processes & procedures
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Collating and interpreting environmental performance data
• Understanding of Environmental law and governance
• On-site practical knowledge and experience
• Undertaking environmental awareness training
• Environmental inspection and auditing

Personal Attributes

• Excellent communication & literacy skills
• Proficient in all aspects of MS Office

About Us Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.