Exciting Environmental Graduate Opportunity at Colas

Location

Portsmouth, Hampshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Exciting Environmental Graduate Opportunity at Colas

Company: Colas

Salary: £27,000

Start Date: Summer 2024

Location: Portsmouth, Solihull, Cheshire and other locations in England

The Environmental Graduate will play a leading role at managing and coordinating Environmental Management within the Highways contract. They will ensure compliance and understanding of Environmental legislative requirements and play a key role at implementing robust control measures on contract.

Who is the company?

Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites.

Colas are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing their own innovative surfacing products. Colas hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.

Colas invest, design, construct, maintain and operate a wide variety of projects for the public and private sector clients.

Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of everything they do. As technology and techniques evolve, their solutions do too.

Colas provide the complete service, from investment and design right through to project delivery and aftercare. At every step, Colas have experts with the capability and skill to turn the vision into reality. Their people all share their passion to deliver excellence in everything they do.

What is the role?

The Environmental Graduate will play a leading role at managing and coordinating Environmental Management within the Highways contract. They will ensure compliance and understanding of Environmental legislative requirements and play a key role at implementing robust control measures on contract

Planning

• Coordinate and ensure compliance and development to the Environmental Management System via the company IMS system to ensure information is well-presented and current.
• Working with the team on planning works, ensuring suitable surveys are being carried out, key environmental aspects, impacts and controls are included within environmental management plans / risk assessments.
• Advising on Environmental management plans and Site waste management plans

Operations

• Delivery of project-based work assignments
• Keeping any licences and exemptions up to date
• Advising on Property Management requirements (facilities management) and being a driver on contract for Colas Group Environmental Audits (Colas SA Echo Environmental Checklist)
• Auditing both ourselves but also the supply chain where necessary to ensure compliance with the system.

Performance

• Key understanding of ISO 14001, ensuring contract compliance and it’s development.
• Understanding environmental contractual requirements
• Collation and presentation of performance data and trend analysis, including:
  • Audits (Nonconformance Frequency Rate and Summary Reports)
  • Preparation of process performance data for processes owned by the Environmental Manager
  • Provision of assistance to internal customers in respect of the services provided by the Environmental team within Colas.

Management System

• Management and development of the Management Systems Audit Programme for internal and external assessments for the environmental disciplines
• Maintenance of the audit programme in liaison with external registration bodies, internal SEQ teams and Colas managers
• Undertake Environmental and Energy audits, assessments and effectively manage Environmental Impacts and Aspects relating to the Highways contract.
• Maintenance of the Audit Database, recording audit results and coordination of Corrective Action Plans in response to audit findings

Colas LTD support

• Working with Colas LTD / Colas Group to develop and support Colas’ journey to Net-Zero and share best practice on contract.
• Supporting Colas with innovations within the Highways sector promoting reductions with Carbon and supporting reduced environmental impacts.

Other

• Coordinating with group and ensure facilitation and support of external auditing requirements.
• Carrying out any other appropriate duties as assigned by the department managers
• Ensuring that all operations carried out within your area of responsibility are undertaken with full regard for safety of visitors, other members of staff and yourself.
• Building and developing affective relationships with Client and Customer, Supply chains and Key Stakeholders, incorporating regular meetings and site visits.
• Maintaining a professional approach positively reflecting the image of the company.
• Promote and enhance safety awareness in the business, encouraging a zero tolerance to unsafe acts and a zero target for LTIs
• Ensuring that all operations carried out within your area of responsibility are undertaken with full regard for safety of visitors, other members of staff and yourself.
• Ensuring compliance with Colas safety & quality procedures.
• Maintaining compliance with agreed policy on procurement of goods and services
• Assisting and upholding discipline within the business ensuring company compliance at all times
• Undertake all other appropriate duties as assigned by your line manager

Who is best suited for the role?

A degree in Environmental management or a similar degree

Experience within a similar field is desirable, not essential

Someone who has a real passion for the environment and would like to make a change.

Team player

Good communication

Attention to detail

Analytical

IT Skills

Clean UK Driver License as you will be required to travel

Why you should apply?

A generous pension contribution

Life assurance cover (x4 basic salary)

25 days annual leave + bank holidays (with the option to buy/sell more)

Flexible working policy

Opportunity to study towards a professional qualification fully funded

Ongoing training and personal/professional development

Discounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits portal

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Salary

£27k per annum