Environmental Manager
Greater Dublin area
As an Environmental Manager, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting infrastructure project in Dublin, based at an airport. Join our dynamic team and make a difference!
The Environmental Manager will be responsible for promoting good practice relating to environmental management, sharing best practices and learning, contributing to environmental strategies, plans and processes in terms of environment and sustainability (E&S), and to provide health and safety requirements and progress reports to ensure that all environmental consents and sustainability matters are implemented effectively, helping to facilitate construction in a compliant manner and good performance across the company.
The role holder will ensure that the company is complying with all environmental policies and procedures, and other environmental commitments, including those arising from planning requirements throughout its construction, assist with regular reporting, site inspection, monitoring the operational function and service delivery to ensure that controls are being implemented according to the company’s requirements.
About Us: At Sacyr UK and Ireland, we’re passionate about creating a better world through our projects. As an Environmental Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in our team. Our workplace is inclusive, diverse, and designed for everyone to thrive. We don’t just say it – we live it, we’re proud to have been named a Sunday Times Top 100 Employer in both 2024 and 2025, and to be accredited as a Living Wage and Disability Confident employer.
About you: If your values align with ours, and you are passionate about being part of our team, read on! Our team is professional, great communicators, adaptable, full of integrity and generally a fabulous bunch. If this sounds like you, and you can demonstrate the required skills and experience, we want to hear from you.
Our benefits:
- Inclusive work environment, Sunday Times Top 100 Employer 2024 and 2025
- 34 days holiday
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial, Emotional and Physical Wellbeing Support
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Professional membership support
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount scheme
- Language lessons
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Wellness Your Way programme
- Annual Health Checks
Key Responsibilities include:
- Manage and ensure that the Project is set up and delivered successfully in terms of environment and sustainability (E&S).
- Working with the Authority, Client, Sacyr teams as well as external stakeholders and interested Third Parties to ensure E&S constructability is considered at all project early-stages, planned for and costed appropriately prior to construction activities
- Manage and ensure that the project complies with all environmental legislation, consents, permits, licences, objectives, targets, and other Sacyr environmental commitments, including those arising from planning requirements throughout its construction.
- Preparation and submission of Amendments to the Projects Consents/Permits/Licences in conjunction with the Construction teams.
- Plan accordingly to ensure future works are resourced appropriately.
- Support upcoming work winning activities to ensure environmental compliance and sustainability are effectively considered and costed.
- Cooperate and manage environmental inductions, training, toolbox talks, and emergency simulations to all staff involved in the construction of the Scheme, including site team, supply chain staff and interested third parties.
- Assisting with the development of emergency and safety procedures and training of staff in the use and disposal of spillage control equipment as required and how to manage the communication
- Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams, including the supply chain.
- Implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with regulations and legislation.
- Monitor performance of Environmental Advisors/Assistants, Ecological Consulting Works, Environmental Management Representatives (EMRs) and Sustainability Coordinators.
- Produce, review and update the Project Management Plan including key plans as the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and Sustainability Action Plan (accord with BREEAM) and specialist procedures as appropriate.
Essential criteria:
- Legal right to work in the Republic of Ireland
- Willingness to complete a 5-year background screening as part of the hiring process.
- Relevant bachelor's degree (Hons) in Environmental Studies or equivalent.
- Knowledge of environmental control systems.
- 2 years experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge & understanding of ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.
- Knowledge of the sustainability assessment programs that is used to masterplan projects, infrastructure and buildings, as BREEAM certificate (Design&Construction or Construction)
- Working knowledge of IT software in particular the Microsoft suite; to include Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word.
- Takes ownership and accountability for tasks and sees through to successful completion.
- Ability to seek out and deliver innovative methods of training and instruction, together with adaptive styles of communication with the workforce and staff alike
- Passionate about the construction and building industry.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Capable of working on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Excellent attention to detail and meticulous planning and organisational skills.
- Flexible Approach with ability to define goals and plan to deliver them.
Desirable criteria:
- Relevant CSCS or CSR Card.
- Knowledge and understanding of Environmental, ecological issues and applicable legislation.
- EcoW accreditation
- Investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for incident investigation.
- Knowledge of Irish Regulations
- Airport work experience
In return, you will be working on a high profile 'once in a lifetime' project where you will be supported by a collaborative team in a learning environment. We offer local and global career opportunities and whilst this project is based in Dublin our teams are truly global!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are open to making reasonable adjustments to enable all applicants to participate in the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any adjustments as part of the application process.
Ready to be part of our transformative journey? Apply now and contribute to building a better future!
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- Department
- Engineering and infrastructure
- Locations
- Dublin
- Function
- Calidad y medio ambiente // Quality and evironment