Environmental Manager

Location: Office Luton - regional role across Home Counties

Job Type: Permanent, full-time

Sector: Residential enabling works and civils

A well-established construction business delivering residential-led enabling and civil engineering packages is seeking an Environmental Manager to provide senior technical leadership and environmental oversight across projects in the southern half of the UK. Works typically include bulk earthworks, remediation, demolition, and asbestos-related activities.

This is a regional role supporting operational teams across multiple live sites, ensuring environmental compliance, robust controls, and consistent reporting.

• Provide senior technical leadership and assurance for environmental and sustainability compliance across enabling and civils projects.
• Oversee compliance with planning conditions, environmental permits, consents, and regulatory requirements, intervening where elevated risk or non-compliance is identified.
• Set, review, and approve environmental management strategies, monitoring regimes, and site-based control measures aligned to company standards and regulatory expectations.
• Lead the preparation and review of environmental reports, monitoring outputs, and performance summaries, including periodic reporting where required.
• Embed environmental best practice into construction methodologies, including temporary works, materials management, waste control, and remediation activities.
• Act as the senior technical point of contact for regulators, clients, consultants, and stakeholders, leading engagement on complex or high-risk matters.
• Provide technical input into method statements, risk assessments, and sequencing to identify and mitigate environmental risks early.
• Support continuous improvement of environmental systems, procedures, and training aligned with ISO 14001 and wider business objectives.
• Mentor and support site/project teams, promoting a culture of compliant delivery and continual improvement.
• Contribute to tender reviews, pre-construction planning, and project start-up by identifying constraints, opportunities, and risk-reduction measures.

• Strong technical background within enabling works / civils (ideally residential-led or major projects).
• Proven experience managing environmental compliance across complex construction activities (earthworks, remediation, demolition).
• Confident advising delivery teams and engaging with regulators and external stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of planning conditions, permits/consents, and site-based environmental controls.
• Familiarity with environmental management systems aligned to ISO 14001.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region.

• £70,000 to £75,000 base salary plus package.
• Regional senior role with autonomy and influence across multiple projects.