Environmental Delivery Lead / Manager
Salary: £Competitive
Location: Various
We are seeking key team members, especially in the north of England and Scotland who can proactively influence environmental outcomes from project inception through to completion. The role requires technical expertise and practical delivery experience to mitigate environmental impacts, promote sustainability, and achieve regulatory compliance.
Across infrastructure projects, environmental requirements are typically well defined, understood, and documented. The challenge lies in ensuring that those requirements are translated into decisions that are proportionate, practical, and deliverable during both design and construction.
We are looking for skilled professionals who work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and ensures that environmental considerations are identified and applied in ways that improve project outcomes. This involves engaging early, influencing decisions as they are formed.
You will be joining an award-winning environmental and engineering consultancy which puts innovation, sustainability and resilience at the heart of its work. We are independent and staff-owned under a stewardship model which drives long term decision making and investment. We have offices in the UK, Ireland, Romania, India, Singapore and Australia. JBA supports hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work.
Our people are all important and we invest heavily in life-long learning and skills development. We are always on the lookout for talented, committed and inspiring people to join us in our ambition to lead in the pursuit for resilience to climate change. In return, we offer rewarding careers with continued opportunities and dedicated support for personal development. Build your career with us and help us to build a more resilient future
Visit https://www.jbaconsulting.com/ to find out more.
The role:
You will operate at the interface between environmental assessments and project delivery, working closely with engineers, designers, and project teams across the project lifecycle.
In practice, this means understanding how environmental risks and constraints affect design choices, construction methods, programme, and ensuring that responses are aligned with the realities of delivery. The emphasis of the role is on ensuring that these translate into actions that can be implemented effectively on the ground.
A key aspect of the role is shaping how teams approach environmental requirements. This includes supporting designers in integrating mitigation into core design decisions, rather than relying on secondary measures.
You will also support or coordinate multidisciplinary environmental input, helping to align different technical perspectives into coherent, proportionate solutions. This requires not only technical understanding, but also the judgement to decide where effort is best focused and how to balance environmental priorities alongside cost, programme, and constructability.
The team member we are looking for:
You are likely to have experience in infrastructure, engineering, environmental, or related disciplines. You will have a strong understanding of the natural world as well as environmental principles and regulatory frameworks, and you will be able to apply this knowledge pragmatically within real project constraints.
You are naturally inquisitive but grounded, able to understand complexity without overcomplicating decisions. You are comfortable engaging with engineers, designers, and delivery teams, and able to contribute credibly to discussions on design, buildability, and implementation.
You will be confident in challenging where appropriate, not simply identifying issues, but helping teams work through them to reach solutions. You will take ownership of challenges ensuring that environmental considerations are delivered.
We are less concerned with a specific academic or professional route and more interested in how you operate within project environments.
Essential attributes for the role:
- You will bring a combination of technical expertise, practical judgement, and a problem-solving approach.
- Crucially, you will be able to interpret technical information and translate it into clear, practical and actionable advice.
- Experience of working in or alongside design and construction environments will be particularly valuable, especially where this involves engaging with real delivery constraints.
- Effective communication, organisational ability, and confidence in working with multiple stakeholders are essential.
Desirable attributes for the role:
- You may have experience in identifying and assessing environmental and ecological risks, contributing to environmental management approaches, or supporting compliance processes.
- Familiarity with environmental management systems, monitoring or auditing processes, and a broad awareness of the physical environment and environmental disciplines will also support effectiveness in the role.
- Professional accreditation with ISEP, preferably CEnv, or with another relevant professional body would be advantageous.
Location:
The role can be located at several of our UK offices, if you would like to know more please contact us.
Further information:
For further information or an informal discussion about this position, please contact Dave Sargent: Dave.Sargent@jbaconsulting.com or t: 0191 2330707.
Note: JBA run a comprehensive Graduate Scheme and recent graduates interested in working for us should apply via that route: https://www.jbaconsulting.com/graduate-careers/
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