Project Environmental Engineer

WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM
At Nexans, our global vision is to electrify the future. In Power Transmission, we deliver high-voltage subsea and land cable systems that connect nations, enable renewable-energy integration and strengthen the electricity networks that power modern society. As a leading EPCI contractor, we bring together engineering, manufacturing, installation and project-execution expertise to deliver complex turnkey projects around the world.

In the UK, we are expanding our project presence and supporting major energy-infrastructure programmes, including the Orkney Connection for SSE and the East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North projects for ScottishPower Renewables. Join us to help deliver these projects responsibly, minimise environmental impacts and create lasting value for the energy transition.

GETTING A FLYING START

At Nexans, your work helps build the infrastructure that enables the energy transition. You will have the opportunity to shape environmental performance on major UK and international power-transmission projects, work with highly skilled colleagues across a global organisation and develop your expertise in a business where safety, sustainability and technical excellence are fundamental.

We offer a meaningful career with purpose, supported by flexible ways of working where compatible with project requirements, international collaboration and mobility, and development opportunities in an inclusive culture. At Nexans, we are Pioneers of the energy transition, Dedicated to the highest standards of performance and United in achieving ambitious goals.

HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

As Senior Project Environmental Manager, you will provide independent environmental leadership, assurance and strategic direction throughout the project lifecycle. You will be accountable for establishing a robust environmental-management framework that enables compliant execution, effective environmental risk management and continuous improvement across complex EPCI cable projects. Your work will give our people, partners and clients confidence that environmental impacts are understood, avoided or minimised, and actively managed.

You will:

• Lead the environmental strategy, governance and assurance framework for assigned projects, ensuring alignment with Nexans’ management system, contractual obligations, consent conditions and UK environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the senior environmental adviser and trusted challenge to the Project Director/Project Manager and leadership team, ensuring environmental performance, risks, opportunities and improvement actions are visible and effectively governed.
• Independently lead the development, implementation and maintenance of Project Environmental Management Plans, environmental procedures, controls, registers and reporting arrangements from tender through to project close-out.
• Identify, assess and manage environmental risks and opportunities across manufacturing, marine and land installation activities, including potential impacts on biodiversity, marine life, habitats, water, soil, waste, emissions and resource use.
• Establish and maintain environmental legal and regulatory requirement registers, monitor compliance and ensure that relevant changes to environmental legislation, standards and local requirements are evaluated and addressed.
• Lead environmental assurance activities, including inspections, audits and reviews; challenge performance gaps and ensure timely, effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead or oversee the investigation, reporting and follow-up of significant environmental incidents, near misses and non-conformities, ensuring effective corrective actions and organisational learning.

YOUR STARTING POINTS

We know that the best candidates do not always match every requirement listed, but here are some examples of the background and experience that can help you thrive in the role:

• A university degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, sustainability, ecology, engineering, HSER/QHSE, risk management or a related discipline.
• Relevant professional environmental and risk-management training and certifications; membership or chartership with a recognised environmental professional body, such as IEMA, CIWEM or a comparable institution, is highly desirable.
• 5-8 years’ relevant experience in a senior environmental, project environmental or HSER management role within major projects, including demonstrable accountability for environmental delivery on complex, high-risk or multi-site projects.
• Significant experience in EPCI, energy, offshore, marine, construction, manufacturing and/or land-installation environments, ideally including high-voltage transmission, offshore wind or similarly environmentally sensitive infrastructure projects.
• A strong track record of independently leading project environmental strategy, management plans, legal-compliance registers, governance, assurance, reporting and improvement activities across the full project lifecycle.
• Strong practical knowledge of UK environmental legislation, environmental permitting and consent conditions, together with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and apply them in a project environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of environmental risk management, impact mitigation, waste management, pollution prevention, biodiversity and marine-environment protection, environmental audits and incident investigation.
• Demonstrated ability to engage, influence and constructively challenge senior project leaders, clients, contractors and suppliers on environmental risks, performance and improvement priorities
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel regularly within the UK and internationally, in line with project needs.