Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure.
 
Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.
 
Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. 

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Environmental Sustainability Manager –  Cambridgeshire/ Essex
 

Do you have passion for the environment and sustainability and want to positively challenge the norm? and would you like to work for a business recognised as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For'?

Then join our award-winning team. You will be the main point of contact for all Environmental & sustainability matters across your portfolio of projects. We are looking for a talented and driven individual to join our growing environmental and sustainability team. 

As a member of our team, you will be working  two flagship projects – Cambridge South  and Beaulieu Park Station You will be responsible for climate action and sustainability practices on a portfolio of projects across our rail framework.

Our Overview
Murphy’s purpose is to improve life by delivering  world-class infrastructure across the transportation, water and energy sectors in the UK, Ireland and Canada. Through our direct delivery model, we enable our clients to achieve their business objectives by increasing capacity, improving customer service, providing resilience and delivering increased efficiency whilst being a safe and sustainable company.

What you'll do

• Support projects on our Road to Net Zero and our client commitments to BNG, and circular economy
• Engage in educational & community activities to deliver positive social value.
• Develop Environmental and Social Management Plans that enable projects to manage their risks and opportunities
• You will take an active part in ensuring environmental incidents are investigated, and suitable lessons learnt/actions are captured and communicated appropriately to prevent reoccurrences.
• Develop and implement environmental and social campaigns and improvements in agreement project team
• Collate/ Monitor project performance in line with environmental targets and KPIs
• Assist in organisation of Social Value opportunities
• Populate the Murphy Sustainability Carbon Tool and Rail Social Value Tool 
• Work with key stakeholders/ regulators  and ensuring that they are familiar with your portfolio of projects and where appropriate apply for permissions/ consents
• Deliver assurance processes across your portfolio of work liaising closely with your safety & health counterpart
• Where required mentor and deploy on a day to day basis a graduate environmental advisor

About You 

• Hold a degree in an appropriate environment or sustainability discipline. 
• Having full membership of either IEMA, or alternative membership in institutes committed to global sustainability, 
• Confident communicator with a range stakeholders and project teams
• Have a passion for the environment and sustainability in order to continue to develop
• Ability to manage the delivery of sustainability on multiple projects at the same time
• Good spoken and written English language skills.