Environmental Clerk of Work (ECoW)

Summary: The Environmental Clerk of Works (ECoW) role involves overseeing environmental management on construction sites in Scotland, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and best practices. The position requires the development and implementation of site-specific environmental plans while providing guidance and support to project teams. The ECoW will conduct audits, monitor compliance, and address any environmental incidents or non-compliances. This role is essential for promoting environmental sustainability within the project scope.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the Environmental representative on site taking a proactive approach to the environmental management of the site.
• Promote environmental best practice across site operations.
• Providing environmental advice and support to site based personnel to ensure sufficient understanding of project environmental requirements and environmental processes relevant to the scope of work.
• Conduct audits / checks on compliance.
• Address gaps and suggest improvements relating to management systems and processes.
• Highlight where environmental requirements are not being met and escalate or intervene to stop work if necessary.
• For relevant environmental incidents, deviations or non-compliances, initiate root cause analysis and promote that the business takes appropriate remedial and corrective actions.
• Develop and implement site environmental program (including site inspections and site ecological surveys, water monitoring etc).
• Support the application for site environmental licenses or consents e.g. EPS, CAR).
• Monitor compliance with all environmental and nature conservation mitigation works; working practices identified in consents/ licenses, CES, CEMP, and the contractors environmental management systems.
• Provide training to ensure works are undertaken in strict accordance with environmental requirements defined in consents/ licenses, CES, CEMP.
• Regularly visit site operations to monitor performance / compliance and give support.
• Deliver Tool Box Talks on relevant environmental risks and control measures.
• Be involved in planning the project works in a pro-active way to avoid Environment incidents and to ensure compliance.
• Lead or support investigations into environmental incidents or deviations to determine the root cause and suitable corrective / preventative actions.
• Review of subcontractors environment documentation.
• Review and provide environmental input into RAMS.
• Attend applicable client and contractor meetings.
• Act as the Client interface regarding Environmental management on site.
• Accompany clients and/or clients representatives on site as necessary.
• Attendance at stakeholder meetings as necessary.
• Maintain site environmental records as per the businesses processes, client and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring, reporting and analyses of environmental performance indicators (e.g. waste, fuel use, water quality, nonconformities, incidents etc.) according to NKT processes and client requirements.
• Record positive and negative environmental observations in the IA system.
• Development and communication of any environmental lessons learnt.

Key Skills:

• Degree / diploma or equivalent in Environment and / or Ecology.
• Hold a valid CSCS or CCNSG Card (or have the ability to get one).
• At least 5 years’ experience as an ECoW / Advisor.
• Hold membership with the Association of ECOW’s as an associate member (desirable).
• Have active Continual Professional Development as an ECoW / Advisor.
• Previously held ECoW positions on HVDC / Renewable Energy projects.
• Fully conversant with UK Environmental legislation and consenting requirements.
• Competent in ensuring compliance with Environmental Plans and Procedures at a site level.
• Must be client facing and feel comfortable monitoring tier contractors.
• Must be proactive, self-motivated and work well in a team.
• Competent in the English language and Microsoft Office.
• Full UK Driving License.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: Scotland

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other