Environmental Manager
Costain Group · Manchester
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Environmental Manager to support the contract. The role is predominantly site-based working at the Urenco UK nuclear licensed site in Capenhurst (near Chester) with occasional hybrid working.
Applicants are expected to achieve baseline and SC security levels and be willing to work within an integrated team at the client’s premises for the programme management and delivery roles.
The Environmental Manager will lead the environmental function for the HALEU Advanced Fuels Facility programme at Capenhurst, ensuring compliance with statutory, client and company requirements across a high‑hazard, nuclear‑licensed site.
The role provides expert guidance on environmental risk, with a specific focus on water management, including surface water, groundwater, trade effluent, pollution prevention, and hydrological impacts associated with construction and FEED activities. The role will be responsible for collaborating with the Costain team and the client to secure necessary environmental permits and maintain strict regulatory compliance.
The postholder enables the Contract Leadership and Operational Teams to implement the SHE Management System, delivering project‑specific initiatives, and ensuring all requirements are met.
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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
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