Safety Talent

Job Title: Technical Manager / Environmental Manager Enabling & Civil Works (Residential) Location: Office Luton - regional role across Home Counties Salary: £70,000 to £75,000 + package Job Type: Permanent, full-time Sector: Residential enabling works and civils Overview A well-established construction business delivering residential-led enabling and civil engineering packages is seeking a Technical Manager to provide senior technical leadership and environmental oversight across projects in the southern half of the UK. Works typically include bulk earthworks, remediation, demolition, and asbestos-related activities. This is a regional role supporting operational teams across multiple live sites, ensuring environmental compliance, robust controls, and consistent reporting. Key Responsibilities Provide senior technical leadership and assurance for environmental and sustainability compliance across enabling and civils projects. Oversee compliance with planning conditions, environmental permits, consents, and regulatory requirements, intervening where elevated risk or non-compliance is identified. Set, review, and approve environmental management strategies, monitoring regimes, and site-based control measures aligned to company standards and regulatory expectations. Lead the preparation and review of environmental reports, monitoring outputs, and performance summaries, including periodic reporting where required. Embed environmental best practice into construction methodologies, including temporary works, materials management, waste control, and remediation activities. Act as the senior technical point of contact for regulators, clients, consultants, and stakeholders, leading engagement on complex or high-risk matters. Provide technical input into method statements, risk assessments, and sequencing to identify and mitigate environmental risks early. Support continuous improvement of environmental systems, procedures, and training aligned with ISO 14001 and wider business objectives. Mentor and support site/project teams, promoting a culture of compliant delivery and continual improvement. Contribute to tender reviews, pre-construction planning, and project start-up by identifying constraints, opportunities, and risk-reduction measures. Candidate Profile Strong technical background within enabling works / civils (ideally residential-led or major projects). Proven experience managing environmental compliance across complex construction activities (earthworks, remediation, demolition). Confident advising delivery teams and engaging with regulators and external stakeholders. Working knowledge of planning conditions, permits/consents, and site-based environmental controls. Familiarity with environmental management systems aligned to ISO 14001. Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region. Package £70,000 to £75,000 base salary plus package. Regional senior role with autonomy and influence across multiple projects.

Join a business with a commitment to personal development, training and supporting you to drive your career forward. The health & safety team is made up of truly passionate people, working with site teams in a proactive way to make sure projects are delivered safely for their clients. Projects include construction, fit-out and mechanical & electrical with national contracts. Your base location will be Castleford with hybrid working and travel as needed to fulfil the role and support project teams. Providing practical and proactive guidance to site-based construction teams with CDM and operational health & safety. Project teams will reach out to gain your advice to design out risks at planning stage as well as during live projects. You will instil a culture of exceptional health & safety standards and SHEQ compliance. Safety is of paramount importance to the organisation, and you will play a pivotal role in the implementation of top-class standards. This role will ideally suit someone with either some safety experience looking for a clear path to learn and advance their career or with some operational experience in the construction industry looking for their first safety role. Must haves: NEBOSH General Certificate qualified, ideally NEBOSH Construction. Attitude and values are of most importance, the business values collaborative people who work towards shared goals across all departments. Some understanding of construction projects. Nice to haves: Health and Safety / HSE / SHEQ experience in Construction, Mechanical & Electrical or Fit-Out. Or similar, Property Maintenance, Property Management etc. Other qualifications such as CSCS Card, Asbestos Awareness, IOSH Managing Safely / SMSTS would be great but can all be trained. Working knowledge of CDM. Package: Up to 35,000 plus 5,000 Car Allowance In additional to the salary on offer there are progression opportunities available as well as an extensive benefits package to include 25 days leave, hybrid working, ability to buy and sell holiday, salary sacrifice schemes, employee assistance, cash plans, plus several others.