Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager - Technical Lead

Building A Sustainable Tomorrow

We are recruiting a Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager - Technical Lead to provide overall leadership and direction for the environment function across multiple route sections on a transformative infrastructure project that will modernize a key rail corridor, boosting capacity, reliability, and regional connectivity across the North of England. 

The Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager - Technical Lead ensures clear accountability, drives compliance, and delivers consistent environmental outcomes in line with project, Client, and regulatory requirements. The role includes managing a multi-disciplinary team, strengthening BAM’s in-house capability, and embedding a culture of positive, visible environmental leadership across the Alliance.

The role requires a minimum site presence of four days a week, based out of offices in the Huddersfield area.

Your Team

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• The role requires a minimum site presence of four days a week, based out of offices in the Huddersfield area.

Making Possible

• Lead and manage the environment team covering multiple route sections.
• Provide line management to Environment Managers, Advisors, Apprentices, and Data staff.  
• Administrative functions: 1-1’s, regular team meetings etc.
• Mentor and develop BAM colleagues, creating clear progression and recognition pathways.
• Ensure third-party resources are positioned in supportive roles where they add value without driving critical processes.
• Ensure legal compliance and alignment with Network Rail standards (e.g. NR/L2/ENV/015) and client requirements.
• Work closely with the Environmental Compliance Manager to ensure successful ESMP sign-off and implementation, robust monitoring, inspections, and audits.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and transparent reporting of environmental data through the EPI Data Manager and Data Admin.
• Track and present performance against KPIs, identifying risks, opportunities, and lessons learned.
• Oversee and provide technical guidance on major environmental incidents and investigations.
• Promote continuous improvement in waste management and pollution prevention.
• Act as the primary environmental lead, and EPI reporting.
• Represent BAM in Alliance and client meetings, building trusted relationships with the PMO, Functional Director, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Champion the environmental agenda across project teams, ensuring visibility and influence in decision-making.

What Do You Bring To The Role?

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in Rail
• CEnv and MISEP (or equivalent)
• Senior-level experience managing environmental teams on major infrastructure – preferably rail projects
• NEC3 contract management
• Strong knowledge of UK environmental legislation, client standards, and compliance frameworks.
• Proven leadership skills, with ability to motivate and develop colleagues at all levels.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with credibility to influence senior leadership.

What’S In It For You?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

About Bam

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The Application Process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Monica Curl, Recruiter, BAM Infrastructure, Email: monica.curl@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.