Senior Environmental Manager (Island & marine )

**The project:** This project offers the chance to join a talented Mace team in delivering a major entertainment and luxury hospitality project, collaborating with renowned architects and global consultants. The project involves extensive infrastructure and built assets, delivered rapidly through a hands\-on construction management approach, which is ideal for those experienced in managing both main and subcontract packages. Mace is seeking an experienced senior environmental manager to support the delivery of a major programme in Saudi Arabia. This is a senior site\-based role responsible for leading all environmental management activities across a complex marine and island development environment. The successful candidate will provide environmental leadership throughout construction, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, project requirements and international best practice standards. The role requires a hands\-on environmental professional with extensive experience managing environmental risks associated with marine, coastal, dredging, reclamation, waterfront, and island developments, while working closely with contractors, consultants, authorities and project stakeholders. **You’ll be responsible for:** * Manage the implementation and management of the project's environmental strategy, management plans and compliance requirements. • Provide environmental oversight across marine, coastal, island, infrastructure and construction activities. • Monitor contractor environmental performance and ensure compliance with environmental permits, approvals and regulatory obligations. • Review and approve environmental management plans, construction environmental plans, method statements and monitoring programmes. • Manage environmental risks associated with marine ecosystems, coastal habitats, dredging, reclamation and nearshore construction activities. • Conduct regular environmental inspections, audits and site assessments to ensure compliance with project standards. • Supervise investigations into environmental incidents, non\-conformances and complaints, ensuring timely corrective actions are implemented. • Coordinate environmental monitoring programmes including marine water quality, sediment control, ecology and biodiversity requirements. • Engage with environmental authorities and regulatory agencies on permitting, reporting and compliance matters. • Provide technical guidance and support to project teams, contractors and consultants on environmental issues and best practices. • Promote environmental awareness and sustainability initiatives across all aspects of project delivery. • Monitor and report environmental performance, risks and compliance status to senior project leadership. • Support the management of stakeholder concerns relating to environmental impacts and mitigation measures. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and environmental performance enhancements across the project. • Ensure environmental requirements are fully integrated into construction planning, delivery and operational readiness activities. **You’ll need to have:** * A degree qualification in environmental science, environmental engineering, or a related discipline. • Extensive environmental management experience on major infrastructure, construction or development projects. • Proven experience managing environmental requirements on marine, coastal, island or waterfront developments. • Strong understanding of environmental regulations, permitting and compliance requirements within the Middle East. • Experience managing environmental consultants, contractors and specialist advisors. • Strong knowledge of marine ecology, environmental monitoring and mitigation measures. • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. • Experience working within PMC, client\-side or major programme environments. • Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high\-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval. **Our values** **Safety first \- Going home safe and well:** We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well\-being in every team. **Client focus \- Deliver on our promise:** We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long\-term relationships with our clients. **Integrity \- Always do the right thing:** We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations. **Create opportunity \- For our people to excel:** We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation. We are also open to discussing part\-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role. \#LI\-On\-site