Samantha Pickering

Regulatory Compliance and Permitting

• Producing, obtaining and managing environmental permits such as Section 61 Consents, Flood Risk Activity Permits, Land Drainage Consents and EPS Licences for Bats, Badgers and Water Voles.
• Liaison with regulatory bodies such as the Environment Agency, Environmental Health Officers and Natural England.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of a Project Environmental Management Plan. Responsible for ensure planning permission commitments are briefed to the operations and Senior Leadership Teams.
• Actively managing two large-scale construction projects in the Norfolk area whilst also managing a small team.

Mitigation Measures Implementation

• Responsible for identifying sensitive environmental features and ensuring mitigation controls are implemented in line with construction activities and project program.
• Ensuring that construction designs are modified to reduce ecological disruption.
• Responsible for ensuring that all licences and consents are applied for in good time to avoid delays to construction program.
• Responsible for ensuring wildlife protection measures are in place throughout the construction period.
• Overseeing the installation and maintenance of dust suppression systems, silt and soil erosion controls, acoustic screening and noise/vibration monitoring systems.

Site Monitoring and Inspections

• Implement ongoing site inspections and audits to ensure compliance with the Galliford Try's Environmental Management System and the projects Environmental Management Plan.

Documentation and Reporting

• Responsible for maintaining environmental records of monitoring data, compliance checks, non-compliant incidents and corrective action and regulatory body and stakeholder communications.
• Responsible for producing environmental reports and communications and presenting information to the client and Senior Leadership Teams.
• Responsible for collating carbon reports to inform the client of project outputs.
• Assisting in the management of environmental work package packages, ensuring that works are undertaken in line with contractual agreements. I have great commercial knowledge and have assisted in tender submission reviews and producing comprehensive scopes for environmental packages of works.

Training and Awareness

• Responsible for training and upskilling the operational team on environmental policies, best practices, incident investigation findings and emergency response procedures.
• Organised awareness campaigns to highlight the importance of environmental protection.
• Fostered an environmentally conscious culture through regular employee workshops and training sessions.

Innovation and Improvement

• Assisting in the management of environmental work packages
• I currently lead on a number of environmental work packages, such as Species Rich Grassland Trials, Hydrogen Excavator trials, in-situ noise and vibration monitoring and water quality monitoring.
• Responsible for leading a company wide Waste Working Group to standardise waste data collation across business units.

• Responsible for providing environmental support and advice to several construction teams across 15-20 active sites. Managing my time across projects to ensure environmental issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Undertaking environmental inspections, raising corrective actions with site teams and ensuring sufficient support is in place to resolve actions.
• Attending weekly progress meetings to identify environmental risks in advance. Supporting site teams in the implementation of environmental controls prior to works commencing.
• Producing and implementing personalised Environmental Management Plans and risk assessments to manage on-site risk.
• Organising and executing environmental training to upskill project teams.
• Responsible for investigating environmental incidents and analysing root cause to develop corrective action plans.
• Responsible for collating and reporting environmental information to the wider business.

• Working as part of a team to ensure environmental compliance during the design and construction of the A14 Improvement Scheme.
• Liaising with local authorities and key stakeholders to ensure construction activities are compliant with Section 61 Consents and Protected Species Licences.
• Undertaking environmental inspections and audits across the project, reporting on good and bad practice.
• Responsible for updating and managing live environmental documents.
• Attending daily Senior Management meetings and engaging with the construction team at all levels to ensure works are compliance with environmental management procedures.
• Responsible for managing the projects Resource Efficiency Matrix, achieving gold status for the A14 Improvement scheme in 2020.