Agricultural and Soil Scientist Coleshill, West Midlands, England

Balfour Beatty Vinci

Full Time Coleshill, West Midlands, England 28644 - 32579 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for an Agricultural and Soils Scientist to join our team based in Coleshill, Coventry

What you’ll be doing

As an Agricultural and Soils Scientist you’ll be working alongside our Environmental team helping to deliver the biggest civils infrastructure project in the UK.

Some of the duties you will have include:

Helps develop robust and comprehensive training workshops on Soil Handling Management working collaboratively with the whole project team (DJV & BBV);
Accountable for fit for purpose methodology and assumptions that can withstand external scrutiny.
Support site activities for soil stripping, aftercare and restoration.
Provide support for BBV construction - review of ITPs (Inspection Test Plans) on soil Handling Management & Restoration
Support for Soil surveys for farm holding Who were looking for

The ideal candidate for the role would have the below:

• Member of a Landscape/Soil & Agriculture professional body; • An understanding of stripping, movement and storage of soil resources in construction projects;

Experienced with dealing with Farmers, landowners and Statutory bodies (such as Natural England, Woodland Trust, Wildlife Trust, etc);
Experience in planning and undertaking site visits for soil sampling, Soils Handling Units (SHUs); Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) and soil audits to verify compliance;
Experience in soil reconditioning and ripping methods;
Experienced in providing training to site operatives and overseeing technical soil advice and monitoring throughout the soil handling operations during the design and construction phases;
Knowledge of the required treatment of stockpiles during storage;
Good interpersonal and communication skills;
Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills

Although not essential any candidate with the below would be beneficial to the role:

Experience of working on infrastructure projects.
Member of an environmental professional body.
An Archaeology / Heritage background i.e. relevant BSc/MSc or equivalent qualification in Archaeology, Heritage or similar.
Experience in integrating GIS solutions into Heritage / Archaeology mitigation design or during the construction phase of a scheme.
Commercial awareness.
Experience of working with regulators such as Historic England, LPAs, etc

Why join us?

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is responsible for designing and building part of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure project in Europe: HS2. We are building the West Midlands section of HS2's Phase One route, spanning approximately 90km from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

We will be employing thousands of people from the region to design and build the civil infrastructure for HS2 and we are looking for a wide range of skills to join the team and support this unique and ground breaking project.

Diversity and Inclusion: We aim to be a leader in equality, diversity and inclusion by creating a safe inclusive working environment for all - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership. We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging all staff to engage in a diverse range of year round learning opportunities and provide personal development opportunities. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture.

Flexible working: Flexible or agile working is encouraged at BBV and we recognise the value and diversity of candidates which this can bring to our business operations. Not every role can provide a variety of working patterns to suit people's personal needs however we are happy to discuss agile working opportunities at BBV with you.

Disability confident: We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is Disability Confident committed and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

About the company

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long established joint venture between two global leaders in the delivery of critical infrastructure. Working together for over 30 years, we have been successful in delivering a number of significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond.

In 2008, we announced our formal alliance with the aim of delivering modern and innovative solutions to the UK's infrastructure needs.Since then, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength. We've successfully bid and delivered many key projects for Crossrail and Highways England Smart Motorways Programme. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a powerhouse for critical infrastructure.

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