Our ambitious environment goals need your innovative ideas. Join us to build better together.

At VINCI Construction, we aim at forging a sustainable world. It means reducing our own footprint and proactively reinvent ourselves in what we build and the way we build it. We promote low-carbon methods and materials, implement circular economy, and commit to preserve nature in all our activities.

Through our projects, we provide solutions delivering positive impacts on the environment.

At HEB Construction, we know we have a huge responsibility to New Zealanders to ensure we protect the natural environment during the course of our projects. That’s why we consider ourselves lucky - and proud - to have the largest, most capable environmental team in the Kiwi construction industry.

We’re a national team: you can find HEB Environmental and Sustainability support throughout the entire country. From these locations, we can deploy mobile environmental personnel to provide regional support anywhere in the country.

To keep doing so, we are looking for an Environmental Advisor VIE (F/M) who will join the dynamic environment team of HEB Construction.

Does it feel like a mission you would be ready to take on? Keep reading! 

What can you expect as an Environmental Advisor @HEB Construction? 

Many things!

Indeed, the team is highly experienced in the delivery of complex environmental management across a vast number of specialist disciplines. Your main role will be to support the environmental team with a range of very diverse environmental tasks, all included in the list below. Get ready to intervene on any topic, at any time!

In concrete terms, your first year will be focused on getting you trained and ready for the field. You’ll get to spend your time with senior environmental advisors who will mentor you and guide you on their everyday job.

If you are successful and showing the right mindset, we’ll embark on year 2, where you should be fully autonomous and ready to take on your first missions’ solo, on a specific construction project in the Northeastern Bay of New Zealand.

As such, your responsibilities can include:

• Ensuring compliance with local and international environmental regulations.
• Conducting environmental impact assessments and proposing mitigation measures.
• Developing and implementing environmental management plans for projects.
• Training and raising awareness among the project team on best environmental practices.
• Monitoring and reporting on the environmental performance of some ongoing projects in the Northeastern region of New Zealand.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project sustainability.
• Refine and influence our current procedures, processes, and practices to ensure we have a uniform best practice standard across our teams.

Here is an example of a situation you might encounter when working with us.

What about you?

You like what you’re reading and are wondering what would be needed to succeed?

Here are a few tips. According to our hiring manager, you’ll be a great fit if:

• You are an engineering school or university graduate, with a degree in Environmental Science, and a solid knowledge of earth sciences, or a related field. This way, you’ll have a first academic and theoretical knowledge of our environmental stakes.
• To help you take on your first missions and feel at ease with the assignments, you have a strong understanding of sustainability, environmental regulations and standards.
• You’re looking for assignments that give you a sense of responsibility and high autonomy. 
• Strong communication skills are essential for this role to help you foster collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders.
• You are comfortable navigating a straightforward and direct communication style often found in field environments and can rely on a tenacious can-do attitude to overcome challenges.
• Our teams are tights, and you’ll need all the support you can get to get your points across. Thanks to your curiosity and your sociability, you’ll quickly adapt and be integrated.
• You should feel comfortable working in environments involving animals and not be squeamish, as some tasks may require hands-on involvement to ensure their proper care or management
• Your everyday life will be in English: as such, you need to feel confident enough about your English level, in terms of writing but also speaking.
• You have your driving license to help you navigate between the different sites and projects you’ll be supporting.
• Some of your missions might be in water related environment, and as such, for your safety, you must be able to swim.

Here is another example of a situation you might encounter if working with us. Hence the need for you to be able to swim and not be squeamish …

Quick Reminder about the VIE program: 

The VIE program requires you to: 

·     Be a European citizen aged between 18 and 28 on the date of registration, whatever training level.  

·     Be a graduate student, with a fluent level in English.  

·     Have never done any V.I.E. in the past. 

·     Not have worked previously in the host country.  

Why should you join HEB Construction and VINCI Construction as a VIE? 

• You will gain a great working experience thanks to an inspirational working environment: get to experience the ins and outs of how an environmental department is run and contribute to HEB Construction’s growth and sustainability.
• You will develop technical and soft skills through mentoring: you’ll be supported by experienced professionals who will help you build your confidence and raise your chances to succeed in the Environmental Field.
• You will join a decentralized organization with decision-making close to the field: considered as a fully-fledged member of the HEB Construction Environment team, you handle your own projects: it’s your call, your responsibility! 
• You will thrive and be part of an attractive community: the Young Talents @VINCI Construction. Meet like-minded people and create a network of peers you’ll be able to rely on and connect with for the remainder of your career! 

Next steps? 

If you like what you’re reading and feel you could be up for the task, let’s meet!  

We’ll have a first quick phone encounter to ensure we are aligned on what you’re looking for and what we can offer, before exploring these elements further during a second Teams meeting.  

If we are still in step, it will time for you to meet HEB’s National Sustainability and Environmental Manager

Welcome onboard!