Winthrop Technologies

Turnkey data centre construction contractor

Environmental Engineer

Environmental EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSandviken, SwedenNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A relevant Environmentalist qualification or degree is required.
A strong understanding of environmental regulations and management principles is required.
Relevant experience within the construction sector is required.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills are required.
The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced construction environment is required.

Responsibilities

Conduct onsite environmental inspections, reporting to the project’s Environmental Manager and EHS Lead.
Perform site walkovers with the site team and supervisors, provide a written list of findings, and agree actions to address non-conformities with realistic dates reflecting their risk.
Provide monthly Environmental Progress Reports on incidents, resolutions, and interventions.
Perform incident investigations and track close-outs for environmental non-compliance.
Perform permit audit checks and manage the existing site-based complaints system.
Monitor, record, and report on project waste management, including promoting awareness of waste streams and waste minimisation.
Ensure drains and potential entry points to watercourses are protected; assess that onsite discharges to watercourses contain clean water only and take mitigating actions if required.
Identify and implement spill-kit provision and training requirements.
Represent Winthrop Technologies in client environmental inspections and meetings, and report on close-outs for findings.
Maintain an onsite presence to oversee medium- to high-risk tasks and operations.
Promote best practice and progressive environmental management, and provide information on lessons learned and incident feedback.
Assist the Environmental Manager and participate in appropriate client meetings and project decision-making processes.
Stop work where bad practice or poor management is identified.
Ensure site noticeboards and key information points along the site hoarding contain sufficient environmental information for site staff and the general public.
Provide toolbox talks to make site staff aware of onsite environmental best practices and social sensitivities, including what to do if approached by a member of the public.
Perform emergency practice scenarios alongside Health and Safety and the Site Manager, identify weaknesses in existing approaches, and develop improvement plans.
Liaise with the Health and Safety Site Officer to ensure crossover risks are addressed appropriately.
Contribute to updates of the project’s Construction Environmental Management Plan and work with the Environmental Manager to integrate requirements effectively with client requirements and corporate sustainability goals.
Review Construction Method Statements, processes, and procedures to ensure environmental risks are considered and appropriately mitigated.
Liaise with the client’s LEED practitioner, coordinate collection of documentary evidence and site inspections, and support achieving the project’s targeted LEED Gold certification.
Build a strong environmental culture on the project and drive environmental initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

A strong background in site supervision is beneficial.
Experience working on high-tech, industrial, pharmaceutical, or data centre projects is beneficial but not essential.

Environmental Engineer

Winthrop Technologies · Sandviken, Sweden · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-30

Workplace: on_site

Department: Sweden

Description

Winthrop Technologies is a dedicated data centre delivery partner providing turnkey solutions to our clients, headquartered in Dublin and delivering throughout Europe.

Winthrop specialises in providing turnkey data centre solutions, providing services from design, through to construction across the full range of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical services as well as commissioning.

Winthrop has grown to become the leading and most trusted company in our sector and is the only dedicated Data Centre delivery partner in Europe.

We are currently constructing multiple turnkey data centre projects in 7 different European countries, equating to over 430 MW of IT load in flight.

We are pleased to announce that we are currently seeking an Environmental Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities

Onsite environmental inspection duties, reporting to the project’s Environmental Manager and EHS Lead.
Perform site walkovers with the site team/ supervisors and provide a written list of findings, agree actions to address non conformities (NC) issues with realistic dates reflecting the risk of the NC
Provide monthly Environmental Progress Reports on incidents, resolutions or interventions.
Perform incident investigations and track close outs for any environmental non-compliance.
Perform audit checks of permits as well as managing the existing site based complaints system.
Monitor, record and report on project waste management. Including the promotion and awareness around waste streams and waste minimisation.
Ensure that all drains and potential entry points to watercourses are protected. Assess that all onsite discharges to watercourses should run clean water only and take mitigating actions if required.
Identify and implement spill kit provision and training requirements
Represent WTL for Client Environmental inspections and meetings and ensure reporting on close outs for any findings
Provide a presence on site to oversee medium to high risk tasks and operations
Promote best practice and progressive environmental management and provide information on ‘lessons learned’ and incidents feedback.
Provide assistance to the Environmental Manager and be involved in all appropriate client meetings and the project decision making processes
Will be required to stop works where bad practice or management is identified
Ensure site noticeboards and key information points along the site hoarding contain sufficient levels of environmental information for site staff and the general public.
Provide toolbox talks to make site staff aware of environmental best practice onsite behaviours and social sensitivities issues including what to do in the event of a public approach.
Perform (alongside H&S and Site Manager) emergency practice scenarios, identify weaknesses in any existing approach and improvement plans
Liaise with the H&S Site Officer to ensure any cross over risks are addressed appropriately
Input on the updating of the project’s Construction Environmental Management Plan and work with the Environmental Manager to integrate the requirements effectively in conjunction with the client’s requirements and Winthrop’s wider corporate sustainability goals.
Reviewing Construction Method Statements, processes and procedures to ensure they have considered all environmental risks and mitigate them appropriately.
Liaise with Client LEED practitioner, coordinate collection of documentary evidence and site inspections to achieve targeted LEED Gold certification of the project
Build a strong environmental culture on the project and drive environmental initiatives.

Requirements

· Relevant Environmentalist qualification or degree.

· Strong understanding of environmental regulations and management principles

· Relevant experience within the construction sector

· Excellent communication and collaboration skills

· Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced construction environment

· Strong background in site supervision would beneficial.

· Experience working on High-Tec, Industrial, pharma, data centre type projects would be beneficial but not essential.

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About the Company

Winthrop Technologies

Turnkey data centre construction contractor

Winthrop Technologies is a European turnkey data centre construction partner that acts as a general contractor, delivering end-to-end projects from design to commissioning for hyperscale and colocation clients. It uses BIM and off-site fabrication to speed up delivery and improve quality, reducing on-site contractor complexity by handling civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and commissioning services. The company stands out through its engineer-led approach and early adoption of modular/off-site construction across eight European countries, focusing on rapid delivery of mission-critical facilities. Its goal is to grow a scalable European data centre delivery platform to meet rising AI and cloud demand while maintaining continuity through leadership and strong client relationships.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Acquired
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
Founded: 1995

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