Environment & Sustainability Advisor

Balfour Beatty plc; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 38.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Pension & benefits

Family friendly policies

Zusammenfassung

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an Environmental & Sustainability Advisor for the Anglian Water one Alliance region, with hybrid working options in Peterborough or Norwich. You will guide environmental compliance across water recycling projects and support delivery of a major capital investment programme.

You’ll develop site environmental documentation, promote best practice, and collaborate with construction teams to reduce energy and water use while ensuring regulatory compliance and alliance

Qualifikationen

• Experience or knowledge in a range of environmental areas including contaminated land, nuisance, waste management, ecology, archaeology, and incident investigation.
• Familiarity with environmental legislation and construction compliance.

Aufgaben

• Provide environmental and sustainability advice to construction projects.
• Develop site-specific environmental documentation.
• Promote environmental best practice across project sites.
• Identify opportunities to reduce energy and water use and minimise waste.
• Collaborate with the @one Alliance to deliver the Alliance Management System requirements at Delivery Milestones.
• Support environmental incident investigations and share lessons learned.

Kenntnisse

Contaminated land

Statutory nuisance

Waste management

Soil testing

Ecology

Archaeology

Environmental incident investigation

Environmental legislation & compliance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Word

PowerPoint

GIS software

Jobbeschreibung

About the role

Environmental & Sustainability Advisor – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough or Norwich, with hybrid working available

Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we progress through AMP8 - our most ambitious asset management period to date - we’re delivering nature-based and sustainable infrastructure, from wetlands to urban drainage schemes, setting new benchmarks for environmental performance.

To ensure we can outperform against the Anglian Water business plan, we have a fantastic opportunity for an Environmental & Sustainability Advisor to join us and lead on our Water Recycling projects across the region, supporting the delivery of a major capital investment programme.

What you'll be doing

As the Environmental & Sustainability Advisor you will help ensure that construction activities comply with current environmental legislation and @one Alliance standards. Working closely with construction teams, you will prepare and review environmental documentation, provide practical onsite support and help drive environmental performance across our projects.

You will also identify and promote sustainability initiatives while supporting the Environment and Sustainability Managers in delivering the Alliance’s strategic priorities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing environmental and sustainability advice and support to construction projects.
• Producing site-specific environmental documentation and communicating requirements to relevant project personnel.
• Supporting teams to comply with environmental legislation and @one Alliance standards.
• Promoting environmental best practice across project sites.
• Identifying opportunities to reduce energy and water use, minimise waste and improve sustainability performance.
• Working collaboratively across the @one Alliance to ensure the requirements of the Alliance Management System are delivered at the appropriate Delivery Milestone stages.
• Supporting environmental incident investigations and ensuring lessons learned are shared.
• Promoting sustainable behaviours and commercially practical environmental solutions.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with experience or knowledge in a range of environmental areas, including:

• Contaminated land
• Statutory nuisance
• Waste management
• Soil testing
• Ecology
• Archaeology
• Environmental incident investigation
• Environmental legislation and construction compliance

You will also have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation abilities.
• The ability to produce clear environmental documentation and reports.
• Experience of using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience of GIS software or mapping tools.
• The confidence to work collaboratively with construction and project teams.
• The ability to communicate environmental requirements clearly to different audiences.

What does it take to be successful?

You’ll be someone who can:

• Provide practical environmental and sustainability support to construction projects.
• Produce clear, site-specific environmental documentation that can be effectively applied by project teams.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of current environmental legislation and promote best practice across the @one Alliance.
• Apply commercial awareness when promoting sustainable behaviours, balancing environmental improvements with programme, cost and operational requirements.
• Build strong, collaborative working relationships across project and construction teams.
• Take a proactive approach to embedding environmental and sustainability considerations into everyday project delivery.

Ready to shape the future of water?

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.