Environmental Advisor

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is recruiting an Environmental Advisor to support environmental management on the Hinkley Point C site, promoting sustainability and responsible practices across operations. The role works with contractors, operational teams and stakeholders to manage risks and ensure regulatory alignment.

The post requires prior environmental advisory experience, a relevant environmental degree, and the ability to obtain security clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience as Environmental Advisor, preferably in construction.
• Degree in environmental discipline.
• Ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support compliance with environmental legislation, permits and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with Environmental & Sustainability plans, standards and work instructions.
• Monitor environmental performance across site activities and contractor interfaces.
• Assist with environmental audits, inspections and compliance checks.
• Deliver environmental awareness initiatives and training sessions.
• Promote continuous improvement of sustainable practices on the project.

Skills

Environmental management

Construction sector experience

Security clearance eligible

Education

Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in environmental discipline

Tools

ISO 14001 familiarity

IEMA associate member

Job description

About The Role

Are you passionate about environmental compliance, sustainability, and supporting one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects?

Balfour Beatty are recruiting as part of The MEH Alliance is seeking an Environmental Advisor to join our team at Hinkley Point C, playing a key role in ensuring environmental excellence across site operations. The role supports the Environmental Manager in promoting best practice, managing environmental risks, and ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and project requirements.

Site-based role with 100% attendance on site at Hinkley Point C.

What you'll be doing

As an Environmental Advisor, you will work across the Hinkley Point C site, supporting environmental management activities and helping to embed a culture of sustainability and environmental responsibility throughout the project. The role involves close collaboration with contractors, operational teams and stakeholders to ensure environmental risks are effectively managed and controlled.

Key Responsibilities

• Support compliance with environmental legislation, permits and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the implementation of Environmental & Sustainability (E&S) plans, standards and work instructions.
• Monitor environmental performance across site activities and contractor interfaces.
• Support the investigation and close-out of environmental incidents and non-conformances.
• Assist with environmental audits, inspections and compliance checks.
• Conduct environmental assessments and contribute to mitigation planning.
• Analyse environmental performance data, including emissions, waste, water usage and incidents.
• Support environmental reporting and performance monitoring.
• Deliver environmental awareness initiatives, toolbox talks and training sessions.
• Promote continuous improvement and sustainable working practices across the project.

Who we're looking for

Essential

• Experience working as an Environmental Advisor, ideally within construction or a related industry.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in an environmental discipline or similar.
• Construction industry experience.
• Able to obtain a security clearance.

Desirable

• 1-2 years' experience working within environmental management.
• Awareness of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.
• Associate membership of IEMA or a similar professional body.

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?

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 Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

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