Environmental Advisor

Kier Group; Gerrards Cross; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking an Environmental Advisor to join the Construction team, based in Central London or Buckinghamshire. This full-time role supports sustainability goals across live projects and pre-construction, with occasional travel to sites.

You will work with the Environmental Manager on tender submissions, conduct inspections using the Novade platform, and help maintain environmental compliance across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental roles, preferably within construction.
• Knowledge of construction sustainability schemes such as BREEAM, LEED or WELL.
• Experience setting and communicating environmental KPIs.
• Hold a Full driving licence and be willing to travel to sites.

Responsibilities

• Support the Environmental Manager with tender submissions to include environmental mitigation and sustainability innovations.
• Conduct environmental inspections and audits using Kier's Novade platform, ensuring legal and system compliance.
• Review environmental incidents and develop learning outcomes to improve practices.
• Collate sustainability information to report progress against objectives and targets.
• Chair meetings with operational staff to drive the sustainability agenda.

Skills

Environmental experience

Sustainability knowledge

KPI measurement

Travel willingness

Tools

Novade platform

Job description

We're looking for an Environmental Advisor to join our Construction team based in Central London or Buckinghamshire.

Location: Central London or Buckinghamshire

Hours: Full time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

We're seeking an Environmental Advisor to support a diverse range of projects in delivering Kier's Sustainability Framework and maintaining environmental compliance. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference across both live construction projects and our pre-construction team, helping to shape best practice and drive sustainable solutions.

What will you be responsible for?

As An Environmental Advisor, You'll Be Working Within The Construction Team, Supporting Them In Achieving Sustainability Goals And Maintaining Environmental Excellence. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Supporting the Environmental Manager with tender submissions, to ensure relevant environmental mitigation and sustainability innovations are incorporated into projects,
• Conducting environmental inspections and audits using Kier's Novade platform, ensuring legal and system compliance,
• Reviewing environmental incidents and developing learning outcomes to continuously improve our practices,
• Collating and preparing sustainability information to report progress against agreed objectives and targets,
• Chairing meetings with operational staff to drive the sustainability agenda and share best practice across the business.

What are we looking for?

This role of Environmental Advisor is great for you if:

• You have a genuine passion for the environment and sustainability and a drive to reduce carbon emissions, encourage circular economy and improve resource efficiency,
• You have experience working in an environmental or similar role, ideally within construction,
• You have knowledge of construction sustainability schemes such as BREEAM, LEED or WELL,
• You have experience setting, measuring and communicating environmental KPIs,
• You hold a Full driving licence and are willing to travel to sites regularly.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.