Environmental Advisor

Kier Group; Port Talbot; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking an Environmental Advisor to support the Neath Port Talbot Hospital contract in Wales. The role focuses on waste management and environmental compliance across the site, ensuring accurate records and adherence to legislation.

You will support operational teams and drive continuous environmental improvements. Based in Wales, the role involves managing waste documentation, conducting inspections, and producing performance reports.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of waste legislation and duty of care.
• Experience with compliance documentation and records.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and data management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage records for hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams.
• Coordinate waste documentation and duty of care records.
• Conduct compliance inspections and internal audits.
• Analyse waste data and prepare performance reports.
• Lead investigations and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Waste legislation

Compliance records

Excel

Data reporting

Communication

Job description

We're looking for an Environmental Advisor to join our Neath Port Talbot Hospital team based in Wales.

Location: Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Wales
Hours: 40 hours per week

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

As an Environmental Advisor, you'll play a vital role in supporting our contract to maintain excellent waste management and environmental compliance standards. You'll be the go-to person for technical waste compliance support, ensuring all activities are accurately recorded and meet legislative requirements. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference by maintaining high standards, supporting operational teams, and driving continuous improvement in environmental performance.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Environmental Advisor, you'll be working within the Operational Support team, supporting them in delivering effective waste management and environmental compliance across the contract. Your day to day will include:

• Managing and maintaining accurate records for hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams, ensuring full compliance with current legislation
• Coordinating waste documentation including consignment notes, permits, and duty of care records, monitoring expiry dates to keep everything current
• Conducting compliance inspections of waste storage areas and completing internal audits, supporting external reviews as needed
• Analysing data within waste management systems and producing regular reports on performance, recycling rates, and key indicators
• Leading investigations into waste-related incidents and working collaboratively with teams to implement improvements and corrective actions

What are we looking for?

This role of Environmental Advisor is great for you if:

• You have a strong understanding of waste legislation, environmental regulations, and duty of care requirements
• You have demonstrable experience managing compliance documentation and records with excellent attention to detail
• You're confident using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and have experience with databases and management information systems
• You possess excellent organisational skills and can manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracyYou have strong communication skills and enjoy working both independently and collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.