Environmental Advisor

Kier Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Bristol, covering Cardiff and Gloucester, is seeking an Environmental Advisor to join the environmental team and support sustainability outcomes across preconstruction and construction phases.

You will help maintain environmental compliance, embed requirements with internal teams and subcontractors, and contribute to Kier's Building for a Sustainable World framework.

Qualifications

• Passion for sustainability and reducing resource use and carbon emissions.
• Knowledge of environmental and planning legislation.
• Knowledge of construction sustainability schemes such as BREEAM, CEEQUAL, LEED or WELL.
• Strong data analysis, reporting and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel between sites and manage workload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental team in delivering sustainability outcomes across projects.
• Conduct environmental inspections, report incidents and develop learning.
• Collate sustainability metrics and report progress to objectives.
• Chair meetings with project teams and supply chain to drive sustainability.
• Deliver training to the supply chain on sustainability performance.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Critical thinking

Time management

Travel

Tools

BREEAM

CEEQUAL

LEED

WELL

Job description

We're looking for an Environmental Advisor to join our team based in Bristol, also covering Cardiff and Gloucester.

Location: Bristol, also covering Cardiff and Gloucester
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - 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.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to support the environmental aspects of our projects, delivering sustainability outcomes for our key clients during both the preconstruction and construction phases. You'll support the delivery of Kier's Building for a Sustainable World framework on projects, maintain environmental compliance, and work with internal teams and subcontractors to identify and embed environmental requirements and best practice into live projects.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Environmental Advisor, you'll be working within the environmental team, supporting them in delivering sustainability outcomes for our key clients. Your day to day will include:

• Supporting projects in pre-construction to ensure all required documentation is in place for successful delivery of sustainability outcomes
• Conducting environmental inspections, reporting and reviewing environmental incidents, and developing learning outcomes
• Collating and preparing sustainability metrics to report progress against agreed project objectives and targets
• Chairing meetings within the project team and supply chain to drive the sustainability agenda
• Supporting the delivery of training to the supply chain and raising awareness of sustainability performance

What are we looking for?

This role of Environmental Advisor is great for you if:

• You have a genuine passion for sustainability and a drive to reduce resource generation and usage and carbon emissions
• You have knowledge and experience of relevant environmental and planning legislation
• You have knowledge of construction sustainability schemes such as BREEAM, CEEQUAL, LEED or WELL
• You possess strong data analysis, reporting and critical thinking skills with keen attention to detail
• You have the ability to travel to and between sites and manage time and workload effectively

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 a Basic 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.

Environmental Advisor • Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom