Environmental and Sustainability Advisor

M Group Ltd; Lewes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure services is seeking an Environmental and Sustainability Advisor to join their Water and Wastewater capital project delivery team. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance with environmental standards, conducting inspections, and developing management plans. The ideal candidate will have a recognized environmental qualification and experience in a construction setting, with a passion for sustainability.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Company car and fuel card

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience as an Environmental Advisor in a construction environment.
• Experience supporting environmental surveys and design mitigation.
• Valid UK driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with design and operational teams.
• Develop waste and environmental management plans.
• Compile environmental and sustainability reports.

Skills

Environmental management

Sustainability initiatives

Collaboration

Education

Recognised environmental qualification

Job description

Environmental and Sustainability Advisor

Employer M Group Ltd Location Brighton, United Kingdom Salary Competitive Closing date 25 May 2025

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• Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
  
  Where will you be working?
  
  We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
  
  This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
  
  Want to be a part of it?
  
  What will you be doing?
  
  
  • Working collaboratively with other functions from early works and design through construction to commissioning, proactively engaging with operational teams and client Environmental and Sustainability team to promote collaboration and ensuring projects meet environmental and sustainability requirements,
  • Supporting the design team in the identification of environmental hazards and constraints, and engaging with third party and sub-contractors to deliver environmental and ecological surveys, planning permissions, permits and consents to enable construction.
  • Provide advice and guidance on environmental and sustainability initiatives, solutions and encourage continual improvement through proactive engagement with operational teams, regularly visiting sites to conduct inspections and incident investigations.
  • You will develop waste and environmental management plans, environmental risk assessments and where necessary support the operational team in the identification, and implementation of suitable control measures, training and briefings.
  • Compile environmental and sustainability reports and maintain regular reporting mechanisms.
  • You will have the opportunity to suggest, communicate and promote improvement initiatives, while monitoring compliance with both MGroup and our clients requirements.
  What you'll bring
  
  
  • A recognised environmental qualification with experience as an Environmental Advisor in a construction environment (Utilities and sustainability experience preferable)
  • Experience of supporting environmental surveys and design mitigation, liaison and coordination of diverse teams of environmental and ecological specialists to deliver construction projects.
  • Demonstrable passion for the Environment and Sustainability, driving innovation and an ability and desire to positively influence and develop those around them;
  • Valid UK driving Licence
  What's in it for you?
  
  We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
  
  
  • Matched or contributory pension scheme
  • Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Employee assistance programme
  • My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
  • Reward and recognition scheme
  In In addition, this role offers;
  
  
  • Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
  • My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
  • Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
  About us
  
  We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
  
  Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
  
  
  • We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
  • We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
  • We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
  • We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
  
  It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
  
  Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
  
  For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
  
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• About us
  
  We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
  
  Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
  
  
  • We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
  • We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
  • We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
  • We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
  
  It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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