Environmental and Sustainability Lead/Advisor

M Group Water; Brighton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to safeguarding water supplies and enhancing environmental performance. In this role, you'll work within a dynamic team focused on delivering large-scale capital projects that ensure resilient water infrastructure. You'll engage with diverse teams to promote sustainability and compliance, while developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges. This is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about making a positive impact on the environment and driving change in a supportive and respectful work environment. Grow your career while contributing to essential infrastructure services that benefit future generations.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Company car and fuel card

Health Care Cash Plan

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience as an Environmental Advisor in construction is essential.
• Passion for Environment and Sustainability with innovative drive.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to ensure projects meet environmental standards.
• Develop waste and environmental management plans and conduct inspections.

Skills

Environmental Advisory

Sustainability Initiatives

Project Coordination

Environmental Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Education

Recognised Environmental Qualification

Job description

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 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.