Environmental Clerk Of Works

Orion Group; Inverness; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering contractor in the UK is seeking an Environmental Clerk of Works to monitor and ensure compliance with environmental commitments on a range of infrastructure projects. This role involves advising site teams on protecting biodiversity and conducting ecological surveys. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Environmental Science or a related field and have at least a year of relevant site-based experience. A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel to rural sites are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of site-based experience in construction, ecology, consultancy, or enforcement.
• Ability to monitor compliance with environmental commitments and legal requirements.
• Full UK driving licence required for travel to rural sites.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure compliance with environmental commitments on construction sites.
• Advise site teams on best practices to protect habitats and natural features.
• Undertake ecological surveys and report findings.

Skills

Understanding of UK environmental legislation

Site-based experience

Confidence in influencing site teams

Education

Degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, or related field

Job description

Are you passionate about protecting the natural environment?

Would you like your work to directly influence the sustainability of major UK infrastructure projects?

Our Client is a successful Civil Engineering contractor with a long history of delivering complex projects including Marine, Renewables, Power & Transmission.

As the Environmental Clerk of Works, you'll be the on-the-ground guardian of biodiversity, habitats, and compliance.

What You'll Be Doing

This is a field-based role supporting a range of infrastructure and construction projects (Power & Transmission, Renewables, Cabling).

Your day-to-day work will include:

• Monitoring and ensuring compliance with environmental commitments and legal requirements on construction sites
• Advising site teams on best practices to protect habitats, species, and natural features
• Undertaking ecological surveys (e.g. protected species, nesting birds) and reporting findings
• Liaising with contractors, designers, and clients to deliver practical environmental solutions
• Producing site reports and communicating risks or incidents promptly
• Identifying opportunities to enhance biodiversity through proactive site management

What You'll Need

We’re looking for someone who:

• Holds a degree (or equivalent experience) in Environmental Science, Ecology, or a related field
• Has at least 1 year of site-based experience (e.g. construction, ecology, consultancy, enforcement)
• Understands UK environmental legislation, especially in relation to planning and construction
• Is confident working independently and influencing site teams in a practical, supportive way
• Has a full UK driving licence and is happy to travel to rural sites

Desirable but not essential

• CSCS card (preferred but not essential)
• Experience with protected species mitigation or ECoW roles
• Familiarity with CEMP/EMP implementation*

Please note that due to the remote location of projects, the ability to work away from home is required.

Applicants must have the relevant right to work in the UK as visa sponsorship isn’t provided.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion

As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.