Environmental Sustainability Coordinator

Balfour Beatty plc; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working: up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an Environmental professional to guide project teams in managing environmental risks and ensuring compliance with legal and company standards. The role focuses on supporting field activities, documentation, and continuous improvement across our projects in the UK.

You will engage with clients, stakeholders and authorities, delivering training and contributing to Sustainability Portal reporting while helping deliver our strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Full driving license and willingness to travel.
• Member of IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM or equivalent.
• Experience in environment management.
• Construction environment experience desirable.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation and permits.

Responsibilities

• Guide project teams on environmental management and compliance.
• Assist with preparing and submitting documentation, consents and permits.
• Support field activities: water sampling, surveys, vegetation management, site walkovers, record keeping and reporting.
• Support completion of BMS documentation.
• Assist regular site, compound or depot inspections and reporting.
• Undertake environmental monitoring and testing.
• Support Sustainability Portal reporting and evidence collection.
• Deliver environmental training to operatives.
• Review Sustainability Portal reports to identify improvement areas.

Skills

Driving license

IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM membership

Environmental management knowledge

Construction environment experience

Environmental legislation knowledge

Job description

About The Role

The role will provide direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of hands-on environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement.

About The Role

The role will provide direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of hands-on environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement.

It will support site-based project design construction controls and mitigations, sustainability opportunities and deliver against client led contractual requirements and BBPTD tactical aspects to achieve our strategic goals. A key part of the role will be engagement with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and environmental authorities.

What you'll be doing

• Support teams with creation of Best Practice/Case Studies
• Support team with preparation and submission of documentation, consents and permits.
• Support field works, including but not limited to taking water samples, survey notes, vegetation management, site walkovers, record keeping and reporting, etc.
• Understand and support completion of BMS documentation.
• Support regular site, compound or depot inspections and associated reporting.
• Undertake environmental monitoring and testing.
• Support team with Sustainability Portal reporting and evidence requirements
• Delivering operative environmental training.
• Review Sustainability Portal reporting and evidence requirements to identify improvement areas.

Who we're looking for

• Full driving license, with flexibility to travel and occasional or periodic overnight stays.
• Professional Membership (or working towards) level of a relevant professional body (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM) or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience and competence.
• Good knowledge of environment management with the relevant experience
• Experience of working in a construction environment is desirable.
• Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.
• Oversee, develop and direct Graduate ES roles across your portfolio.
• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About Us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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