Senior Environment Advisor

Gatwick Airport Ltd; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK airport is seeking a Senior Environmental Advisor to support their environmental commitments, including legislative compliance and ISO14001 certification. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in PFAS, water permits, and incident investigations. Responsibilities include planning and delivering audit programs, monitoring performance, and ensuring compliance with UK ETS. This role offers a competitive salary starting from £49,925 plus bonuses, hybrid working options, and a range of benefits including free staff parking and discounts.

Benefits

Free staff parking

Discounted rail travel

Flexible benefits

Share matching scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in PFAS, specialist water permit and consent knowledge.
• Experience in evaluating environmental legislation compliance.
• Knowledge of ISO14001 environmental management systems.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver environmental audit programs across business units.
• Develop systems to ensure compliance with UK ETS.
• Conduct incident investigations and root cause analysis.

Skills

Strong knowledge of PFAS

Experience in EPS (Emissions Trading Scheme)

In-depth knowledge of UK ETS compliance

Strong experience in incident investigation

Job description

Senior Environmental Advisor role is to actively support the company in achieving its environmental commitments which include legislative compliance, retaining our ISO14001 certification, minimising environmental risks and promoting best practice. We are looking for someone with strong experience in PFAS, specialist water permit and consent knowledge, and experience in ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme). What will you do?

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and deliver audit programmes in collaboration with the Environment Manager, conducting environmental audits across all business units. Measurable against regular progress reports on compliance with applicable environmental legislative and other requirements.
• Identify and drive improvements to the HSE management system to ensure continued compliance with ISO14001, the Wildlife Trusts Biodiversity Benchmark Award requirements and the Decade of Change.
• Monitor environmental incidents and participate in investigations. Support Lead Investigators in identifying root causes and developing appropriate learning alerts, measured against metrics and KPIs.
• Share knowledge with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high environmental performance.
• Evaluate compliance with applicable environmental legislation and other requirements, communicate potential environmental liabilities and identify opportunities for continual improvement.
• Develop systems and processes to ensure compliance with UK ETS, environmental permits and consents.
• Conduct incident investigations, understand root causes and develop corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor environmental performance, identify trends to reduce risks and promote sustainability best practice.
• Liaise with specialist consultants, manage tender submissions and vendor evaluations to ensure a high standard of service.
• Develop content for HSE training and awareness material, and HSE processes and procedures.
• Apply technical expertise in waste management (construction experience beneficial), emissions, air quality and contaminated land.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of PFAS, specialist water permit and consent issues, and ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme).
• In-depth knowledge of compliance with UK ETS, environmental permits, consents and applicable legislation.
• Experience evaluating compliance with environmental legislation and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Knowledge and experience of ISO14001 environmental management systems.
• Experience in incident investigation with root cause analysis.
• Experience in monitoring environmental performance and identifying trends.
• Experience working with specialist consultants and managing vendor evaluations.
• Experience developing HSE training and awareness material.
• Technical experience in waste management, emissions, air quality and contaminated land.

What's in it for you?

Salary from £49,925 + £1,100 flex allowance + up to 15% bonus.

Benefits: free staff parking, discounted rail travel to work, share matching scheme, flexible benefits that you can tailor to what matters most.

We value our people and reward every employee fairly with a highly competitive package, enhanced by a discretionary annual bonus.

This role takes an office-first hybrid approach here at London Gatwick, with four days a week in the office, one day remote, managed around the needs of the business. There are plenty of opportunities for career progression and training to support your personal and professional development.

We are an inclusive organisation that places diversity, equity and inclusion at its heart. We aim to create a place where everyone belongs and has a voice, and we recognise we all play an important role in our success. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

London Gatwick supports an inclusive recruitment process, enabling you to perform at your best.