Senior Environment & Sustainability Advisor

Clancy; Harefield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in England is seeking a Senior Environmental Advisor for its Civils Central Team. You'll provide expert environmental advice, conduct impact assessments, and support compliance with regulations while driving innovation in sustainability. The role requires a degree in Environmental Science, strong understanding of legislation, and excellent communication skills. You'll work closely with teams to ensure best practices in environmental management. This field-based position requires a UK driving licence and offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance (24-26 days)

Employee benefits programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in an environmental role within civil engineering, utilities, or a related industry.
• Experience managing environmental risks, developing plans and reports, and interpreting environmental data.
• Field-based role requiring a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert environmental advice across all project phases.
• Conduct environmental impact assessments and develop aligned plans.
• Ensure compliance with legal and environmental requirements.

Skills

Environmental legislation understanding

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration skills

Data analysis

Risk mitigation

Education

Degree in Environmental Science

Job description

We care…

If you are concerned about the environment and what’s going on around you - we have a lot in common!

Senior Environmental Advisor – Civils Central Team

We have an opportunity for a Senior Environmental Advisor to join our Civils Central Team with the potential option of working 4 days per week, to play a key role in delivering environmental excellence across our civil engineering projects. You will be instrumental in addressing major challenges and driving sustainable innovation.

This is a dynamic and hands-on role that requires excellent communication and collaboration skills. You will work closely with colleagues, clients, and statutory regulators to ensure environmental compliance, risk mitigation, and continual improvement.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved with…

• Provide expert environmental advice across all project phases, ensuring compliance with regulations, permits, and industry best practices.
• Undertake environmental impact assessments and develop plans aligned with our Environmental Management System.
• Ensure all works adhere to legal and environmental requirements, minimizing impact and promoting sustainability.
• Support accurate data collection, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of environmental performance.
• Conduct inspections and audits in line with ISO, environmental legislation, and permit conditions, ensuring non-conformances are addressed.
• Offer incident management support, advising operational teams and promoting best practices.
• Ensure incidents and near misses are reported, categorized, and followed up with corrective actions.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance sustainability within civil engineering projects.

We would love to hear from you if…

You have demonstrable experience in an environmental role within civil engineering, utilities, or a related industry. You should have a strong understanding of environmental legislation and its practical application in construction and infrastructure projects, along with experience managing environmental risks, developing environmental plans and reports, and interpreting environmental data.

You will be a proactive and solutions-focused individual who can provide expert advice to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with environmental regulations. Your excellent communication and collaboration skills will enable you to work effectively with colleagues, clients, and regulatory bodies, driving best practices and innovation in sustainability.

A degree in Environmental Science (or an equivalent qualification / experience) is essential, along with experience in consents and permitting processes related to construction projects. A genuine passion for environmental protection and continuous improvement is crucial, along with a commitment to identifying new opportunities for sustainable growth.

As this role is predominantly field-based, a full UK driving licence is essential.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.