Senior Environmental Advisor

Kier Group; St Albans; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Environment Advisor to join our Thames Water projects team covering major projects in Bedfordshire. This is a site-based role with responsibility across up to five projects in the region, providing expert environmental guidance and ensuring compliance with environmental legislation.

You'll work within the SHE Team from design through handover, reviewing information, obtaining permits, conducting inspections, reporting sustainability data, and leading training to

Qualifications

• Passion for environmental sustainability and understanding of environmental legislation.
• ISEP Practitioner membership or Chartered Environmentalist status required.
• Experience across pre-construction and live Thames Water projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Full driving licence and ability to travel between sites.

Responsibilities

• Review pre-construction information to evaluate environmental risks and opportunities, communicating findings to project teams
• Support project teams with permits, licences, and consents, engaging with regulatory bodies
• Conduct environmental inspections and audits, leading on incident investigations and developing learning outcomes
• Collate sustainability data and reporting progress against objectives, producing case studies and best practice examples
• Leading training initiatives and chairing meetings to drive the sustainability agenda across the business

Skills

Environmental sustainability

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Driving licence

Education

ISEP Practitioner membership or Chartered Environmentalist status

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Environment Advisor to join our Thames Water projects team covering major projects in Bedfordshire.

Location: covering Easy Hyde, Bedfordshire and Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As our Environmental lead, you'll provide expert guidance and support to project delivery teams, ensuring environmental legal compliance while supporting the delivery of Thames Water projects and the Kier Building for a Sustainable World Framework. This is a site-based role where you'll work closely with project teams from design through to handover, supporting up to 5 projects across the region.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Environment Advisor, you'll be working within the SHE Team, supporting them in delivering sustainable environmental outcomes across multiple projects. Your day to day will include:

• Reviewing pre-construction information to evaluate environmental risks and opportunities, communicating findings to project teams
• Supporting project teams with obtaining permits, licences, and consents, engaging with regulatory bodies
• Conducting environmental inspections and audits, leading on incident investigations and developing learning outcomes
• Collating sustainability data and reporting progress against objectives, producing case studies and best practice examples
• Leading training initiatives and chairing meetings to drive the sustainability agenda across the business

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Environment Advisor is great for you if:

• You have a passion for environmental sustainability and strong demonstrable understanding of environmental legislation, licences and consents
• You hold Full ISEP Practitioner membership or Chartered Environmentalist status
• You have proven experience working in an environmental role across pre-construction and live projects
• You possess strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage various stakeholders
• You hold a Full driving licence and can travel between sites

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.