Senior Environmental Advisor — Scotland Transmission Project

United Infrastructure Ltd; Alness; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car or car allowance (£3750/yr

34 days annual leave

Death in service 4x annual salary

Pension scheme

Private medical cover + discounts

Accommodation support for remote work

Professional development plans

National connections across the UK

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

United Infrastructure Ltd. is seeking a Senior Environmental Adviser to support environmental controls and mitigations on a major Scottish Highlands project.

Based in Alness, you’ll join the HSESQ team, coordinating with environmental contractors to minimize environmental impact across peat, water, species and other constraints. You will report to the Environmental Lead and help ensure compliance with legal, company and client requirements while developing your skills and career growth within

Qualifications

• Be suitably qualified in a relevant environmentally based discipline - Degree or equivalent (desirable)
• Be experienced in a similar role on construction projects of a similar type and scale (desirable)
• Have a minimum of 3 years as an Environmental Clark of Works (ECoW) or Environmental Adviser
• Professional membership of environmental body (desirable)
• An ability to collating and interpreting environmental performance data.
• Practical environmental monitoring skills
• Authoring environmental management processes & procedures
• Conversant with UK/Scottish consenting and environmental legislation
• Undertaking environmental awareness training
• Environmental inspection and auditing
• Driving licence
• Excellent communication & literacy skills
• Proficient in all aspects of MS Office

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of UIPT&G’s environmental strategy and approach to environmental management including the implementation of UIPT&D’s environmental standards.
• Provide technical support to facilitate the Contract Environmental Management Plan to ensure that environmental aspects are appropriately identified and managed and that UIPT&G’s HSSE policy obligations are enacted.
• Assist in the identification, understanding and communication of the legal, industry and contractual environmental obligations placed on UIPT&D and it’s contractors.
• Assist in the development and provision of training on key environmental aspects to facilitate greater environmental awareness across the business.
• Work with assurance teams in developing and undertaking environmental inspections and audits as required assigned to the project.
• Provide support on a broad range of environmental management issues e.g. Peat Management, Water Management, Species protection and other Environmental constraints.
• Provision of technical environmental advice and support to project management and workforce to ensure that environmental obligations are effectively supported as per the Contract Environmental Management Plan.
• Assist in the reporting and investigation of environmental incidents and subsequent monitoring to ensure any trends are identified and mitigated effectively.
• Manage the deployment and monitoring of environmental technical (Ecology and Archaeology) contractors, collating their reports and advising of changes and solutions affecting the project programme.
• Carrying out environmental Walkovers, ensuring the environmental aspects are identified that impact the project programme and the controls and mitigations to comply with the legal, company, client and other stakeholder’s requirements and responsibilities.
• Review RAMS and Risk Assessments with a view of environmental aspects and impacts and the suitability of controls
• Liaise with the Environmental Lead regarding activities at the worksite and the environmental controls, issues, alerts etc.
• Work closely with the Environmental Lead in the development, maintenance and implementation of

Skills

Excellent communication

Literacy skills

MS Office proficiency

Environmental monitoring

Practical environmental knowledge

Education

Degree or equivalent (desirable)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

United Infrastructure Ltd. is seeking a Senior Environmental Adviser to support environmental controls and mitigations on a major Scottish Highlands project.

Based in Alness, you’ll join the HSESQ team, coordinating with environmental contractors to minimize environmental impact across peat, water, species and other constraints. You will report to the Environmental Lead and help ensure compliance with legal, company and client requirements while developing your skills and career growth within