Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor

Balfour Beatty plc; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid annual leave

Flexible working hours with up to 40% remote work

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is looking for a Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join our Power business unit in Scotland. This role involves supporting project teams in achieving environmental compliance, leading ecological considerations, and managing permitting requirements. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in environmental sustainability, strong leadership skills, and a collaborative approach. Benefits include smart working arrangements, generous annual leave, and family-friendly policies.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in environmental sustainability, ideally with an ecology background.
• Experience engaging with regulatory authorities and managing environmental compliance on large infrastructure projects.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage teams and subcontractors.
• Excellent knowledge of environmental legislation, permitting, and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Support project teams in meeting environmental and sustainability commitments.
• Lead on ecological considerations, liaising with regulatory bodies.
• Oversee environmental performance reporting and drive improvements.
• Manage permitting and licensing requirements.
• Provide visible site-based support during all project stages.
• Mentor junior Environmental Sustainability Advisors and graduates.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver sustainable solutions.
• Advise work-winning teams on planning and environmental requirements.

Skills

Environmental sustainability expertise

Regulatory authority engagement

Leadership skills

Collaborative approach

Job description

Overview

At Balfour Beatty, we’re on a journey to lead the way in sustainable infrastructure. We’re looking for a Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join our Power business unit, supporting major projects across Scotland. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact by ensuring our projects meet the highest environmental standards while helping us deliver long-term, positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and the environment.

Responsibilities

• Support project teams in meeting environmental and sustainability commitments, ensuring compliance with legal, client, and Balfour Beatty standards.
• Lead on ecological considerations, liaising with regulatory bodies including NatureScot, SEPA, Marine Scotland and Local Authorities.
• Oversee environmental performance reporting, driving continuous improvement in data quality and outcomes.
• Manage permitting and licensing requirements for projects, ensuring compliance at every stage.
• Provide visible site-based support, from feasibility through to post-construction.
• Line manage and mentor junior Environmental Sustainability Advisors, Coordinators, and graduates.
• Collaborate with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, consultants, and environmental specialists to deliver innovative, sustainable solutions.
• Support our work-winning teams by advising on planning, permitting, and environmental requirements.

Qualifications / We’re Seeking Someone Who Brings

• Proven expertise in environmental sustainability, ideally with an ecology background.
• Experience engaging with regulatory authorities and managing environmental compliance on large infrastructure projects.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage teams and subcontractors.
• A collaborative approach, with confidence in engaging clients, stakeholders, and partners.
• Excellent knowledge of environmental legislation, permitting, and best practice.

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 including 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 believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]