Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor

Balfour Beatty; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an Environmental Specialist to guide project teams on environmental management, ensuring compliance with legal and BB standards while driving continual improvement.

The role supports site-based design, construction controls, and mitigation delivery, with engagement of clients, stakeholders, and environmental authorities to meet contractual requirements and strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in environment management within a construction or infrastructure context.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM) or equivalent experience.
• Solid understanding of environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, licensing and consent applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, support and guidance on environmental management across project teams.
• Ensure compliance with legal and company standards and drive continual improvement.
• Support site-based design, construction controls and mitigations, and sustainability opportunities.
• Engage clients, stakeholders, subcontractors and environmental authorities.
• Produce and maintain environmental documentation and permitting requirements.
• Oversee high-level/value/complex projects through feasibility to post-construction with ES team backing.
• Identify and promote innovative environmental solutions.
• Regular site inspections and reporting on environmental compliance.

Skills

Driving license

Environmental management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Construction environment

Ecology knowledge

Job description

About the role

The role will provide direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of hands-on environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement.

It will support site-based project design construction controls and mitigations, sustainability opportunities and deliver against client led contractual requirements and BBPTD tactical aspects to achieve our strategic goals. A key part of the role will be engagement with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and environmental authorities.

What you'll be doing

• Completion, reviewing, updating of company environmental documentation,
  sustainability delivery and a variety environmental risks and opportunities.


• Producing/maintaining permitting and licencing requirements for specific
  projects.


• Support with Awards submission entries


• Fully interpret policy, regulation, and legislation across the portfolio


• Providing visible ES support across the portfolio.


• Supports one or more high-level/value/complex projects through feasibility
  to post construction with the backing of your ES Team colleagues.


• Supports one or more standalone projects through feasibility to post
  construction.


• Ensure and report on environmental compliance.


• Regular site inspections, including those with client or regulatory
  representatives.


• Identify and promote innovative solutions.


• Advise and guide all levels within the project portfolio

Who we’re looking for

• Full driving license with flexibility to travel and occasional or periodic
  overnight stays.


• Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body
  (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM) or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience and
  competence.


• Good knowledge of environment management with the relevant experience


• Experience of working in a construction environment is desirable


• Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory
  requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation,
  environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.


• Oversee, develop and direct more junior advisor / Graduate ES roles across
  your portfolio.


• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best
  outcome.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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 which include 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.

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Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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