Sustainability Advisor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a sustainability professional to translate commitments into practical project activities. You will champion sustainability across projects, engage with site teams and support implementation of Sustainability Plans to deliver measurable improvements.

The role involves data collection, reporting, and collaboration with Carbon Advisors to progress carbon reduction and circular economy initiatives across construction and infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in sustainability, environmental, engineering, geography, business or related discipline preferred.
• Relevant sustainability qualification or professional membership desirable.
• Experience collecting, validating and reporting performance data is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Champion sustainability across the project and embed actions with site teams.
• Engage with operational teams to identify opportunities for sustainable outcomes.
• Support implementing Sustainability Plans and track progress.
• Identify and implement carbon reduction, resource efficiency and circular economy actions.
• Coordinate and maintain project sustainability action trackers and reports.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Sustainability reporting

Team collaboration

Project sustainability integration

Education

Degree in sustainability or related field

Sustainability qualification or membership

Job description

About The Role

To support the delivery of sustainability outcomes on projects, translating Building New Futures commitments and Bridging the Gap actions into practical project-level activities. The role focuses on: implementation, engagement, reporting, continuous improvement, working with project teams to embed sustainable practices, drive positive behavioural change and deliver measurable sustainability performance.

What you'll be doing

• Champion sustainability across the project, engaging all site teams to embed actions that support Building New Futures, Bridging the Gap actions and client sustainability objectives.
• Engage with operational teams to identify opportunities to deliver more sustainable outcomes throughout project planning and construction activities.
• Support the implementation of project Sustainability Plans, helping to drive actions, monitor progress and deliver measurable sustainability improvements.
• Identify and implement sustainability improvement initiatives, including; carbon reduction, resource efficiency, circular economy, nature & biodiversity and climate resilience actions.
• Coordinate and maintain project sustainability action trackers
• Monitor sustainability performance and elevate risks, gaps and opportunities to senior sustainability colleagues.
• Manage sustainability reporting through the Sustainability Portal and client systems, ensuring data is accurate, complete and submitted within required timescales.
• Collaborate with Carbon Advisors to support the implementation and monitoring of carbon reduction initiatives, providing project-specific knowledge and operational context.

Who we're looking for

• Supporting the implementation of sustainability initiatives or improvement programmes.
• Collecting, validating and reporting performance data.
• Delivering engagement activities, presentations, workshops or toolbox talks.
• Working collaboratively with operational teams and stakeholders.
• Tracking actions and supporting continuous improvement activities.
• Working within construction, infrastructure or operational environments. Qualifications.
• Degree in sustainability, environmental, engineering, geography, business or related discipline preferred.
• Relevant sustainability-related qualification or professional membership desirable.

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?

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. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going 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 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. We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via [e-mail]