Environmental Sustainability Advisor

About the role

Provide environmental and sustainability support across bid and pre-construction
activities, contributing to the development of high-quality tender submissions and early-
stage project planning. Support the identification of environmental risks, constraints, and opportunities, ensuring they are considered and integrated into project design,
programme, and delivery strategy from the outset.

What you'll be doing

• Deliver value adding environment projects and support ecological enhancements,
  including net gains.


• Liaise with client, regulatory bodies and subcontractors on matters of
  environmental management and sustainability.


• Produce and update environmental management plans and environmental risk
  assessments.


• Produce sustainability and involved plans, per project and overarching the region.


• Report on environmental and sustainability performance to both the Client and
  the Environmental Manager.


• Feed into the business stream's communications plan with sustainability content
  and use communications and improvements to engage staff on an on-going basis.


• Support Project Managers in managing subcontract and supply chain, ensuring
  projects delivered as per contractual obligations and commercially viable.


• Provide guidance to senior leadership and management on strategic objectives.

Who we're looking for

Essential:

• Knowledge of environment management


• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Environmental Management.


• Experience of working within the environmental field in the construction industry.


• Experience managing people/teams.


• Practical experience and knowledge of environmental legislation, ecology
  mitigation, environmental licences and consent applications and regulators.


• Understanding of ecological matters and environmental law · PIEEM, or IEMA
  Membership.


• Full UK driver's licence and flexibility to travel.


• Understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment ·

Desirable:

• Internal environmental auditor qualification.


• Competent ecological surveyor for one protected species.


• Master's degree in relevant field.


• NEBOSH H&S Diploma or equivalent.

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.

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 candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com