Environmental Sustainability Advisor

About the role

To support the delivery of environmental sustainability on projects, ensuring compliance, stakeholder engagement, and performance reporting in line with the Building New Futures strategy. This role combines hands-on operational delivery with early-stage team guidance and influence.

What you'll be doing

• Deliver value adding environment projects and support ecological
  enhancements.


• Contribute and maintain Involved Plans and monitor compliance across the
  project.


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


• Produce and update environmental management plans, environmental risk
  assessments and site information packs.


• Provide on-site advice to operations and design teams on environmental
  management, compliance and project specific mitigation measures including
  pollution control and ecological and archaeological protection.


• Investigate environmental incidents and support the business to implement
  controls to prevent repeat occurrence.


• Ensure implementation of the project environmental management systems on
  project sites.


• Be aware of any changes to standards and legislation and where applicable
  recommend changes to systems and processes.

Who we're looking for

• Knowledge of environment management and sustainable development/


• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent competence
  and experience in Environmental Science or Environmental Management or
  other applicable disciplines.


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


• Understanding of ecological and archaeological matters and environmental
  law.


• IEMA Membership


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


• Understanding of the construction/engineering operating environment


• Knowledge or experience of DCO and NSIPs

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 Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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