Environment & Sustainability Advisor - Sizewell C - Enabling & Earthworks Sit

Environment & Sustainability Advisor - Sizewell C - Enabling & Earthworks - Suffolk/Ipswich Site based

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Be part of this ‘once in a generation’ project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable low‑carbon electricity.

The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies:
Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O’Rourke. We are more than just an alliance, we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.

• Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental matters and compliance with the Development Consent Order.
• Develop and maintain local environmental management and sustainability plans.
• Maintain relationships with regulators, clients and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local stakeholders.
• Investigate and report incidents to the site environment team, supervisors and project managers.
• Attend project meetings with both internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Ensure on‑site compliance with environmental legislation and coach teams in applying controls and mitigations.
• Deliver value‑adding environment projects and support ecological enhancements.
• Contribute and maintain management 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 the project.
• Be aware of any changes to standards and legislation and where applicable recommend changes to systems and processes.
• Deliver environmental training, toolbox talks and undertake onsite coaching.
• Produce internal and external reports as required.
• Support and conduct audit and assurance activities including facilitating external audits by clients and certification bodies.

• Knowledge of environment management and sustainable development.
• Educated to degree level 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 utilities/construction/engineering operating environment.
• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• 42 hours per week.

• Internal environmental auditor qualification.
• Competent ecological surveyor for one protected species.
• Knowledge or experience of DCO and NSIPs.
• Master’s degree in relevant field.
• NEBOSH H&S Diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the Construction Industry.

• 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.

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects…