Environmental Sustainability Advisor

About the Role

To support the delivery of environmental sustainability on the Lower Thames Crossing project. Ensuring compliance, stakeholder engagement, and performance reporting in line with the Building New Futures strategy.

• Champion the delivery of environmental and sustainability outcomes, engaging teams to embed actions supporting Building New Futures commitments and Bridging the Gap actions.
• Manage environmental risks and opportunities by developing and maintaining project‑specific environmental and sustainability plans and risk assessments.
• Contribute to the strategic implementation of the project sustainability plan, driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting to the senior Environmental Sustainability Team and project Leadership Team.
• Support Environmental Advisors / Consultants and liaise with other group Sustainability teams to deliver best sustainability outcomes for the projects.
• Ensure compliance with legal, contractual, and ISO
  14001 requirements, including directing and supporting project teams in the preparation of consents, licences, and permits.
• Provide technical advice on environmental compliance, pollution control, waste, and ecology, ensuring alignment with the Business Management System (BMS).
• Upskill project teams and contractors through toolbox talks, work package plans, and on‑site learning.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and reviews; facilitate external audits and report findings to project teams.

• Practical application of ISO 14001, including risk and opportunity assessment and environmental controls.
• Working knowledge of environmental legislation.
• Knowledge of pollution, waste, ecology, and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of key environmental sustainability data types used for measuring performance.
• Experience conducting inspections and audits.
• Advising on compliance and mitigation.
• Supporting project‑specific sustainability plans.
• Degree in environmental / sustainability‑related field preferred.
• Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) preferred.

• 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 that include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner’s leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.