Environmental Sustainability Advisor

About The Role

The role is part of the Environmental Sustainability team on the Skye Reinforcement Project and will support the delivery of environmental sustainability activities on a significant construction project, across a wide variety of environmental aspects that are unique to this infrastructure project. The role combines hands‑on operational delivery with influence on a construction project in an exceptional geographical area.

• Managing environmental risks & opportunities by providing 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.
• Produce and update environmental management plans, environmental risk assessments and site information packs.
• Ensure compliance with legal, contractual and ISO
  14001 requirements, including directing and supporting project teams in the preparation of consents, licences and permits.
• Collect, validate and analyse environmental data.
• Provide technical advice via various mediums to a variety of audiences.
• Conduct inspections, audits and reviews; facilitate external audits and report findings to the Project Team.
• Deliver environmental guidance and training, including toolbox talks and on‑site coaching.
• Investigate environmental incidents.

• Full driving licence and flexibility to travel.
• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent competence.

• Affiliation or membership level of a relevant professional body (IEMA, CIEEM, CIWEM) or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience and competence.
• Good knowledge of environmental management and sustainable development, with relevant experience working in a construction or other operational‑focused environment desirable.
• Practical experience and knowledge of environmental statutory requirements, including legislation & regulation, ISO
  14001, pollution prevention and wider environmental good practice.
• Ability to work within multi‑disciplinary teams and support embedding environmental sustainability into project delivery.

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.

• Smart working – flexible start and finish times with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro‑rated).
• Family‑friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks full pay for paternity/partner’s leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

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 ongoing 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.

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.

We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing an inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background.