Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor

About the Role

The role will provide direction, support and guidance to our project teams on all aspects of hands‑on environmental management, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. It will support site‑based project design, construction controls and mitigations, sustainability opportunities and deliver against client‑led contractual requirements and BBPTD tactical aspects to achieve our strategic goals. A key part of the role will involve engagement with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors and environmental authorities.

• Completion, review and update of company environmental documentation, sustainability delivery and a variety of environmental risks and opportunities.
• Producing and maintaining permitting and licensing requirements for specific projects.
• Support with awards submission entries.
• Fully interpret policy, regulation and legislation across the portfolio.
• Providing visible ES support across the portfolio.
• Supporting one or more high‑level/value/complex projects through feasibility to post‑construction with the backing of your E&S team colleagues.
• Supporting one or more standalone projects through feasibility to post‑construction.
• Ensuring and reporting on environmental compliance.
• Conducting regular site inspections, including those with client or regulatory representatives.
• Identifying and promoting innovative solutions.
• Advising and guiding all levels within the project portfolio.
• Ensuring ES information such as KPIs are cascaded to the supply chain.
• Supporting work‑winning by advising on ES issues such as planning, permitting and licensing requirements.

• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel.
• Professional membership in a relevant professional body (IEMA / CIEEM / CIWEM) or equivalent experience and competence.
• Good knowledge of environmental management with the relevant experience.
• Experience working in a construction environment.
• Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licensing and consent applications and regulation.
• Overseeing, developing and directing Graduate ES roles across your portfolio.
• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome.
• Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.
• Interpreting and managing data via databases, consistent record keeping and writing detailed reports.
• Ability to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend occasional ES meetings across the UK.

• Smart working – staggered start and finish times, up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies: 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 more.

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