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Environmental Advisor
Job in
West Yorkshire, York, North Yorkshire, YO90, England, UK
Listed on 2026-07-21
Listing for:
J. Murphy & Sons Ltd
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-21
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Environmental Compliance & Protection, Environmental Engineer, Environmental & Urban Planning
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Murphy is recruiting for an Environmental Advisor to work with Energy on the National Grid Leeds project.
Responsibilities- Establish and promote best practice in environmental and sustainability matters in conjunction with the SHES function.
- Carry out regular inspections of sites and workplaces to determine whether work is being carried out in accordance with company policy, procedures, and the relevant statutory provisions.
- Carry out incident investigations in accordance with company procedure, analyse all data, and make recommendations to avoid any reoccurrences.
- Collate business / contract environmental and sustainability statistics in a timely manner and submit to SHES Management and the SHES function for reporting purposes.
- Review SHES information to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Develop and implement SHES campaigns and improvement plans in agreement with SHES Management.
- Advise and support project teams with managing their environmental and sustainability responsibilities.
- Provide advice, support, and assistance to all project personnel to enable them to manage their environmental responsibilities.
- Identify significant SHES issues for the project and help set up projects to include appropriate controls.
- Identify SHES consents, permits or exemptions that are required and ensure they are obtained.
- Maintain records as necessary to ensure compliance with legislation, company procedures and contract requirements.
- Work in a small team of environmental specialists and liaise with third‑party environment and ecology consultants.
- Work and share best practices with an ever‑growing E&S function.
- Experience in an environmental advisory role.
- Qualified with an environmental degree.
- Working knowledge of the application of environmental law in the construction industry.
- Understanding of practical environmental risk mitigation on significant construction projects, such as:
- Ecological mitigation
- Consents, licensing and DCO/TCPA planning discharge experience
- Water management and pollution prevention
- Biodiversity Net Gain
- Waste management
- Statutory nuisance
- Contaminated land
- Construction/infrastructure experience.
- Associate ISEP membership working towards PISEP is desirable (support for transition available).
- Knowledge of 14001 standards.
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