Location
United Kingdom - Based in Cardiff with travel to Aberthaw and Llandyfaelog.

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Murphy is recruiting an Environmental Advisor to work within the Energy sector on the Electricity Transmission Project. Our business is renowned for extensive in-house expertise, experience, and a continuous drive to innovate, creating added value for our customers. We support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects across four countries, ensuring energy security for decades to come. Our services include design, construction, and commissioning, delivering Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects for both regulated and private customers, alongside technical and engineering solutions in conventional power and energy transition markets.

As an Environmental Advisor, you will establish and promote best practices in environmental and sustainability matters in conjunction with the SHES function. Your responsibilities will include carrying out regular site inspections to ensure compliance with Company Policy, Procedures, and relevant statutory provisions, conducting incident investigations, collating environmental and sustainability statistics, and reviewing environmental information to identify trends and areas for improvement.

You will develop and implement environment and sustainability campaigns and improvement plans, advise and support project teams in managing their environmental responsibilities, and provide assistance to all project personnel. You will identify significant environmental issues and ensure appropriate controls are in place, manage consents, permits, or exemptions, and maintain records to ensure compliance with legislation, company procedures, and contract requirements.

This role involves working within a small team of environmental specialists and liaising with third-party environment and ecology consultants, sharing best practices within an expanding Environment & Sustainability function.

Experience
Proven experience in an Environmental Advisory role, preferably within construction or infrastructure projects.

About you
- Qualified with an Environmental Degree.
- Working knowledge of environmental law application in the construction industry.
- Understanding of practical environmental risk mitigation on significant construction projects including ecological mitigation, consents, licensing, DCO/TCPA planning discharge experience, water management and pollution prevention, biodiversity net gain, waste management, statutory nuisance, and contaminated land.
- Construction/infrastructure experience.
- Associate ISEP membership or working towards PISEP is desirable (support for this transition is provided).
- Knowledge of ISO 14001 standards.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate incidents and recommend improvements.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and with external consultants.

Qualifications
Environmental Degree or equivalent qualification.
Membership or progression towards relevant professional environmental bodies is advantageous.