Location
United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Murphy is recruiting an Environmental Advisor to join the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework based in Alness. Our business is renowned for extensive in-house expertise, experience, and a continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all 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 within conventional power and energy transition markets.

As an Environmental Advisor at Murphy, you will establish and promote best practices in environmental and sustainability matters in conjunction with the SHES function. You will carry out regular site inspections to ensure compliance with Company Policy, Procedures, and relevant statutory provisions. Responsibilities include incident investigations, data analysis, and making recommendations to prevent reoccurrences. You will collate environmental and sustainability statistics for reporting, review environmental information to identify trends and improvements, and develop and implement environment and sustainability campaigns and improvement plans.

You will advise and support project teams in managing their environmental responsibilities, provide guidance to all project personnel, identify significant environmental issues, and help set up projects with appropriate controls. You will also ensure all necessary environmental and ecology consents, permits, or exemptions are obtained 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 with an expanding Environment & Sustainability function.

Experience
Proven experience in an Environmental Advisory role within the construction or infrastructure sector.
Practical understanding of environmental risk mitigation on significant construction projects including ecological mitigation, consents, licensing, DCO/TCPA planning discharge, water management, pollution prevention, biodiversity net gain, waste management, statutory nuisance, and contaminated land.
Knowledge of ISO 14001 standards.
Construction or infrastructure project experience is essential.
Associate ISEP membership or working towards PISEP is desirable (support provided).

About you
Qualified with an Environmental Degree.
Strong working knowledge of environmental law application in the construction industry.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to advise and support project teams.
Proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to sustainability and environmental best practices.
Ability to work collaboratively within a small specialist team and with external consultants.

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