Location
Grays

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
Competitive salary (not specified)

About the Role
As an Environmental Sustainability Advisor at Balfour Beatty, you will support the delivery of environmental sustainability on projects, ensuring compliance, stakeholder engagement, and performance reporting aligned with the Building New Futures strategy. This role combines hands-on operational delivery with early-stage team guidance and influence.

Your key responsibilities will include delivering value-adding environmental projects and supporting ecological enhancements; contributing to and maintaining Involved Plans while monitoring compliance across projects; liaising with clients, regulatory bodies, and subcontractors on environmental management and sustainability matters; producing and updating environmental management plans, environmental risk assessments, and site information packs.

You will provide on-site advice to operations and design teams regarding environmental management, compliance, and project-specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecological and archaeological protection. Investigating environmental incidents and supporting the implementation of controls to prevent recurrence will also be part of your role. Additionally, you will ensure the implementation of project environmental management systems on site, stay informed of changes to standards and legislation, and recommend updates to systems and processes as needed.

Why work for us?
Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious and meaningful infrastructure projects that support national economies and strengthen communities. Alongside contributing to impactful work, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including smart working with flexible hours and up to 40% remote working where applicable, 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata), family friendly policies including maternity, adoption and paternity/partner leave, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

Experience
- Knowledge of environmental management and sustainable development
- Practical experience and knowledge of environmental legislation, ecology and archaeology mitigation, environmental licences, consent applications, and regulators
- Understanding of ecological and archaeological matters and environmental law
- Understanding of the construction/engineering operating environment
- Knowledge or experience of Development Consent Orders (DCO) and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs)

About you
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent competence and experience in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, or related disciplines
- IEMA Membership
- Full UK driver's licence and flexibility to travel

Qualifications
Degree level education or equivalent competence in relevant environmental disciplines
IEMA Membership