Environmental Sustainability Advisor

Balfour Beatty Plc

Elgin, IL

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Archaeology, Asset Management, Auditing, Business Support, Civil Engineering, Climate Change, Construction, Construction Design, Construction Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Corporate Governance, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Diversity, Driver's License, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Engineering, Environmental Design, Environmental Impact, Environmental Law, Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Sciences, External Audit, Finance, Financial Reporting, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Healthcare, Hydrology, Internal Audit, Leadership, Legal, Legal Documents, Legal Standards, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Mentoring, Plant Layout and Design, Power Transmission, Project Engineering, Property Management, Public Policy, Real Estate Development, Regulations, Residential Real Estate, Risk Analysis, Roadway Construction, Safety/Work Safety, Security Infrastructure, Site Evaluation, Spatial Data, Strategic Planning, Student Housing, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Switchgear, Technical/Engineering Design, Water Supply
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Elgin, IL
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3 Environmental Sustainability Advisor roles in Elgin

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Balfour Beatty and me

What makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work? Is it the limitless career opportunities, our inclusive culture, the scale and complexity of our projects or working alongside the industry's finest experts? Hear from our colleagues across the UK, US and Hong Kong on why you should shape a career at Balfour Beatty. Visit our website to find out more and explore our exciting career opportunities: www.balfourbeattycareers.com #ShapeEverything

Rewards and benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too.

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Job No. BBUK17063

Environmental Sustainability Advisor - Elgin

Power T&D

Sustainability

Elgin

Permanent

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business based on the Beauly - Peterhead 400kV OHL Project to provide support and advice to operational teams on all aspects of environmental management, Consent compliance, developing environmental documentation, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. Understand and work with Clients and Regulators to ensure their environmental requirements are complied with. Support on site mitigation, sustainability of works and engagement with local stakeholders and members of the public

What you'll be doing

  • Deliver value adding environment projects and support ecological enhancements

Contribute and maintain Involved Plans and monitor compliance across the project.

  • Liaise with client, regulatory bodies and subcontractors on matters of environmental management and sustainability.
  • Produce and update environmental management plans, environmental risk assessments and site information packs.
  • Provide on-site advice to operations and design teams on environmental management, compliance and project specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecological and archaeological protection.
  • Investigate environmental incidents and support the business to implement controls to prevent repeat occurrence.
  • Ensure implementation of the project environmental management systems on project sites.
  • Be aware of any changes to standards and legislation and where applicable recommend changes to systems and processes.
  • Deliver environmental training, toolbox talks and undertake onsite coaching
  • Mentor and support more junior team members including graduates and placements.
  • Produce internal and external reports as required
  • Support and conduct audit and assurance activities including facilitating external audits by clients and certification bodies.

Who we're looking for

Essential:

  • Knowledge of environment management and sustainable development
  • Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent competence and experience in Environmental Science or Environmental Management or other applicable disciplines.
  • 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
  • IEMA or other pertinent professional body membership
  • Full UK driver's licence and flexibility to travel
  • Understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment

Desirable:

  • Internal environmental auditor qualification
  • Exerience with working with Peatland habitats, Private Water Supplies or Hydrology.
  • Master's degree in relevant field or equivalent demonstrable competence
  • NEBOSH H&S Diploma or equivalent
  • GIS mapping platform experience
  • Knowledge of the Construction Industry

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

  • Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
  • 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
  • Family friendly policies which include 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 much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ''Employer Recognition Scheme'' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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