Environmental & Sustainability Advisor

Job Title: Environmental & Sustainability Advisor

Reporting to: Business Unit General Manager

Role Purpose

The Environment and Sustainability Advisor will provide support and advice to our electricity substation and overhead line operational teams on all aspects of sustainability and environmental management; developing documentation, compliance with legal, regulatory, and company standards, and helping to promote environmental best practice and deliver a culture of continual improvement.

The individual will be required to work with clients, regulators, and project teams to ensure all Environmental and Sustainability requirements are complied with, supporting on-site mitigation, sustainability of works, and engagement with local stakeholders as required.

The role will require regular travel across England to visit various project sites as required.

Responsibilities & Duties

Including but not limited to the following:

• Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental and sustainability matters including pollution control, water management, ecology, archaeology and carbon reduction.

• Assist the team in monitoring and maintaining compliance with environmental legislation, best practice, project documentation and company procedures.

• Identify and manage environmental constraints associated with projects.

• Conduct site inspections to assess compliance against project documentation and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Collate environmental and sustainability data to facilitate reporting against key metrics, objectives and targets.

• Identify carbon reduction opportunities in infrastructure and alignment with industry / project sustainability targets. Produce Sustainability Action Plans to actively reduce embodied carbon in our projects.

• Assist in the development and delivery of environmental training.

• Assist with the development of Environmental Management System documentation and procedures.

• Assist with developing and implementing environmental mitigation and monitoring regimes.

• Maintain relationships and liaise with regulators, stakeholders, clients, project teams and subcontractors.

• Investigate environmental incidents and support the business in implementing controls to prevent recurrence.

• Identify and support sustainability activities for the project and business.

• Advise the business on best practice in areas of corporate, ethical, and social responsibility, and address any issues arising.

• Produce internal and external reports as required (e.g. Construction Environmental Management Plans, best practice bulletins, case studies, environmental and sustainability performance reports).

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with all stakeholders (internal and external), a commercially focused self-starter with the enthusiasm, motivation, and initiative to succeed in this role.

The jobholder must possess:

• Strong knowledge of environmental management within construction projects.

• Strong knowledge of applying sustainability within construction projects.

• Relevant industry experience working in an environmental or sustainability role.

• Knowledge and understanding of main environmental legislation and guidance.

• Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel regularly within the England region.

• Ability to establish effective networks, both internally and externally.

• Ability to collate and report construction data via internal systems.

• Ability and willingness to work flexibly between home, office, and site.

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Desirable Criteria

• Educated to degree level in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainability, or related discipline.

• Practical experience and knowledge of sustainability, environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licences and consent applications, and regulator consultation experience.

• Previous experience conducting environmental inspections.

• Understanding of the construction environment.

• Knowledge of electricity infrastructure.

• Membership of an environmental organisation (e.g. ISEP).

• Experience of PAS 2080 and ISO14001.