Job Title: Environmental Advisor
Location: Cadder Yard, Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £40, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Help shape a more sustainable future across UK rail infrastructure
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Environmental Advisor.
The role
As an Environmental Advisor, you’ll help ensure that our Rail operations meet legal, environmental and sustainability obligations while driving improvements across our projects. You’ll be central to enhancing environmental performance, advising on best practice, mitigating risks, and protecting sensitive habitats within the UK rail network. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on environmental compliance and sustainability in a high‑profile, safety‑critical sector — all while developing your expertise across complex, real‑world infrastructure environments
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Provide environmental advice and guidance to site teams on legislation, best practice and compliance.
2. Manage and update project documentation including Environmental Management Plans, Emergency Response Plans and Risk Registers.
3. Conduct site audits and inspections to ensure legal compliance and drive improvements.
4. Monitor environmental and waste‑related performance, analysing data and producing reports for internal and external stakeholders.
5. Lead or support investigations into environmental incidents and support root‑cause analysis.
This is a permanent, full‑time position working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility required for occasional night shifts and weekend work (with time off in lieu). The role is hybrid, with regular site travel across Scotland.
Essential experience of the Environmental Advisor:
6. Previous experience in a construction or engineering environment.
7. Experience implementing or working with an Environmental Management System certified to ISO .
8. Strong knowledge of current UK environmental legislation.
9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
10. Strong organisational skills and ability to work to tight deadlines.
Qualifications for the Environmental Advisor:
11. Degree (or equivalent) in an Environmental or Engineering discipline.
12. IEMA Certificate (Associate level or above).
13. Membership of IEMA (Associate or Full).
14. Environmental auditing qualification.
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Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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