About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join our Power Transmission and Distribution business in the work winning team. This is the perfect chance to develop your career with an established team of ES professionals, contributing to the work winning process to ensure all sustainability considerations are met at the earliest stage of our projects. We offer the possibility of part-time working from home, with travel to our Derby office to collaborate with the team.
What you'll be doing
* Provide advice, support and direction to the wider bid team to enable them to deliver environmentally compliant projects and sustainable opportunities in line with environmental legislation, BB procedures, client requirements and the Building New Futures strategy.
* Support the team of ES Advisors.
* Compile tender and bid responses to support the work of the wider bid team.
* Draft environmental sustainability documents for our site ES teams to use during project delivery.
* Provide high-level review of ES content in construction methodologies, risk registers, price builds, programmes and other project-specific deliverables.
* Report on good practices and investigate and report on environmental incidents to the project teams and the client with the support of your colleagues.
* Take part in lessons learnt exercises and consider areas for improvement.
* Work with the Head of Sustainability to promote Zero Harm objectives and Building New Futures strategies, and drive continuous improvement of performance.
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
* A relevant degree or equivalent in an environmental discipline.
* Thorough working knowledge of current environmental legislation and consenting regimes.
* Strong working knowledge of the construction sector, preferably Utilities.
* Experience in deciphering technical documents and translating them into operational terms.
* Strong background in assessing environmental hazards and understanding of the mechanisms to mitigate them.
* Awareness or knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain.
* Previous experience of dealing with regulators.
* Demonstrated effective communication skills at all levels, ability to build relationships across all levels of the organisation and competence in producing reports.
* Professional and pragmatic team player who can build and sustain effective working relationships.
* Strong business awareness, employee focus and attention to detail.
* Programme management experience with a structured approach to organising and documenting progress.
* Commercial awareness of contracting and experience of managing subcontractors.
* Valid driving licence.
* Interest in the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment.
* Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook.
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
* Appropriate IEMA level or equivalent professional accreditation.
* Working knowledge of E&S Management systems.
* GIS knowledge and working experience (ArcGIS, QGIS).
* Experience of delivering against CEEQUAL/BREEAM.
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?
* 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/partner’s leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.
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