About The Role To support the on-going development and delivery of Balfour Beatty Group Sustainability Strategy on PT&D projects associated within the ASTI framework with particular reference to supporting the senior leadership teams in Scotland by translating carbon, waste, water and biodiversity and other relevant data into actions and priorities. Supporting the Sustainability Manager to develop strategic action plans, embedding PAS2080 across Scotland. Understanding and incorporating market and customer requirements while identifying and validating sustainable innovations. What you'll be doing Ensure a personal relentless focus on driving the adoption of a sustainable mindset. Interpret sustainability related data and translate these data sets into meaningful, practical and operational actions for improvements. Support the adoption of these actions through supporting the creation of meaningful sustainability action plans. Support the development of Sustainability KPIs and on-going reporting requirements. Support the Sustainability Manager in identifying and commercially validating product, process, paradigm, and position innovations to help advance the sustainability agenda within Balfour Beatty. Support the learning and development of the SBUs through sustainability training sessions, presentations, supplier and customer education forums. Inspire individuals across the group to become more sustainable and to promote sustainability within their own functions and businesses. Live the Balfour Beatty Values Support compliance with all Regulations and Company Policies & Processes Who we're looking for Knowledge and experience of sustainability and how it practically impacts on the built environment, including some knowledge of whole life costing The individual will be comfortable working with experts in sustainability (carbon, water, waste, materials & responsible sourcing, circular economy, biodiversity, social value, community engagement, BREEAM, CEEQUAL) Programme delivery experience with a structured approach to organising and documenting progress. Good influencing skills A good understanding of UK environment and sustainability legislation and government policy. Willing and able to travel UK-wide and work away from home when necessary. Full driving licence 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? 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. 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