Environmental & Sustainability Advisor

1 week ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic
Environment & Sustainability Advisor to join our Power T&D team in Scotland.

With our main office at Eurocentral and projects in the Central Belt, Argyll, Perthshire, Tayside, Aberdeenshire and Highland we have the perfect fit for someone who enjoys the great outdoors.

We offer the opportunity for part-time working from home, project based site work and at our main office.

The BBPTD Environment and Sustainability Team has a wide background of team players who support each other and their projects on environment and sustainability matters to aid project delivery.


This role will see you working within this E&S function supporting and advising operational teams on all aspects of environmental management and best-practice, developing environmental documentation, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement.

You will work with Clients and Regulators to ensure their environmental requirements are complied with, support on site mitigation, and engage with local stakeholders and members of the public.


The lookahead for projects in Scotland is very strong with modernisation, refurbishment and newbuild projects planned over the coming decades as part of the wider UK programme to bring more and reinforce capability in supporting renewable generation, transmission and distribution.

With a constantly evolving path to allow stronger environmental delivery, sustainability best-practice and biodiversity net gain.


Here at Balfour Beatty we are working hard to support the government's ambitions to deliver low-carbon energy across the UK and beyond.

We are on our way to leading every market we are in and we have the strategy and momentum to get there.

If you are looking for a career in Power, working within BBPTD on these power projects will give you experience and challenge that no other project can offer.

Not to mention a variety of office views across Scotland.

What you'll be doing

  • Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental matters, at all times with the backing of your E&S Team colleagues.
  • Develop and maintain project environmental management documentation and sustainability planning and biodiversity net gain.
  • Maintain relationships with regulators, clients and subcontractors.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with local stakeholders.
  • Report on good practices and investigate and report on environmental incidents to the project teams and the client with the support of your colleagues.
  • Ensure the environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation and Client requirements.

Who we're looking for

  • Experience and strong knowledge of environment management, sustainable development and bestpractice.
  • Educated to degree level in Environmental Science or Environmental Management.
  • Understanding of ecological and archaeological matters, work with the environmental regulator and environmental law.
  • Commercial awareness.
  • Valid driver's licence and flexibility to travel with willingness to work away from home.
  • Understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment.
  • Proficient in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook.

Desirable:

  • GIS knowledge and working experience (ArcGIS, QGIS)
  • Planning experience
  • Knowledge of the Construction Industry
  • IEMA, IES Membership or similar professional bodies

Why work for us


The Environment and Sustainability Team in Scotland is 'one family' and we work closely to support each other to aid project delivery, including a positive working relationship with the wider BBPTD E&S community across England and Wales.


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.


With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations.


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


We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture.

We are a member of the Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.

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