Environmental Advisor- Newcastle

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Enabling Functions team as a Environmental Advisor- Newcastle on Major Projects and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
As Environmental Advisor- Newcastle , you will Provide support and advice to operational teams on all aspects of environmental management, developing environmental documentation, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. Understand and work with Clients and Regulators to ensure their
environmental requirements are complied with. Support on site mitigation, sustainability of works and engagement with local stakeholders and members of the public.
What you’ll be doing

To assist the Environmental Sustainability Manager, you will be required to -

• Provide advice and support to operational teams on environmental matters
• Maintain relationships with regulators, clients and subcontractors
• Maintain relationships with local stakeholders
• Investigate and report incidents to the Environment and Sustainability Manager
• Ensure on site compliance with environmental legislation and coach teams in applying controls and mitigations.
• Support Sustainability activities for the project
• Deliver value adding environment projects and support ecological enhancements
• Liaise with client, regulatory bodies and subcontractors on matters of environmental management and sustainability.
• Produce and update environmental management plans and environmental risk assessments
• Provide on-site advice to operations and design teams on environmental management, compliance and project specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecology protection
• Investigate environmental incidents and support the business to implement controls to prevent repeat occurrence
• Ensure implementation of the project environmental management systems on project sites
• Be aware of any changes to standards and legislation and where applicable recommend changes to systems and processes
• Deliver environmental training, toolbox talks and undertake onsite coaching
• Produce internal and external reports as required, e.g. case studies, environmental performance.
• Support and conduct audit and assurance activities including facilitating external audits by clients and certification bodies
• Assist in the development and production of key performance indicators and management reports
• Other duties as required

• 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