4 Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor roles in Aberdeen

What you'll be doing

• Work closely with project teams to deliver environmental and sustainability
  commitments, ensuring ongoing compliance with Balfour Beatty BMS and
  customer requirements, working with clients such as SSEN and or SPEN.


• Have an expert level ecology bias and experience liaising with Regulatory
  bodies, including but not limited to Nature Scot, SEPA, Marine Scotland and
  Local Planning Authorities.


• Oversee monthly performance reporting against client KPIs and internal
  targets, seeking to make continuous improvements in process and quality of
  data.


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  Completion, reviewing, updating of company environmental documentation,
  sustainability delivery and a variety environmental risks and opportunities
  
  


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  Producing/maintaining permitting and licencing requirements for specific
  projects.
  
  


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  Support with awards submission entries
  
  


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  Fully interpret policy, regulation, and legislation across the portfolio
  
  


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  Providing visible ES support across the portfolio.
  
  


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  Supports one or more high-level/value/complex projects through feasibility
  to post construction with the backing of your E&S Team colleagues
  
  


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  Ensure and report on environmental compliance.
  
  


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  Regular site inspections, including those with client or regulatory
  representatives.
  
  

Who we're looking for

• Full driving license and flexibility to travel


• Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body
  (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM) or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience and
  competence.


• Good knowledge of environment management with the relevant experience


•  working in a construction environment.


•  Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory
  requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation,
  environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.


• Oversee, develop and direct Graduate ES roles across your portfolio.


• Be required to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend
  occasional ES meetings across the UK.

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?

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