2 Environment & Sustainability Advisor roles in Norwich

What you'll be doing

As the Environmental & Sustainability Advisor you will help ensure that construction activities comply with current environmental legislation and @one Alliance standards. Working closely with construction teams, you will prepare and review environmental documentation, provide practical onsite support and help drive environmental performance across our projects.

You will also identify and promote sustainability initiatives while supporting the Environment and Sustainability Managers in delivering the Alliance’s strategic priorities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing environmental and sustainability advice and support to construction projects.


• Producing site-specific environmental documentation and communicating requirements to relevant project personnel.


• Supporting teams to comply with environmental legislation and @one Alliance standards.


• Promoting environmental best practice across project sites.


• Identifying opportunities to reduce energy and water use, minimise waste and improve sustainability performance.


• Working collaboratively across the @one Alliance to ensure the requirements of the Alliance Management System are delivered at the appropriate Delivery Milestone stages.


• Supporting environmental incident investigations and ensuring lessons learned are shared.


• Promoting sustainable behaviours and commercially practical environmental solutions.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with experience or knowledge in a range of environmental areas, including:

• Contaminated land


• Statutory nuisance


• Waste management


• Soil testing


• Ecology


• Archaeology


• Environmental incident investigation


• Environmental legislation and construction compliance

You will also have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.


• Effective problem-solving skills.


• Excellent organisational and prioritisation abilities.


• The ability to produce clear environmental documentation and reports.


• Experience of using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.


• Experience of GIS software or mapping tools.


• The confidence to work collaboratively with construction and project teams.


• The ability to communicate environmental requirements clearly to different audiences.

What does it take to be successful?

You’ll be someone who can:

• Provide practical environmental and sustainability support to construction projects.


• Produce clear, site-specific environmental documentation that can be effectively applied by project teams.


• Demonstrate a good understanding of current environmental legislation and promote best practice across the @one Alliance.


• Apply commercial awareness when promoting sustainable behaviours, balancing environmental improvements with programme, cost and operational requirements.


• Build strong, collaborative working relationships across project and construction teams.


• Take a proactive approach to embedding environmental and sustainability considerations into everyday project delivery.

Ready to shape the future of water?

Apply today and help us deliver a more sustainable future for the Anglian Water region.

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 Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do.  Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. 

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments. 

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com