Job Description

About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join our Power Transmission and Distribution business in the work winning team.
This is the perfect opportunity for an established Environmental Sustainability Advisor to continue to develop your career with an established team of ES professionals inputting into the work winning process to ensure all sustainability considerations are being met at the earliest stage of our projects.
We offer the opportunity for a mix of part-time working from home with travel into our Derby office to collaborate with the rest of the team.
The BBPTD Environmental Sustainability Team has a wide background of team players, with a project hands-on approach, who support each other and their projects on environment and sustainability matters to look after the local environment and aid project delivery
What you'll be doing

• Provide advice, support and direction to the wider bid team to enable them to deliver environmentally compliant projects and sustainable opportunities in line with environmental legislation, BB procedures and client requirements and the building new futures strategy

• Support the team of ES Advisors,

• Compile tender and bid responses to support the work of the wider bid team

• Draft environmental sustainability documents for our site ES teams to utilise during project delivery

• Provide high level review of ES content in construction methodologies, risk registers, price build ups, programmes and other project specific deliverables

• Report on good practices and investigate and report on environmental incidents to the project teams and the client with the support of your colleagues

• Take part in lessons learnt exercises and consider areas for improvements

• Work with the Head of Sustainability to promote Zero Harm objectives and Building New Futures strategies and drive continuous improvement of performance

Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:

• A relevant degree or equivalent in an environmental discipline

• Thorough working knowledge of current environmental legislation and consenting regimes

• Strong working knowledge of the construction sector, preferably Utilities

• Experience in deciphering technical documents and translating into operational terms

• Strong background in assessing environmental hazards and understanding of the mechanisms of how to mitigate

• Awareness or knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain

• Previous expeience of dealing with regulators

• Demonstrated successful capability in effective communication skills at all levels, ability to build relationships across all levels of the organisation and competent in producing reports

• Professional and pragmatic team player who can build and sustain effective working relationships

• Strong business awareness, employee focus and attention to detail

• Programme management experience with a structured approach to organising and documenting progress

• Commercial awareness of contracting and experience of managing subcontractors

• Valid Driving Licence

• Interest in the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment.

• Proficient in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Appropriate IEMA level or equivalent professional accreditation

• Working knowledge of E&S Management systems

• GIS knowledge and working experience (ArcGIS, QGIS)

• Experience of delivering against CEEQUAL/BREEAMi

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
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:
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