Environmental And Sustainability Advisor in Brighton and Hove

Location: Brighton

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Balfour Beatty

Job Hours: Full-time

Remote: Work from home

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is looking for an Environment, Sustainability & Social Value Advisor . The role is predominately site- based in Brighton but may be required to support other regional projects, from time to time and be happy to travel to a variety of locations.

What you'll be doing

Providing advice to construction teams regarding pollution prevention and environmental best practice this may be in the form of developing management plans, toolbox talks or taking part in meetings.

Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation during all construction activities.

Maintaining and collating waste and carbon records, recognition, and capture of Co2e scopes 1, 2 and 3 and driving down on key emissions, in conjunction with project administration.

Undertaking noise and vibration monitoring.

Regular liaison with key environmental stakeholders including the Client, Local Authorities, charities, schools, universities, local communities, and Regulators.

Tracking and improving environmental performance onsite.

Ensuring compliance with environmental commitments within the contract and/or planning documents.

Identifying more sustainable solutions for the construction industry, including working on new sustainability initiatives.

Working collaboratively with experts such as ecologists, archaeologists, and designers to determine key control measures/targets/processes for the project.

Supporting the project in achieving their social value targets set by the Client and Balfour Beatty.

Working within our Sustainability Portal and other associated systems to ensure full capture of data and on-time reporting.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

Understanding of current environmental legislation and best practice relating to construction projects - including waste management, pollution prevention and material sourcing.

Familiarity with routine environmental inspections for construction projects.

Familiarity social value requirements of the project and body corporate.

Experience with Waste Duty of Care requirements and documents.

Good communication skills

Previous experience in in similar industries at project level.

Ability to assist in problem solving for environmental, sustainability and social value challenges and providing opportunities for environmental innovation

Desire to drive continual improvement in the environment, sustainability, and social value fields.

Understanding of UK Climate change legislation.

Experience required:

Relevant Degree / eg. Environment & Sustainability

Experience in similar industry, i.e., construction, civils, groundworks, demolition etc.

Comfortable and professional in client / outward faced activities.

Comfortable and professional in development of social value activities.

A positive team player who is career minded.

Role will be full-time, but the hours can be adapted to allow for a shorter working week, work from home days.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs 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 wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats 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