Balfour Beatty plc
Environmental Sustainability Advisor
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About The Role
Support projects in meeting the contract environmental sustainability targets and managing the associated reporting through both the internal/external systems.
You will provide the project with technical advice, guidance, and support on environmental sustainability, actively contribute to sharing learnings and best practice to raise the profile. The role will see you Feed into the wider Sustainability team activities including the Balfour Beatty Group.
What you'll be doing
- Carry out Environmental impact Assessments (EIA) and support the design and operational teams with delivery of the EIA.
- Support projects with the sustainability delivery plans inclusive of the Balfour Beatty group strategy, customer standards and other project requirements.
- Manage and ensure associated data capture and reporting including the Balfour Beatty sustainability portal and external platforms where required.
- Support the project teams to ensure they are compliant with the BMS requirements.
- Develop the contract/ project team’s knowledge and skills to understand the sustainability related project requirements including understanding how their roles impact the overall ambitions.
- Provide on-going expertise, support and coaching to the contract, project teams and supply chain, to enable them to recognise risks and opportunities, to deliver, and where possible exceed targets.
- Identify suitable awards and opportunities to promote project activities, including the production of case studies and relevant communications.
Who we're looking for
- Ability to influence and promote a positive culture
- Understanding of UK policy, regulatory frameworks
- Understanding and practical experience of project Environmental Sustainability risks and opportunities and how they practically impact on the ‘built environment’
- Programme management experience with a structured approach to organising and documenting progress through KPI monitoring and performance reporting.
- Practical experience of Environmental Sustainability in a construction environment.
- Experience in identifying innovation and developing case studies to promote project successes.
- Ability to articulate to and influence key stakeholders on how environmental sustainability practically impacts on clients, suppliers, communities, and stakeholders.
- Communication and relationship management skills
- Demonstrates commitment to continual learning to refine, further develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to customers and Balfour Beatty.
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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.
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Benefits
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 Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.
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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
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