Balfour Beatty plc
Environmental Sustainability Manager
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Environmental Sustainability Manager
About the Role
To lead the implementation of the Building New Futures strategy across a portfolio of projects or a major programme, ensuring compliance, performance, and innovation. This role provides strategic guidance, manages teams, and embeds sustainability into operational delivery and decision-making.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with:
- Project teams
- Supply chain
- Clients
- Statutory bodies
- Act as the point of contact between:
- Delivery team
- Clients
- Regulatory authorities
- Investigate environmental incidents and manual risk events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and share lessons learned.
- Manage complex environmental risks and opportunities, supporting project teams in:
- Developing and maintaining robust environmental and sustainability plans
- Direct and support the preparation of:
- Consents, licences, and permits
- Ensure legal and contractual compliance
- Oversee and provide expert advice on project-level environmental compliance
- Deliver monthly environmental performance and compliance reporting to:
- Internal and client stakeholders
- Maintain data integrity in the Sustainability Portal
- Develop and deliver targeted training and education plans for:
- Project teams
- Supply chain
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Who We’re Looking For
- Environmental Degree or related discipline (preferred) OR:
- NEBOSH Environmental Diploma OR IEMA Certificate
- Chartered Environmentalist (preferred)
- Relevant CSCS Card
- Full clean UK driving licence
- Practical application of managing environmental risk and opportunity
- Advanced understanding of:
- Environmental legislation
- Management systems
- Understanding of environmental impacts of construction and infrastructure activities
- Detailed knowledge of:
- Sustainability KPIs
- Performance metrics
Why Work for Us?
About Us
Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including:
- Motorway upgrade programmes
- Complex national infrastructure projects
- Regional investment programme works for National Highways
We put the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions, and add social value to communities.
Benefits
Contributing to meaningful projects while enjoying a full range of benefits:
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- Smart working with:
- Flexibility in staggered start/finish times
- Up to 40% remote working (where roles allow)
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family-friendly policies, including:
- 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
- 4 weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we believe diversity and inclusion are essential to success. We’re proud members of:
- WISE
- enei
- Business Disability Forum
- Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE)
Accredited organisations include:
- Audeliss and Involve
- Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme We encourage applications from:
- Armed Forces personnel
- Veterans
- Reservists
As a Disability Confident Employer, we work to remove barriers for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. We guarantee an interview if you meet the minimum criteria and have a disability.
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