Environmental Advisor

Job Description

Job Title: Environmental Advisor

Can Be Based From: United Kingdom (flexible, with UK-wide travel)

About Us

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that strive to provide positive, lasting change for the communities we work in. As a FTSE 250 organisation, we turnover £1.5 billion and employ over 3,500 people across four successful Divisions: Building, Infrastructure, Environment and Specialist Services.

As one of the UK’s leading principal contractors, you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the country’s most exciting projects, offering long-term stability alongside the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise your career goals. You will be joining diverse, high-performing teams with exceptional levels of commitment.

Our Environment Division

Our Environment Division provides source to sea asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland, working on both framework and standalone projects. Since AMP3, we have delivered more than £2bn of assets for clients including Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water.

This is an exciting time to join the business as we continue to evolve and prepare for delivery in a future digital world.

Purpose of the Role

As Environmental Advisor, you will support the Framework HS&E Manager across all environmental aspects of the framework. You will support the implementation of the HS&E strategy and environmental management systems, ensuring that our projects are delivered to exemplary environmental standards.

The role supports consistency, compliance and continual improvement in environmental performance across the project lifecycle.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the implementation of the HS&E strategy and promote a positive environmental culture across the business.
• Implement and maintain the Environmental Management System in line with business, client and regulatory requirements.
• Provide environmental advice, guidance and support to operational teams from planning through to project completion.
• Carry out environmental inspections, audits and ISO 14001 assessments.
• Utilise environmental KPIs and performance data to drive continual improvement.
• Support or lead environmental incident investigations, reporting and close-out actions using the Galliford Try M2i system.
• Engage effectively with internal teams, clients, supply chain partners, regulators and industry bodies.

What We Can Offer in Return

With an impressive order book of over £3.9 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects, offering stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people through our Be Well programme, which offers discounts, advice and support for a wide range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees at all levels, from leadership development to apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers flexibility in when, where and how you work, supporting a range of working patterns where appropriate.

Our Benefits

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that, offering a comprehensive range of options alongside a competitive salary, including:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional leave

A wide range of corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Save As You Earn share purchase scheme

Private medical scheme options for salaried employees

Employee Assistance Programme with free 24/7 support

Paid annual membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About Us

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote best practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by living our values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.

For more information about this role or other opportunities within Galliford Try, please contact

adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who wish to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly. This will be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage candidates to let us know of any adjustments we can reasonably make to ensure a positive application experience.

Don’t meet every requirement? We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply.

As a Disability Confident employer

, we are committed to offering an interview to candidates with a long-term health condition or disability who meet the essential criteria. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed if this applies.

About Us

A full job description is available upon request.

Our vision is to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and working with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

We are committed to agile working, giving our people the freedom and flexibility to adapt their working life around their home life to achieve a proper balance. Our smart working approaches allow greater use of technology in the way we carry out our business, ensuring we provide a working environment that works for everyone.

In addition to working on some of the UKs most exciting construction projects we offer a comprehensive benefits package to including a competitive salary, car or car allowance, pension, healthcare, discretionary bonuses and 28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We will be committed to your wellbeing, training and professional development and we will always consider flexible working hours and arrangements. Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

About The Team

Our Environment Business provides ‘source to sea’ asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland working on both Frameworks and Standalone projects. Since AMP3 we have delivered in excess of £2bn assets for clients such as Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water. As an established player in the market this a great opportunity to join the team at a time of transformation as we shape ourselves to be fit for delivery in a future digital world. We have recently secured a plethora of places on the AMP7 Frameworks for Yorkshire Water, Southern Water and Thames Water for both Infrastructure and Non-Infrastructure projects ranging from £1-40m over the next five years.