Environmental Advisor

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

Job Description

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.

We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable – please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.

Role – Environmental Advisor

Location - UK

Purpose of the role:

As Environmental Advisor, you will support the Framework Head of HS&E on all environmental aspects. You will support and implement the HS&E strategy and systems to ensure that the delivery of our operations meets exemplary environmental standards. This role supports improvement and consistency in performance, ensuring compliance with management systems, and implementing continual improvement initiatives.

What will you be doing:

• Foster and support an inclusive, open, transparent, and collaborative environment that supports our HS&E culture, maturity, and behaviours to deliver HS&E excellence.
• Support the implementation of our HS&E strategy to drive continual improvement through the business addressing short-, medium-, and long-term growth and learning. This will be achieved through collaboration with others in our teams and other key stakeholders.
• Promote a positive HS&S culture which is consistent with Galliford Try’s Challenging Beliefs and Affecting Behaviours programme and business leadership ambitions.
• Represent and promote the HS&E function in internal and external meetings, workshops, management reviews and forums – communicating best practice standards and initiatives.
• Implement our environmental management system, taking account of client requirements, to align with our overall strategy and driving performance through our processes and standards.
• Engage with internal and external key stakeholders, including client, supply chain partners, regulatory authorities, industry bodies, and colleagues, through the project lifecycle.
• Provides environmental input to operational teams from the planning stage through to completion, through technical and specialist guidance and advice to support proactive planning and implementation of our standards. Takes appropriate action where our standards are not being met.
• Utilises environmental performance KPIs to review performance and drives continual improvement.
• Contributes to continual improvement to unlock gains in environmental performance and mitigate risk to GT that could occur through environmental related issues.
• Proactively collaborate with our teams on all HS&E matters which may affect our projects. Attend meetings as required.
• Escalate and report any environmental concerns to the Framework HS&E Manager and to the Operations Team.
  
  

Key Outputs:

• Supports operational staff in the review of high-risk method statements and risk assessments.
• Carries out environmental reviews and inspections at our workplaces on a regular basis, conducts site safety and environmental audits, and undertakes ISO 14001 audits to ensure compliance with our management systems. Records in our systems and advises management as appropriate.
• Assists in onboarding and management review of our supply chain partners applicable to project or business scope where necessary.
• Supports our learning and development programme by preparing and delivering training and awareness sessions, instructions, best practice guidance, codes of practice, environmental information, etc. to our operational and leadership teams, our clients and at industry events as required.
• Responsible for investigating incidents and non-conformities, production of reports and leading opportunities for improvement, as appropriate.
• Support or lead incident investigations to identify root causes and recommendations to prevent recurrence. Monitor and manage incident reports within the designated timescale and manage close out on the Galliford Try M2i system. Liaise with regulatory bodies in the management of incidents.
• Produce month end reports in a timely manner and present to the relevant Board.
  
  

About You:

• Aware of individual environmental responsibilities and adheres to company environmental policy and procedures.
• Able to demonstrate alignment and work in line with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.
• A responsible team member with an open, strategic, and analytic mind, who is committed to productivity, compliance, and continual improvement.
• Good communicator, written and verbal; ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Highly collaborative and outstanding relationship building capacity, with strong communication, negotiating, engaging, and influencing skills –fostering a one-team approach across a complex organisation.
• Thrives in complex, dynamic, working environments and relationships.
• Track record in applying restless curiosity to create positive outcomes in similar environments.
• Able to evidence a well-structured, systematic approach to identify and analyse problems, understand risks, and implement appropriate solutions.
• Ideally experienced in either infrastructure, water, or similar regulated markets.
• Proven in environmental management, systems, risks, and legal frameworks.
• Experienced in delivering environmental role in a project lifecycle environment (prepare, design and construction).
• Knowledge of data analytics and reporting systems.
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages
  
  

Essential

• Relevant HS&E experience in a similar industry.
• Holds a NEBOSH Construction or General Certificate or is working towards one.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel across projects / contracts in region
  
  

Desirable

• Member of IEMA
  
  

Summary

This role would be perfect for anyone with a relevant background in environmental management. We need someone with can do attitude who is confident in their own ability. The location of the role is flexible, but you will be required to travel UK wide between offices and sites. There will be an opportunity to progress within the company over the years, so we are looking for someone who is looking to learn and grow with us.

Summary:

This role would be perfect for anyone with a relevant background in HS&E management. We need someone with can do attitude who is confident in their own ability. The location of the role is flexible, but you will be required to travel UK wide between offices and sites. There will be an opportunity to progress within the company over the years, so we are looking for someone who is looking to learn and grow with us.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.7 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 you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

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

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

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
  
  

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 3500 people across three very successful Divisions: Building, Infrastructure and Specialist Services. As one of the UK’s top principal contractors you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

Our Infrastructure – Environment Business

Following various acquisitions, we are now the largest Tier 1 Contractor operating in the UK Water / Environment sector with a long-term portfolio trading £400 million a year. As part of our Source to Sea Strategy we have bought together all aspects of Engineering Design under one Business Unit which is expanding to provide in-house design support to our various Regional Business Units across the UK.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Infrastructure business please contact Adam Wright on adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.