About The Role
Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our
Enabling Functions team as a Environmental Advisor - UK Wide, you’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.
What you'll be doing
- Support the ongoing review of environmental BMS documents.
- Assist with the legal review process to ensure new legislation is identified, its impact to the business established and where applicable new/updated BMS documentation is put in place.
- Support working groups on environmental sustainability subject areas in order to enhance the Business Management System in line with business requirements.
- Analyse a variety of data sources to provide environmental trends forming the basis of the annual environmental management review including environmental incidents, enforcement actions, good practice / close-calls, training, audit findings and inspections.
- Support the collation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Packaging data and interface with Balfour Beatty’s packaging compliance scheme operator. Including reviewing imports / exports for all businesses within scope of the EPR regulations and determining their recycled packaging waste.
- Lead on the production of the UK monthly environmental incident report.
- Represent Balfour Beatty at industry groups as required e.g. CECA, CIWM CD&E TAG
- Assist in the update of ESA (Environmental Site Awareness) training content
- Provide ad-hoc advice and support to operational team on a range of environmental sustainability matters.
Who we're looking for
- Practitioner member of IEMA (PIEMA) or equivalent (recommended but not mandatory)
- Knowledge of ISO14001
- Practical experience and knowledge of environmental legislation
- Good interpersonal skills
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.
Why join us?
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.
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:
[email protected] 
