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About the role
Our team shape projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions.
Join our Rail team as an Environmental Sustainability Specialist on the Core Valley Lines project and build new futures!
What you'll be doing
The accountabilities and responsibilities of the role holder include to:
Contribute to the implementation of our BB Rail sustainability plan driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting.
Manage project environmental and social risks and opportunities, supporting project teams to develop and maintain local environmental management and sustainability plans and risk assessments.
Actively lead environment and sustainability, engaging project teams to encourage and promote sustainable behaviours and innovations, deliver positive outcomes and maintain project documentation.
Provide support and advice on environmental management, compliance and project specific mitigation measures including pollution control and ecology protection.
Support applications for consent, licences or permits as required and ensure project environmental compliance responsibilities are maintained.
Upskill the project team and contractors on environment and sustainability responsibilities and controls via work package plans, toolbox talks and on-site learning and development.
Accurately record and report environment and sustainability data, best practices and lessons learnt.
Ensure upload of data monthly to the sustainability portal.
Support work winning activities as required.
Monitor and investigate environmental incidents, complaints and close call reporting. Ensure corrective actions are taken forward and support the business to implement controls to prevent repeat occurrence.
Undertake planned & unplanned inspections, audit and reviews of site activities, including facilitating external audits by clients and certification bodies. Produce formal reports on findings and communicate these to the project team.
Be involved at the planning stage to support design teams to identify and control risk and • identify opportunities to reduce carbon, waste and biodiversity net loss.
Liaise with client, regulatory bodies and subcontractors on matters of environmental management and sustainability.
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
Strong knowledge of environment management
Practical experience and sound knowledge of environmental statutory requirements, including environmental legislation, ecology mitigation, environmental licencing and consent applications and regulation.
Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome.
Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.
Interpreting and managing data via databases, consistent record keeping and writing detailed reports.
Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.
Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook
Professional Membership level of a relevant professional body (IEMA/CIEEM/CIWEM)
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
Good knowledge and practical experience of developing, implementing and improving EMS’s certified to ISO 14001 accreditation.
Internal environmental auditor qualification.
Knowledge of the Construction Industry – specifically understanding of the rail/construction/engineering operating environment.
Understanding of the Section 61 application/consent process.
Understanding of socio-economics (social-value / social-performance).
Experience of taking on new challenges in a systematic and enthusiastic manner.
Demonstrable experience in the implementation of the waste hierarchy, Circular Economy principles and beneficial re-use.
Managing legislative issues for clients, including planning permissions and consents
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?
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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
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
We are 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:
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