About the role
This role is to support the delivery of environmental sustainability on Balfour Beatty
rail projects, ensuring compliance, stakeholder engagement, and performance
reporting in line with the Building New Futures strategy. This role combines hands-
on operational delivery with early-stage team guidance and influence
What you'll be doing
- Manage environmental risks and opportunities by developing and
maintaining project-specific environmental and sustainability plans and risk
assessments.
- Contribute to the strategic implementation of project sustainability plan,
driving actions, monitoring progress and reporting to senior Environmental
Sustainability Team and project Leadership Team.
- Support Senior Environmental Advisors / Consultants and liaise with other
group Sustainability teams to deliver best sustainability outcomes for the
projects.
- Ensure compliance with legal, contractual, and ISO14001 requirements,
including directing and supporting project teams in the preparation of
consents, licences, and permits.
- Provide technical advice on environmental compliance, pollution control,
waste, and ecology, ensuring alignment with the Business Management
System (BMS).
- Upskill project teams and contractors through toolbox talks, work package
plans, and on-site learning.
- Conduct inspections, audits, and reviews; facilitate external audits; and
report findings to project teams.
Who we're looking for
- Practical application of ISO 14001, including risk and opportunity
assessment and environmental controls.
- Working knowledge of environmental legislation
- Knowledge of pollution, waste, ecology, and compliance frameworks
- Knowledge of key environmental sustainability data types used for
measuring performance.
- Conducting inspections and audits
- Advising on compliance and mitigation
- Supporting project-specific sustainability plans.
- Degree in environmental / sustainability-related field preferred
- Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) preferred
- Full UK Drivers licence
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 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]
Job Reference: BBUK20208
