What you'll be doing

To support the Balfour Beatty Environmental Manger to:

• Provide pragmatic support to contract and operational teams on site with delivering ecological requirements to programme, budget, and quality standard. This includes on-site surveys, inspections and watching briefs.


• Problem-solve, finding practical cost-effective solutions to environmental sustainability challenges facing construction teams.


• Liaise with design teams, clients, and stakeholders.


• Actively help deliver a culture of continual improvement of on-site environmental
  sustainability practice that is solution-orientated to support construction teams.

Reporting to the Balfour Beatty Environmental Advisor on the following key activities:

• Provide pragmatic advice and site support to operational teams on environmental
  sustainability l requirements.


• Develop and support implementation of environmental sustainability management plans.


• Build relationships with regulators, clients and design teams, and internal teams.


• Support site compliance with environmental sustainability legislation and coach construction teams in applying controls and mitigations in pragmatic, cost-effective ways.


• Investigate and report environmental sustainability incidents

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Knowledge of ecological management and mitigation


• Educated to degree or Masters level in environmental sustainability or related subject


• Good understanding of ecological legalisation for development


• Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel


• An understanding of environmental management for construction sites


• An understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment


• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook


• Good interpersonal skills


• Excellent communication skills

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• IEMA/IES/CIWEM Membership


• Experience of working on large scale infrastructure construction projects

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’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com