Environmental Advisor

The Company

Our client is a housebuilding company and they currently have over 200 sites in England. With fantastic experience and reputation, they really care about their customers and their staff.

The Role:

On behalf of our client we are seeking an Environmental Advisor. This role will be based in either Bristol or Reading Office. In this role you will be responsible for monitoring environmental performance in conjunction with the SHE Advisors & SHE Managers across designated offices and sites to ensure that projects and activities comply with environmental regulations and targets by addressing issues such as air quality, land and water contamination, waste management and environmental impact.

Responsibilities will include:

• Deliver Environmental training
• Keep up to date with the latest environmental guidance and regulations
• Assist in the production of company procedures, policies and practices
• Support the technical teams during planning stage to identify and control environmental risks for new projects
• Liaise with Local Authorities, Environment Agency, other Statutory Bodies and residents when necessary
• Assist the project teams to ensure compliance with all requirements stipulated in the Environmental Management Plan and with implementation of best environmental practices
• Carry out regular environmental site visits using the across live sites to ensure compliance with environmental legislation and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Where required, assist with carrying out internal audits and lead on external audits
• Provide specialist environmental support to colleagues including operational teams and sub-contractors, and any other employee through advice, guidance and support so far as reasonably practicable
• Attend pre-arranged SHE related meetings as directed by the Line Manager or BU SHE Manager
• Support the Sustainability team
• Ensure all environmental incidents are reported as per company procedure and promote near miss reporting
• Attend or take the lead on all environmental incident investigations deemed to be potentially serious in line with company procedures
• Ensure that key SHE communications sent out by the company such as SHE alerts & bulletins etc. have been received and communicated to all relevant persons

The Person:

For this role our client is looking for someone who has:

• Environmental focussed Degree or equivalent.
• Experience in the construction industry
• Experience in a similar role within Construction / Residential housebuilding
• Member of a Professional Body, progressing to Chartered status.
• Minimum of associate member of IEMA

The Location:

Covering Bristol and surrounding South West locations.

The Salary:

£40,000 with £6,500 car allowance + 10% bonus

The Hours:

37.5hr week Monday - Friday

The Benefits:

• Agile working arrangements
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 days per annum
• Free private healthcare from your start date
• Company contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance - 3 x your annual salary
• Sharesave scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - up to £3000
• Support with a professional membership
• Denplan, GymFlex