Environment and Sustainability Coordinator - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the role

Balfour Beatty Power Transmission and Distribution (BBPTD) has an exciting opportunity for a developing and enthusiastic
Environment and Sustainability Coordinator to join our
Power Transmission and Distribution team in Scotland.

With our main office at Eurocentral near Glasgow and many active and upcoming projects we have the perfect fit for a graduate entry or early career entry who would enjoy travelling throughout Scotland and working in the great outdoors.

We offer the opportunity for a mix of part-time working from home, project based site work and at our main office.

The BBPTD Environment and Sustainability Team has a wide background of team players, with a project hands-on approach, who support each other and their projects on environment and sustainability matters to look after the local environment and aid project delivery.

This role will see you working within the E&S Function learning from, being coached by, and working with E&S Team Scotland.

In turn, supporting operational teams, project engineers and managers on aspects of sustainability and environmental management and best-practice, developing environmental documentation, meeting legal and company standards.

You will work with the E&S Team to help ensure the environmental requirements of Clients and Regulators are complied with, support on site mitigation, and engage with local stakeholders and members of the public.

Helping us look after the sensitive environmental settings in which we work as well as progressing sustainability delivery for Balfour Beatty and for our clients.

The lookahead for projects in Scotland is very strong with modernisation, refurbishment and newbuild projects planned over the coming decades as part of the wider UK programme to bring more and reinforce capability in supporting renewable generation, transmission and distribution.

With a constantly evolving path to allow stronger environmental delivery, sustainability best-practice and biodiversity net gain.

Here at Balfour Beatty we are working hard to support the government's ambitions to deliver low-carbon energy across the UK and beyond.

We are on our way to leading every market we are in and we have the strategy and momentum to get there.

If you are looking for a career in Power, working within BBPTD on our projects will give you experience and exciting challenges that no other industry can offer.

Not to mention a variety of spectacular office views across Scotland.

What you'll be doing
In the role of Environment and Sustainability Coordinator, you can expect to

Support our operational teams on environmental matters and sustainability delivery, at all times with the backing of your E&S Team colleagues.
Help develop and maintain project environmental management documentation, sustainability delivery and biodiversity net gain.
Help maintain relationships with regulators, clients and subcontractors.
Support and maintain a working relationship with the project environmental setting to help us look after the local ecology ,water environment and habitat.
Report on good practices and investigate and report on environmental incidents to the project teams and the client with the support of your colleagues.
Ensure the environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation, planning conditions and Client requirements.

Who we're looking for

Awareness or knowledge of environment management, sustainable development, and related bestpractice.
Awareness or knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain.
Educated to degree level in Environmental Science or Environmental Management.
Valid Driving Licence.
Desire to travel with willingness to enjoy working in the great outdoors and flexibility to work away from home.
Interest in the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment.
Proficient in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook.

Desirable:

Understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment is preferred but we do have team members from outside this industry.
A previous role as ECoW (environmental or ecological) would offer a positive fit into the role.
GIS knowledge and working experience (ArcGIS, QGIS).
IEMA, IES Graduate Membership with continuing CPD or of similar professional bodies.

Why work for us

The Environment and Sustainability Team in Scotland is 'one family' and we work closely to support each other and our project teams to look after our environment and aid project delivery, including a positive working relationship with the wider BBPTD E&S community across England and Wales.

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.

With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribut