Environmental Senior Compliance Advisor
Environmental Compliance Advisor
Location: National
At Laing O'Rourke, we are committed to delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions while maintaining the highest environmental standards across our operations. We are seeking an Environmental Compliance Advisor to support the Environmental Sustainability Leader in ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, standards, and company requirements.
This is an exciting opportunity for an organised and detail-focused environmental professional who is passionate about sustainability, compliance, and continuous improvement. The role will support the implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of environmental systems, reporting tools, and compliance processes across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Management Systems & Administration
• Maintain the Environmental and Energy Management Systems (ISO 14001 and ISO 50001) and support integration with wider business systems.
• Administer Intelex and maintain environmental records, reporting tools, and compliance documentation, including iGMS.
Audits & Monitoring
• Support internal and external audits, inspections, and close-out actions.
• Monitor environmental compliance, incidents, investigations, and lessons learned.
Performance & Reporting
• Collect, validate, and analyse environmental data and produce stakeholder reports.
• Track KPIs, objectives, and sustainability rating scheme performance (e.g. BREEAM, CEEQUAL, WELL).
Training & Awareness
• Support environmental training and awareness activities across the business.
• Maintain training records and monitor competency requirements.
Compliance & Legal Register
• Maintain the environmental legal register and monitor regulatory updates.
• Support communication of compliance requirements across the supply chain.
Business & Client Support
• Provide environmental compliance support for bids, tenders, PQQs, and client requests.
• Coordinate reporting and act as a contact point for the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
What we are looking for
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong administrative and organisational capabilities.
• Experience supporting or maintaining environmental management systems, ideally ISO 14001 and/or ISO 50001.
• Knowledge of environmental compliance processes, auditing, and reporting.
• Competence in environmental data management, validation, and reporting.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across multiple projects and business functions.
• A good understanding of sustainability ambitions, targets, and how they align across a large organisation.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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