Senior Environment Advisor

Senior Environmental Advisor
Location: National remit - travel to various projects typically across the South of England and ad-hoc travel to our Dartford head office 

Laing O'Rourke are seeking a motivated Senior Environmental Advisor to support the delivery of complex, high-profile projects. This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in environmental management and sustainability who is passionate about driving best practice within the construction industry.

You will play a key role in ensuring projects meet strict environmental and sustainability standards while supporting our ambitions around net zero and nature-positive delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the organisation's sustainability strategy, including net zero and nature-positive outcomes

• Ensure compliance with the Energy and Environmental Management System and relevant environmental legislation

• Embed client and internal environmental requirements into project delivery

• Identify environmental risks and opportunities and implement appropriate mitigation measures

• Coordinate environmental consents and liaise with consent-granting authorities

• Manage engagement with specialist environmental contractors

• Develop and maintain Environmental and Sustainability Management Plans (CEMP, EMP, LEMP, SWMP, SMP)

• Deliver environmental training and engage project teams on sustainability initiatives such as carbon reduction, waste minimisation and biodiversity protection

• Monitor environmental performance through inspections and reporting

• Support audits, management reviews, and the investigation of environmental incidents and corrective actions

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Environmental Management, Sustainability, or related discipline

• IEMA Practitioner (or equivalent professional membership)

• Experience delivering environmental compliance and sustainability in project environments

• Knowledge of ISO14001 and ISO50001 standards

• BREEAM Accredited Professional (AP) training and experience coordinating compliance

• Strong organisational, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills

• Ability to deliver training and workshops and support project teams effectively

• Demonstrates leadership potential and an interest in progressing into a leadership role

Are you passionate about improving environmental performance on major projects? Do you want to help drive meaningful sustainability outcomes? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

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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