Senior Environmental and Sustainability Advisor

About Barhale

Who are Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK with over 40 years of experience in providing design civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip regulated and private clients working as part of large frameworks joint ventures and alliances as well as on individual standalone projects developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore we robustly source train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products including PPE

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• As Gold Investors in People we are committed to a high standard of people practices creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy ethos and philosophies.
• Job security long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• A broad range of civil engineering mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UKs largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver of our success

Senior Environment and Sustainability Advisor

The Role

Were the @one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty Barhale Binnies MMB MWH Treatment Skanska and SWECO. Together we deliver over half of Anglian Waters capital investment programme.

As we ramp up in AMP8 our most ambitious period yet were delivering an even broader range of innovative environmentally driven infrastructure projects from urban drainage to nature-based solutions such as constructed wetlands.

Why Join us

Join us and play a key role in shaping a more sustainable future for our projects and communities. As part of the @one Alliance youll be at the forefront of ensuring our construction activities not only meet environmental legislation but set the benchmark for best practice. Youll work closely with site teams providing expert guidance and hands-on support while helping to develop and mentor our Environment and Sustainability Advisors.

This is your opportunity to drive real environmental performance champion innovative sustainability initiatives and influence strategic priorities alongside our Environment and Sustainability Managers.

If youre passionate about making a measurable impact and want to be part of a collaborative team committed to raising standards wed love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on and provide support to construction projects on environmental and sustainability issues including producing site-specific project documentation and communicating this to the relevant personnel.
• Ensure compliance with current environmental legislation and promote best practices relevant to @one Alliance.
• Undertake Site Set Up Environmental Audits and other audits as required.
• Undertake CEIRs on site on a frequency determined by the environmental risk of the scheme.
• Lead in the reporting of CAT2 CAT3 incidents and CAT4 / Near miss reports and assist with CAT1 investigations.
• Review project documentation including PEMPs produced by the Environment and Sustainability Advisors.
• Undertake Site Set Up Environmental Audits and other audits as required.
• Bring new ideas and sustainable technologies from the partner company into the @one Alliance.

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in environmental related subject.
• Demonstrable subject matter expertise in contaminated land statutory nuisance waste management soil testing ecology archaeology and incident investigation.
• Practitioner or Full Member of a relevant professional body.
• Experience in writing reports and dashboard production.
• Document production abilities using various software inc. excel Word GIS and PowerPoint.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental physiological and financial wellbeing.
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression.
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training.
• Continuous service awards

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