Environmental Advisor

Overview

Ensure site environmental compliance, drive sustainability, audit projects, and manage risks.

Key Responsibilities

• training delivery
• site support
• environmental audits
• carbon reduction
• compliance management
• stakeholder liaison

Tasks

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver independently across a variety of projects and support the Head of Sustainability in all environmental and sustainability aspects. -Plan and provide training to site teams and other interested parties. -Support the site teams and the business -Actively promote the VolkerStevin safety behavioural programme and the VolkerStevin Way -Promote environmental awareness on their projects, through training, briefings, poster campaigns and other communication methods. -Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and client representatives to ensure collaborative working relationships -Plan and attend internal and external meetings as required by the role. -Minimise risks of potential breaches -Ensure their allocated sites are compliant with environmental legislation and company and client requirements -Undertake incident investigations and draft actions plans and reports for senior management -Be involved in business improvement initiatives particularly with regard to sustainability issues -Audit and inspect VS projects on a regular basis. -Encourage a reduction in carbon emissions on the projects and across the company. -Support and work with other Environmental team members

Requirements

• wastewater
• regulator liaison
• environmental law
• pisef
• driving licence
• sustainability

What You Bring

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all. -Previous experience of the waste water industry would be advantageous. -Work effectively and professionally with Regulators and third parties -You will have a good working knowledge of environmental legislation and its application within an engineering and construction environment. -Ideally, the candidate will have a professional environmental qualification, such as PISEF or similar. -There will be a requirement to travel and spend nights away. The candidate must hold a full driving licence. However, they can organise their own calendar, in liaison with their sites, and we are flexible about WFH, though being regularly visible on sites and in the office is important. -Be interested in the sustainability agenda and willing to become involved with and champion new initiatives.

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Benefits

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees. -24/7 Virtual GP service -Private medical care -Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday -Competitive salary -Mental health, physical health, and financial support -Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training -Option to buy additional annual leave -Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts -Employee Assistance programme -Life Assurance -Cycle to Work scheme -Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits

About Volkerwessels Uk

-Operates through five units—VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerRail, VolkerStevin, VolkerHighways and VolkerLaser—each with deep specialist roots. -Frontline in complex infrastructure: building airports, rail networks, highways, marine works and major civil projects. -Typical projects range from rail signalling upgrades and highway bridges to port development and flood protection schemes. -Known for weaving niche skills—like slipform paving, steel foundations, waterproofing and land reclamation—into integrated delivery. -Headquartered in Hoddesdon, its teams juggle ~250 active sites countrywide, forging engineering solutions at scale. -A standout: VolkerLaser delivers specialist structural repair and waterproofing, a rare niche in UK infrastructure.

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Security Clearance

-mandatory drugs & alcohol screening required.