Senior Environment & Consents Advisor

We're excited to be partnered with a leading organisation delivering one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping environmental excellence on a nationally important programme, where your expertise will directly influence project success, sustainability, and best practice. What You'll Be Doing: Driving Environmental Excellence – Lead the delivery of environmental compliance across construction activities, ensuring high standards are maintained while promoting sustainable best practice. Influencing Project Delivery – Partner with project managers, site teams and subcontractors to provide practical environmental advice that supports safe, efficient and compliant project delivery. Leading Compliance & Audits – Carry out environmental inspections, audits and performance reporting, identifying opportunities for improvement and ensuring all consent requirements are met. Building Key Relationships – Work closely with regulators, clients and key stakeholders, building collaborative relationships to achieve positive environmental outcomes across the project. Supporting & Developing Others – Mentor environmental advisors and technicians, share knowledge across teams and help foster a culture of environmental awareness and continuous improvement. Who They're Looking For: Experienced Environmental Professional – Degree qualified in an environmental or scientific discipline (or equivalent experience) with a background supporting major construction or infrastructure projects. Technical Expertise – Excellent understanding of Environmental Management Systems, environmental legislation, ISO 14001 principles and the practical application of environmental controls on site. Confident Communicator – A relationship builder who can confidently engage with site teams, senior stakeholders, regulators and subcontractors to influence positive environmental performance. Proactive Problem Solver – Someone who can identify environmental risks early, implement effective solutions and support teams in achieving compliance without impacting delivery. Committed to Excellence – Ideally IEMA Practitioner (or equivalent) with experience across disciplines such as ecology, water management, air quality, noise, waste, pollution prevention or environmental compliance. Vacancy Reference: PR/(phone number removed)