To lead the implementation of the Building New Futures strategy across a portfolio of projects or a major programme, ensuring compliance, performance, and innovation. This role provides strategic guidance, manages teams, and embeds sustainability into operational delivery and decision-making. What you'll be doing

Demonstrate visible sustainability leadership across the portfolio, engaging regularly with project teams to promote accountability, collaboration, innovation and a sustainable mindset.
Lead the implementation of the Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Bridging the Gap actions across a portfolio of projects, a major project, or region, ensuring alignment with business priorities and Building New Futures commitments.
Act as a trusted advisor to Project Directors and senior stakeholders, providing strategic guidance on compliance and sustainability, and influencing decision-making to embed a culture of environmental leadership.
Provide strategic sustainability expertise across the project lifecycle, including early-stage planning, permitting, and risk mitigation. Support the development and review of environmental documentation such as plans, permits, and assessments, and advise on embedding sustainability into work winning and operational delivery.
Oversee environmental compliance across the remit, including audits, inspections, and engagement with clients and regulators, ensuring adherence to ISO14001 and the Business Management System (BMS).
Represent the Environmental Sustainability function in work winning activities, responding to bespoke sustainability questions and promoting innovation.
Translate sustainability data into operational improvements and ensure accurate reporting of performance, incidents, and KPIs via the Sustainability Portal and other client or business systems.
Communicate global mega-trends driving the need to transform the world to sustainability.
Communicate the concept of sustainable development.
Regional strategy implementation.
Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and embed sustainability into project delivery.
Environmental documentation and permitting
Business Management System (BMS) and ISO 14001
Overseeing compliance across multiple projects
Translating data into operational improvements
Representing sustainability in bids and client engagements
Leading environmental input into project mobilisation and close-out.

Degree in environmental / sustainability-related field preferred
Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) preferred, may be working towards Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).

Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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