Construction Environmental Advisor - North Yorkshire
About the role
Build infrastructure that respects the environment as much as it powers it.
As a Construction Environmental Advisor on Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), you’ll play a vital role in delivering a landmark infrastructure project that will transform how electricity moves across the country.
EGL2 is a 505km HVDC subsea “electricity superhighway” connecting Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire – the largest transmission project of its kind in the UK.
You’ll be the trusted environmental expert within the project team – ensuring delivery is responsible, compliant, and forward-thinking at every stage.
- Champion best practice across major construction programmes
- Influence key decisions to minimise environmental impact
- Provide expert advice to project teams and contractors
- Drive a strong environmental culture across high-profile works
Working at the heart of a complex, high-value project, you’ll help ensure infrastructure is delivered sustainably, safely, and with long-term impact in mind.
This role offers hybrid working, with 2–3 days per week on-site across North Yorkshire (Drax / wider Leeds area).
What you'll do
- Partner with project teams and stakeholders to shape and deliver effective environmental management strategies
- Translate environmental requirements into clear, actionable guidance for teams and contractors
- Lead on training, tools and resources, ensuring teams understand key environmental risks and how to manage them
- Monitor contractor performance and compliance, providing assurance that environmental standards are met
- Act as the go-to expert for environmental advice, supporting innovation and best practice across the project
- Track and report environmental performance, ensuring all reporting requirements are met efficiently
- Support investigations into environmental incidents, embedding lessons learned across the supply chain
- Champion a strong SHESQ culture, acting as a visible advocate across the project
About you
- Experience in environmental management within major infrastructure or construction projects
- Strong knowledge of environmental best practice in project delivery
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive behavioural change
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Passion for sustainable, responsible infrastructure delivery
- Degree (or equivalent) in an environmental or related discipline
- Professional membership (e.g. ISEP/IEMA) desirable
- Full UK driving licence
What you'll get
A competitive salary between £54,000 - £65,000 – dependent on capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a job requirement company car, a bonus based on personal performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
About us
National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.
Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.
Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.
Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.
More information
This role closes on 5 July 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held week commencing 20 July.
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We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates – we make appointments purely on merit, assessed against objective selection criteria. We support flexible working and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process should you have any physical or mental impairment which may affect your ability to participate in the process.
Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.