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Construction Sustainability Advisor

Business Unit:  Strategic Infrastructure
Requisition Number:  8829

About the role

Power the future. Protect the planet. Deliver lasting impact.

 

Join us at the heart of The Great Grid Upgrade – one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes. As a Construction Sustainability Advisor, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our projects are delivered sustainably, responsibly, and with a lasting positive legacy.

 

This is your opportunity to shape how major infrastructure is delivered – minimising carbon, enhancing biodiversity, and embedding sustainability into everything we do on site and beyond.

 

Working on Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), you’ll operate across the East Midlands – balancing site, office and hybrid working, with regular travel to Glasgow to stay connected to one of the UK’s most critical energy projects.

What you'll be doing

  • Partner with Sustainability Managers and project teams to develop and deliver project sustainability strategies
  • Champion sustainability across projects – bringing our ambition to life for teams, contractors, and stakeholders
  • Lead on best practice and frameworks, including PAS 2080
  • Support contractors to meet – and exceed – ambitious sustainability targets
  • Act as the go-to expert for sustainability advice across project delivery
  • Track, measure, and report on performance – influencing key project decisions
  • Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement
  • Promote a strong SHESQ culture and sustainable construction practices on-site

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience delivering sustainability or environmental outcomes on major infrastructure or construction projects
  • Strong understanding of sustainability frameworks and best practice
  • Experience working with contractors and multidisciplinary teams
  • Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence at all levels
  • Excellent communicator – able to make sustainability clear, practical, and actionable
  • Passionate about driving positive environmental change
  • Highly organised with strong delivery focus
  • Degree (or equivalent) in environmental, sustainability, or related field
  • ISEP membership (or similar) desirable
  • Full UK driving licence (site travel required)

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 25 June 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 mid July 2026.

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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.

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