Environmental & Sustainability Advisor

About Us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Environmental & Sustainability Advisor to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

National Grid is hiring a Environmental & Sustainability Advisor - In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to regular travel throughout the North Region depending on the project.

Job Purpose

Join a dynamic team as an Environmental & Sustainability Advisor and make a real impact influencing strategy, shaping behaviours and supporting delivery teams to embed sustainable practices across the business and Infrastructure Delivery. You’ll be a visible, trusted advocate for environmental management, driving positive change and helping the organisation meet its environmental goals.

What You'll Do

• Provide a single point of contact for advice and expertise on E&S documentation & process’.
• Conduct regular site visits & conduct Environmental walks, work with the site teams to identify & resolve issues.
• Working in the project development phase to ensure contract submissions meet the requirements & embed NG E&S goals at the start
• Working with NGET SHEC team to drive NG objectives and initiatives into ID projects
• Support site teams to ensure our contractors are delivering to our procedures and meeting their reporting responsibilities.
• Develop best practice for environmental protection.
• Develop appropriate communications to ensure the business is informed of changes to environmental legislation or procedures.
• Support the development and sharing of good practice across all business units and Customer Connections supply chain
• Support the development of strategies that reduce our environmental impact.
• Promoting a positive safety culture through visible proactive, consistent and influential behaviours
• Co-operate with others to ensure a co-ordinated approach to promote a clear understanding of each party’s duties, roles and responsibilities for Safety and Wellbeing
• Report all incident, near misses, good catches. Advising on action as necessary to control hazard as appropriate.
• Prepare monthly performance reports on environmental & sustainability performance and supply management information as appropriate for presentation at management meetings
• Provide specific support to Customer Connections

About You

• Good knowledge of environmental legislation, environmental management systems, National Grid policy, procedure and best practice in relation to environment management as well a working knowledge of the Infrastructure Delivery businesses and organisation is required.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability and confidence to communicate and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Passion for environmental sustainability, with high levels of enthusiasm and drive to achieve results
• Team working, committed to performance improvement
• Experience of working with regulatory agencies and external stakeholders preferable
• Committed to stakeholder satisfaction and performance improvement
• Resilient, with the confidence and courage to challenge behaviours and issues
• Broad appreciation of National Grid’s business and how sustainability can help to achieve its objectives
• Good organisational, planning and time management skills
• Conveys complex information simply and in plain language
• Takes accountability for ensuring team objectives are met.
• Willingness to learn how sustainable principles apply to our business.

• Suitable technical/professional qualification such as Degree, ONC, Diploma or equivalent
• Member of IEMA or other professional body desirable

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £54,000 – £64,000 dependent on capability

Here are some of the benefits that you’re entitled to:

26 days holiday, plus eight statutory days, an option to buy extra holiday days, and the option to holiday swap up to 3 bank holiday days 

An annual performance incentive

A generous pension scheme, double matched up to 6% of your salary each month. For every £1 you contribute we’ll put in another £2, so if you put in 6%, we’ll add 12% giving a total of 18% to your pension pot

Life insurance at 10 times basic salary

Employer funding towards a portion of your Private Medical Insurance.

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.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 3rd April. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/ 

DE & I statement 

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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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