Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager

Overview

Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager role within the Power T&D team on projects in Scotland, based out of our Maxim Office in Glasgow. Reporting to the Regional Head of Environmental Sustainability and working closely with Project Directors, this role provides strategic input at the project level and operational leadership to ensure delivery of environmental objectives. It combines technical expertise with people leadership to drive performance, compliance, and innovation across projects. The role includes shaping project-specific sustainability strategies, advising senior stakeholders, mitigating environmental risks, and building a high-performing team focused on environmental leadership and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the environmental sustainability strategy across a defined portfolio of projects, ensuring alignment with the regional ES agenda and business priorities.
• Provide strategic input at the project level, shaping sustainability approaches that support long-term outcomes and mitigate environmental risk.
• Oversee the delivery of environmental performance, compliance, and innovation across multiple complex or high-value projects.
• Line manage and develop ES Managers and Advisors, ensuring capability, performance, and succession planning within the team.
• Act as a key advisor to Project Directors and senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making and promoting a culture of environmental leadership.
• Ensure environmental compliance across the portfolio, including regular site inspections, audits, and engagement with clients and regulators.
• Support the development and review of environmental documentation, including project-specific plans, permits, and risk assessments.
• Contribute to the development of regional ES strategy and documentation, providing feedback from project-level delivery.
• Represent the ES function in project-level work-winning activities, including planning and permitting requirements.
• Drive the identification and sharing of best practice, lessons learned, and innovative solutions across the portfolio.
• Deliver and support environmental and sustainability training and awareness activities within the project teams.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of environmental performance, incidents, and KPIs, both internally and to clients.
• Support the Head of ES in regional initiatives, governance activities, and continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• Demonstrate visible sustainability leadership through regular engagement with project teams, promoting accountability and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Full driving license and flexibility to travel
• Registered Environmental Professional
• Strong knowledge of environmental management with experience in a construction environment
• Practical experience of environmental statutory requirements, including legislation, ecology mitigation, licensing and permits, and regulation
• Experience in managing others and building high-performing, inclusive teams; ability to balance short-term objectives with long-term strategic goals
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across teams to achieve outcomes
• Good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills
• Excellent planning and organisation skills; ability to manage data and prepare detailed reports
• Willingness to visit worksites and offices across Scotland and attend occasional ES meetings across the UK
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Why join us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects, developing, building and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working with flexible start/finish times and up to 40% remote working where roles allow
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family-friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams provide technical engineering solutions across the electricity grid, supporting projects from scoping to maintenance with in-house expertise and innovations.

Diversity and inclusion

We value diversity and inclusion through our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan. We are committed to an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. For more information visit: balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion. We are Disability Confident and support applications from armed forces personnel, veterans and reservists. For accessibility and inclusion inquiries, contact candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.