Senior Environmental Advisor

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Job Description

Job Title: Senior Environmental Advisor
Location: Southampton (and surroundign areas across Southern Water sites) About Us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that provide positive, lasting change for the communities we work in. As a FTSE 250 organisation, we turnover £1.5 billion and employ over 3,500 people across four Divisions: Building, Infrastructure, Environment, and Specialist Services.
Our Environment Division:
Our Environment business is the largest Tier 1 Contractor in the UK water sector, delivering over £400 million annually. We work with leading clients including Thames Water, Anglian Water, and Scottish Water. As part of our 'source to sea' strategy, we're expanding our capability and embracing digital transformation to shape the future of sustainable water infrastructure delivery.
Purpose of the Role:
As a Senior HS&E Advisor, you will lead a team of HS&E Advisors and support the Framework HS&E Manager to deliver best-in-class health, safety, and environmental performance across our projects. You'll play a key role in shaping culture, enhancing compliance, and driving continuous improvement.
Key Accountabilities:

• Foster and support an inclusive, open, transparent, and collaborative environment that supports our HS&E culture, maturity, and behaviours to deliver HS&E excellence.
• Support the implementation of our HS&E strategy to drive continual improvement through the business addressing short-, medium-, and long-term growth and learning. This will be achieved through collaboration with others in our teams and other key stakeholders.
• Promote a positive HS&S culture which is consistent with Galliford Try's Challenging Beliefs and Affecting Behaviours programme and business leadership ambitions.
• Represent and promote the HS&E function in internal and external meetings, workshops, management reviews and forums - communicating best practice standards and initiatives.
• Implement our environmental management system, taking account of client requirements, to align with our overall strategy and driving performance through our processes and standards.

About You:
Relevant HS&E experience in infrastructure, construction, or regulated industries

Supervisory experience within a HS&E team

NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (essential)

Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel

Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills

IOSH or IIRSM membership desirable (CMIOSH or working towards)
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an order book exceeding £3.9 billion, you'll join one of the UK's leading principal contractors with access to high-profile projects, flexible working, and clear career progression opportunities.

Our benefits include:

Competitive salary with matched pension contributions

Generous holiday entitlement plus holiday purchase scheme

Private medical options and employee assistance programme

Paid professional membership

Cycle to Work scheme and Share Save options

Agile/hybrid working where applicable
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly, and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability or long-term health condition who meets the essential criteria for the role. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed below if this applies to you or if you require any adjustments for the application or interview process.

Don't meet every requirement? Studies show that some candidates hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right person for this or another role within our business.

For more information, please contact: adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk