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Senior Environmental Advisor

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Job Description

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP8 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

The Senior Environment Advisor is required to support the Contract Environmental functions, provide, and support Environmental solutions and enable the Contract / Operational Teams to implement the SHE Management System. To build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders, whilst providing an independent and objective view of SHE Performance on the Contract.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Support and Influence Contract Leadership Team, Clients, and other Stakeholders in compliance with the Group SHE Management System and Contract Environmental Performance
  • Support and where required deliver training, to allow the contract team to successfully implement the Group SHE Management System
  • Coach and support the Contract Operational and Supply Chain Contractors in the delivery of the Contract Environmental requirements
  • Where required be actively involved in the ongoing assessment of the Contracts Supply Chain Contractors
  • Actively support the delivery of the annual Contract and Group SHE Objectives
  • Actively engage with the Contract Environmental Assurance programme to ensure compliance with company and statutory requirements
  • Actively support the investigation of all unplanned events and close out of assurance findings, ensuring lessons are shared in accordance with the SHE Management System
  • Support the timely reporting, analysis, and use of Environmental data to support and influence the Contract Leadership Team and where required support the development and implementation of data-based improvement plans

Experience

Essential:

  • 3 years Environmental related experience

Desirable:

  • Over 5 years relevant Environmental experience in relevant industry

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Qualifications

Essential:

  • Environmental Degree or equivalent
  • PIEMA or equivalent (working towards MIEMA/ CEnv)

Desirable:

  • Over 5 years relevant Environmental experience in relevant industry
  • MIEMA CEnv or equivalent

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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About the Team

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

Senior Environmental Advisor

Costain
Camberley, UK
Full-Time

Published on 04/09/2025

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