Environmental Advisor

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? At M Group, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges – we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways Division – as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. Want to come and be a part of it?

Stakeholder and client management – You build trusted relationships providing clear, practical environmental advice. You’ll:

• Provide clear environmental and sustainability guidance to project, design, bid, commercial and operational teams, helping them meet legislative, client and business requirements
• Work with clients, regulators, suppliers and specialist partners to coordinate environmental requirements and maintain effective working relationships
• Represent the business in meetings, audits and stakeholder engagements, acting with integrity, confidence and commercial awareness
• Deliver environmental awareness training, toolbox talks and communications

Governance and assurance – You help projects apply governance and improve assurance. You’ll:

• Manage the implementation and ongoing improvement of the Environmental Management System at project level, helping teams meet ISO 14001, PAS 2080 and other relevant requirements
• Plan and carry out environmental audits, inspections and compliance checks, tracking performance and help with corrective actions
• Make sure waste Duty of Care requirements are met, including documentation reviews, site inspections and performance monitoring
• Specialist support – You provide specialist environmental input that supports compliant, well-planned delivery. You’ll:
• • Support pre‑construction activity where needed, including planning, EIA and DCO processes
  • Lead or coordinate environmental permits, consents and licences, making sure works meet regulatory and contractual requirements
  • Work with operational teams to coordinate environmental specialists on projects

  Delivery support, risk and commercial– You help projects manage environmental risk and deliver compliant work. You’ll:

  • Develop, review and maintain project environmental and sustainability documentation, management plans and actions
  • Identify, assess and manage environmental and sustainability risks and opportunities from tender through to construction stages
  • Support environmental incident investigations, root cause analysis, implement corrective and preventative actions
  • Support bid and tender activity where needed, contributing environmental inputs and considerations

  Performance, reporting and improvement – You use data and insight to support environmental performance and improvements. You’ll:

  • Capture, analyse and report environmental and sustainability performance data supporting divisional KPIs and timely internal and client reporting
  • Support delivery of environmental strategy targets and local plans by promoting resource efficiency, carbon reduction and project‑level innovation
  • Share lessons learned and support the development and use of best practice, improvement plans and digital tools
  • Support wider sustainability activities where needed to deliver shared outcomes
    

Essential: Core skills, experience, qualifications and professional memberships you’ll need from day one:

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Sustainability or related discipline
• Internal Auditor qualification (ISO 14001) (or to achieve within 12 months)
• ISEP Graduate, Associate or Practitioner Membership (or working towards)

  Technical knowledge and application

• Pragmatic, solutions‑focused approach to environmental risk management, with the ability to provide clear advice and support delivery team
  Communication and influence
• Strong communicator with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including clients, site teams and subcontractors
• Practical requirements
• Full UK driving licence (if site‑based role)
• Willingness to travel across the UK, including regular overnight stays
• Flexibility of working hours to meet business needs

Desirable: Other skills, experience, qualifications and professional memberships that will help you grow with us:

• Lead Auditor qualification (ISO 14001)
• PAS 2080 Carbon Management knowledge or certification
• Experience within infrastructure, highways, utilities or energy sectors

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers; Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us! Holiday purchase scheme Personal Accident Cover Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.