We have an exciting new vacancy for an Environmental Adviser or Senior Environmental Adviser to join us. If you are looking for a role that has a focus on our local environment and you love engaging with equally passionate people, then we want to hear from you.

We welcome applications from those looking to work part-time or full-time in this role. Our in-house Environment and Planning Services team provides a wide range of services to facilitate project delivery for engineering, construction and operational projects.

Our focus is to ensure legal compliance and environmental best practice are followed, and planning and environmental legislation and the company's environmental policy are met in the development and maintenance of assets.

This role offers a hybrid of office and home working with some site visits (the option to work part of your week from home becomes available after completion of an initial training period). You will need to be located within a commutable distance from our Claverton Down, Bath office as being able to work collaboratively with our business stakeholders and project teams is key to this role.
What you'll do

As an Environment Adviser, you will support a diverse range of projects and enjoy working on and influencing projects from early design through to completion.

Supporting our agreed rolling five-year programmes of work, all within our region, and working closely with our in-house project teams, you will spend the majority of your time working on projects and will regularly visit sites to better inform the environmental risks on our projects.

Long-distance travel and supporting fee proposals are not a feature of this role.

Your responsibilities will include:

• managing/supporting a portfolio of individual projects from design through to construction, working closely with Engineers and Project Managers to minimise the environmental impacts of projects
• securing environmental consents to the project programme, carrying out external consultation and completing consent applications (including environmental permits and planning applications and coordinating supporting reports where required)
• reviewing permitted development/planning permission requirements and environmental constraints for water supply and wastewater, sewerage and treatment projects
• advising Engineers and Project Managers on environmental risks, consents, issues, timescales, and costs
• advising on environmental issues with support from technical specialists (for example, archaeology, noise, odour, contaminated land, flood risk, landscape assessment, and pollution prevention)
• consulting with external authorities and bodies to agree on the surveys, assessments, and method statements required to support individual consent applications
• coordinating specialist environmental surveys and assessment work within project deadlines to support consent application, including managing specialist sub-contractors where necessary (eg, archaeologists and arboriculturalists)
• working closely with Construction teams to advise on constraints and mitigation, and providing environmental support to ensure consents are understood and environmental risks are minimised
• preparing construction environmental management plans and providing ongoing construction site support.

• experience preparing environmental permits and consent applications, including the preparation of supporting environmental information
• experience carrying out environmental assessments
• knowledge of good environmental practices during construction
• experience working in an environmental advisory role
• excellent communication/negotiation skills with colleagues, technical specialists, external organisations and the public
• a high level of organisational skills and the ability to manage own projects, workload and deadlines
• a relevant degree in an environmental or similar related subject and membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant professional institution
• good IT skills
• a full UK driving licence (and access to a car for work purposes).

• an understanding of UK EIA/Planning legislation
• experience in pre-planning consultation and preparing planning applications, including the preparation of supporting environmental information
• an understanding of sewage and water treatment processes
• an understanding of construction practices
• GIS skills
• an awareness of ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems
• good presentation/public speaking skills.

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary, subject to conditions.
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.

• Wessex Water - one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments - a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK - a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Arena - the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.