Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Environmental Advisor to work with the Energy Team on the National Grid, HWUP Project. 

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day on the life of a Murphy Senior Environmental Advisor 

• Advise and support Project Management and Supervisors in discharging their responsibilities towards the environment and respond to queries or correspondence on environmental issues.
• Identify any environmental consents/ permits or exemptions that are required and ensure they are obtained. Maintain records as necessary to ensure compliance with Legislation, Murphy Integrated Management Systems, Client standards and Contract Requirements
• Produce Contract Environmental & Social Management Plans, Site Waste Management Plans, Local  Environmental Procedures and other contract specific environmental plans and/ or site-specific environmental instruction.
• Support site management teams to ensure compliance with all requirements stipulated in the Environmental and Social Management Plan.
• Develop and implement Project / Contract sustainability campaigns and improvement plans in agreement with the Business Unit/ Project Manager/ SHES Manager
• Undertake regular environmental inspections to monitor compliance with environmental legislation and Murphy Integrated Management System and ensure environmental and social controls are in place and working. Log, monitor and investigate any environmental Incidents and Non-conformances. Ensure major environmental incidents are reported to senior management, and the SHES Manager in a timely manner according to Group procedures, and to statutory authorities if necessary.
• Collate Business Unit / Contract Environmental and Sustainability statistics in a timely manner and submit to  the SHES Manager/ Environmental Manager /Murphy SHES for reporting purposes
• Review environmental sustainability and incident statistics to identify trends and areas for improvement.  Develop and implement Project / Contract Environmental campaigns and improvement plans in agreement with the SHES Manager/ Environmental Manager
• Identify significant environmental & Social impacts/ opportunities for contracts and help set-up contracts to include appropriate controls.
• Provide Project Manager's with regular and accurate details on all sustainability matters affecting their contracts
• Identify employees that require environmental training, provide relevant training and maintain records of training provided.
• Support the SHES Manager/ Environmental Manager in the delivery of the Group Audit Programme.

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

• Experience in an Environmental Advisory role
• Qualified with an Environmental Degree
• Working knowledge of application of Scottish environmental law in the construction industry
• Construction/Infrastructure experience
• Working towards IEMA is desirable.