Environment and Sustainability Advisor

Environment and Sustainability Advisor
Salary: 45,000 to 50,000 + package
Location: Cardiff

Are you passionate about driving sustainable construction practices and making a tangible impact on environmental performance?

Do you thrive in a role where you can influence projects from design to post-construction, ensuring green standards are met and exceeded?

We're supporting a leading UK construction company to find an Environment and Sustainability Advisor, specialising in BREEAM delivery and environmental management across diverse projects. Based in Cardiff, this full-time position offers the chance to be at the forefront of sustainability in construction, working closely with project teams, clients, assessors, and statutory bodies.

The successful Environment and Sustainability Advisor will:

• Lead BREEAM delivery across multiple projects, from design through to post-construction, ensuring compliance and high-quality evidence submission.
• Support construction environmental management by overseeing CEMPs, site audits, and environmental legislation compliance.
• Contribute to ESG performance, assisting with data collection, monitoring, and reporting on sustainability KPIs.
• Provide advice and guidance to project teams on environmental standards, BREEAM requirements, and best practice.
• Maintain awareness of evolving standards and legislation to continuously improve project delivery and sustainability outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience delivering BREEAM projects within a construction or consultancy environment.
• A degree in Sustainability, Environmental Management, or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong organisational skills, technical interpretation ability, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of construction environmental controls and site-based delivery processes.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

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