Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor

Shirley Parsons is hiring a Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor in Beauly, UK, to lead environmental compliance for major power transmission projects. The role involves ensuring legal standards are met, providing site support, promoting sustainability, and advising project teams. Candidates should have expertise in environmental law and strong communication skills. This is a full-time position requiring travel across Scotland to various worksites.
We’re excited to continue our partnership with a leading Tier 1 contractor specialising in the development, construction, maintenance, and operation of complex national infrastructure, and we’re looking for a passionate Senior Environmental Sustainability Advisor to join their growing team.




This is an opportunity to influence environmental performance across three major power transmission projects, with a key focus on an ambitious overhead cable upgrade scheme.




You’ll act as a trusted environmental specialist across multi‑disciplinary project teams, championing best practice, ensuring compliance, and driving innovation. From shaping sustainability strategy to supporting site teams on the ground, you’ll play a pivotal part in delivering environmentally responsible outcomes on high‑profile power transmission and distribution works.




What You’ll Be Doing:




Leading environmental compliance across a portfolio of major projects, ensuring legal, regulatory, and company standards are consistently met. Overseeing environmental documentation , permitting and licensing activities for complex infrastructure works. Providing hands‑on site support through regular inspections, stakeholder engagement and visible presence across projects. Promoting sustainability opportunities , identifying risks and innovative solutions that enhance environmental performance. Advising project teams and supply chain partners , ensuring environmental KPIs and expectations are clearly communicated and delivered. Supporting work‑winning activities , offering environmental input into planning, permitting and bid processes.


Who They’re Looking For:




A construction‑savvy environmental specialist , with well-developed knowledge of environmental law, mitigation, licensing and statutory requirements. A confident communicator , able to influence stakeholders, regulators, and multidisciplinary project teams. A detail‑driven organiser , capable of managing data, records, and reporting across multiple sites. A supportive leader , experienced in guiding junior or graduate environmental staff. A flexible professional , comfortable travelling across Scotland to visit worksites and project offices.