Sustainability Manager

Mace Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Environmental Manager to lead sustainability initiatives within a major rail development project. This role involves crafting and implementing environmental strategies, ensuring compliance with ISO 14001 standards, and promoting green building practices. The ideal candidate will collaborate with diverse teams to enhance environmental performance, engage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement. If you are dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment and have a strong background in sustainability, this opportunity offers a chance to contribute to transformative projects that benefit communities and the planet.

Qualifications

• Degree in environmental management or related field required.
• Experience with ISO 14001 and sustainability reporting frameworks is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of environmental and sustainability strategies for projects.
• Monitor compliance with environmental regulations and promote green practices.

Skills

Environmental Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainability Reporting

Risk Management

Green Building Practices

Education

Degree in Environmental Management

Degree in Geography

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading the development and implementation of environment and sustainability strategy for specific programs within the Ontario GO Expansion rail development portfolio. This includes agreeing project outcomes, monitoring of KPI’s and ensuring delivery by the project team.
• Providing technical guidance to project/programme teams, delivering service excellence through purposeful, measurable outcomes.
• Supporting the client in maintaining their ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, to promote environmental awareness, complying with environmental regulations and to drive continuous environmental improvement by objectives and monitoring performance.
• Embedding a risk-based approach in identifying significant environmental aspects and impacts to reduce impacts on the environment through pollution prevention, waste reduction, biodiversity preservation, and adoption of energy efficiency measures.
• Promoting the awareness and implementation of green building practices that embrace the idea of minimizing energy consumption, use of sustainable materials, renewable energy generation, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal to enhance environmental and sustainability performance.
• Developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with wider project delivery functions.
• Providing the client and internal senior management teams with periodic progress reports relating to specified environment and sustainability actions.
• Conducting the implementation, evaluation and adjustment measures of the environmental and sustainability strategy.
• Monitoring and reporting of contractor’s legal requirements and project agreement documentation compliance.
• Embed key performance indicators (KPIs) for environmental performance to measure progress and identify areas for improvement.
• Coaching and mentoring the client project delivery teams on risk-based approaches to identify and mitigate environmental risks, aligned with the client environmental management system.
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on contractors’ implementation of GHG reduction measures and sustainable building practices.
• Developing and implementation of environmental campaigns, workshops and training to enhance environmental awareness across the project to reduce environmental impact and increase environmental performance.
• Supporting Mace to deliver its corporate sustainability strategy, including 10millions tonnes of client carbon saving.
• Supporting the development of case studies and best practice and share lessons learned with the wider client project delivery teams and internal Mace teams.

You’ll need to have:

• Degree level qualification in environmental management, geography, or related subject.
• Practical experience in the following sectors would be beneficial: infrastructure, including, rail, highways, and aviation.
• Experience implementing and managing environmental management systems (ISO 14001) on a project.
• Experience with engaging multiple stakeholders and third parties about environment and sustainability.
• Technical knowledge and experience in LEED certifications and implementation of GHG reduction measures.
• Experience in working with Sustainability Reporting Frameworks, such as the GRI – Global Reporting Initiative.
• Working knowledge of E&S policies, standards, legislation and procedures pertaining to the industry.
• Competent in the use of IT programmes such as Microsoft office.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.