Environmental & Sustainability Lead – Construction

Willmott Dixon; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Enhanced pension

Private medical

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme

Low carbon car leasing

Job summary

Willmott Dixon seeks an Environmental and Sustainability Manager to support the East Midlands region from the Nottingham office. Travel to sites and hybrid working are required.

You will work with project teams to provide environmental expertise from work winning to completion and join a high‑performing Sustainability Team reporting to the Regional Sustainability Lead for Construction Midlands. You will drive the Now or Never Sustainability Strategy, engage supply chain partners, identify risks

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an environmental role in the construction industry.
• Experience conducting environmental inspections, audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Understanding, practical application and pervious experience of maintaining ISO14001 certification.
• Demonstrable experience in environmental management and regulatory compliance.
• Good working knowledge of environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Valid driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Providing specialist environmental support to the business.
• Compliance and achievement of Group, Division, Company, project, procedures, personal targets, and initiatives for environmental impact reduction.
• Ensuring that our Environmental Risk Management System is implemented, controlled, and maintained helping to achieve and maintain certification of the company ISO 14001:2015 management system.
• Develop a culture within the business that is supportive of our sustainability and environmental ambitions.
• Ensure that environmental and sustainability KPIs are accurately submitted in a timely manner on my projects, provide analysis of data to improve performance against environmental targets.
• Provide technical environmental input into project winning bids, and assistance with business strategy and project planning.
• Oversee compliance through audit and control and work with the business to develop an attractive communications approach.
• Upskill and coach project teams on managing environmental risk.
• Assist with reviewing and managing our approach to delivering certifiable sustainable assessment methodologies - e.g. BREEAM, FitWell, and WELL

Skills

Environmental management

ISO 14001

Regulatory compliance

Audits & inspections

Stakeholder engagement

Driving licence

Job description

Willmott Dixon seeks an Environmental and Sustainability Manager to support the East Midlands region from the Nottingham office. Travel to sites and hybrid working are required.

You will work with project teams to provide environmental expertise from work winning to completion and join a high‑performing Sustainability Team reporting to the Regional Sustainability Lead for Construction Midlands. You will drive the Now or Never Sustainability Strategy, engage supply chain partners, identify risks