Net Zero Transition Manager

Heathrow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonuses

Pensions

Private health insurance

Learning & development

Career progression

Job summary

Heathrow is seeking a strategic lead to drive its Net Zero Plan for ground operations—covering surface access, construction, and equipment. You will align policy insights with practical delivery, ensuring milestones are met and carbon targets are achieved.

The role requires deep carbon knowledge, senior stakeholder management, and the ability to develop robust business cases for net-zero projects across the airport’s operations in the UK. Hybrid working with UK-based eligibility.

Qualifications

• Strong background in carbon with broad market knowledge.
• Knowledge of decarbonising ground-based emissions for large infrastructure.
• Experience implementing PAS2080 in organisations.
• Ability to translate long-term strategy into actionable delivery plans with milestones.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders and lead virtual teams.
• Experience developing and leading business cases for net-zero projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic lead and SME for airport ground decarbonisation, shaping the net-zero strategy for surface access, supply chain, transport and buildings.
• Stay updated on policy, industry trends, and innovations and share insights across teams.
• Drive the implementation of PAS2080 and support waste reduction and circularity.
• Sponsor carbon-related capital projects within Heathrow’s Carbon Programme, including EV charging rollout for ground ops.
• Develop business cases and support planning processes for net-zero initiatives.
• Identify commercial opportunities in the net-zero transition to reduce costs and add value.

Skills

Carbon background

Decarbonisation knowledge

PAS2080 experience

Strategic delivery

Stakeholder management

Commercial & business cases

Job description

Introduction

There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Our Communications, Communities and Carbon function brings together engagement, communications and sustainability leadership. This is about more than protecting and enhancing our reputation. Focusing on the experiences of our passengers, colleagues and partners, we ensure that as Heathrow thrives, so too will our people, our communities, our country and our world.

Introduction

There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Our Communications, Communities and Carbon function brings together engagement, communications and sustainability leadership. This is about more than protecting and enhancing our reputation. Focusing on the experiences of our passengers, colleagues and partners, we ensure that as Heathrow thrives, so too will our people, our communities, our country and our world.

Our sustainability strategy, Heathrow 2.0, is central to everything we do. We are committed to sustainable aviation, as Heathrow works to deliver net zero and build a better place to live and work. We work with industry leading experts to deliver on our ambitions, meeting the growing international demand for flight in a way that creates a positive impact far beyond our airport.

Job Description

Heathrow’s Net Zero Plan sets a course to decarbonise the airport and play our role in decarbonising the wider aviation sector too. The plan seeks to achieve net zero for all emissions in our footprint by 2050, with interim targets to reduce carbon emissions ‘in the air’ and ‘on the ground’ by 2030.

This role will lead the strategy to deliver our 2030 carbon reduction target and keep Heathrow on a trajectory to deliver our 2050 net zero goal ‘on the ground’.

Your role will involve

• Act as the strategic lead and SME for the decarbonisation of the airport on the ground, shaping and developing our net zero strategy for surface access, supply chain, operational vehicles and buildings and infrastructure.
• Act as a technical SME for the net zero transition on the ground keeping up to date with the latest insights on policy direction, industry trends, research and innovation and sharing key insights and updates with relevant teams across the business.
• Drive and shape the wider organisational effort to embed PAS2080 into how Heathrow delivers infrastructure development and deliver the reduction in carbon emissions required to meet our net zero plan targets and trajectory. This is also coordinated and supports our zero-waste strategy and circularity of resources.
• Act as sponsor for key carbon-related capital investment projects in Heathrow’s ‘Carbon Programme’, including the roll out of EV charging for operational vehicles and ground support equipment. Ensuring projects can deliver business benefits and outcomes on time and budget.
• Identify key investments and help to develop business cases, where required, to deliver the net zero strategy on the ground. Support the business planning process for net zero contributing to our annual and five yearly business plans.
• Identify and support commercial opportunities in the net zero transition to deliver value or lower the cost on the net zero transition.
• Provide carbon-related technical support and data and commentary for annual corporate reporting, annual forecasting and communications and help shape and support our overall messaging for our activity in delivering net zero on ground
  

These Skills Are Essential

• Strong background in carbon with a broad understanding of the market, technology and policy landscape
• Good working level knowledge of the technical aspects of decarbonising sources of emissions that Heathrow generates on the ground.
• Experience in decarbonising construction and implementing the PAS2080 standard within an organisation
• Ability to maintain a strategic focus and translate long-term strategic outcomes into effective delivery plans and activity with defined milestones and outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience of effective stakeholder management and leading virtual teams and achieving results through others.
• Proven commercial understanding and experience and developing and leading business cases
  

About Us

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.