Regional Sustainability & Environmental Leader

Ses Ltd; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Car allowance / company car

Travel to sites

Private medical

Pension with 6% employer contribution

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Learning and development opportunities

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

SES Engineering Services is recruiting a Regional Environmental and Sustainability Manager to shape and advance sustainability across our local operations in the UK. This role supports regional operations and strategic centre initiatives, delivering the ESIP and driving improvements across projects.

You will lead the regional sustainability program, coach teams, analyze performance data, and collaborate with the bid team to respond credibly to customer ambitions.

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental sustainability in the built environment, ideally within MEP.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation, carbon strategies, circularity, resource efficiency and nature positive approaches.
• Ability to analyse and interpret environmental data to inform decisions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience delivering training, facilitating workshops and driving behavioural change.
• A degree or equivalent experience in sustainability, environmental science, engineering or related field (IEMA membership desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead and embed SES's environmental sustainability strategy (ESIP) into planning, delivery and operational decision making across the region.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the centre sustainability team, helping drive accelerators, market-aligned strategies and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and analyse project sustainability data, identifying local trends, risks, and regional opportunities to improve performance.
• Support the regional bid team with credible, high-quality sustainability responses aligned to customer ambitions and SES strategic goals.
• Provide functional support to the SHEQ team by helping to identify environmental risks and promoting safe by design principles across projects.
• Drive engagement with regional project teams, customers, and supply chain partners to promote sustainability best practice and innovation.
• Facilitate regional training, upskilling and mentoring to build local sustainability capability and knowledge within teams.
• Report on regional sustainability performance and escalate key issues to support organisational learning and corrective action.
• Locally manage or propose budgets that support the effective delivery of sustainability objectives.

Skills

Sustainability

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Training delivery

MEP knowledge

Education

Degree in sustainability

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

SES Engineering Services is recruiting a Regional Environmental and Sustainability Manager to shape and advance sustainability across our local operations in the UK. This role supports regional operations and strategic centre initiatives, delivering the ESIP and driving improvements across projects.

You will lead the regional sustainability program, coach teams, analyze performance data, and collaborate with the bid team to respond credibly to customer ambitions.