Senior Sustainability Advisor

Wates Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates Group is seeking a Senior Sustainability Advisor in Birmingham to implement the Environmental Sustainability Plan and support carbon reductions across projects. The role includes conducting audits, engaging with supply chains, and ensuring compliance with international sustainability standards in a supportive team. This position offers career progression opportunities and attractive benefits in a company committed to sustainability.

Benefits

Competitive salary & bonus

Private Medical

Pension with 8% employer contribution

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Industry-leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 50001, BS EN 16247.
• Understanding of Environmental Management Systems.
• Membership in a relevant professional body (ICE, IEMA, etc.) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct energy, carbon and environmental audits on construction sites.
• Provide guidance on environment and sustainability matters.
• Engage supply chain partners to drive carbon reduction measures.

Skills

Environmental Management

Carbon Accounting

Energy Auditing

Education

Degree in Environmental Science or Management

Engineering (construction related) or Architecture

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Wates Group

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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17.06.2025

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01.08.2025

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The Vacancy

SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR

Wates are seeking a talented Senior Sustainability Advisor to play a key role in delivering the Wates Group Environmental Sustainability Plan by identifying energy and carbon hot spots, driving improvements, and implementing initiatives across the Wates Group portfolio that will result in carbon emissions reduction. The role holder will also support annual reporting on our carbon and energy performance.

The successful candidate will engage with our projects and supply chain to reduce our carbon emissions in line with our science-based targets. This will involve working with our supply chain partners to identify new low carbon solutions, produce EPDs and set science-based targets. The role will also be responsible for producing awareness campaign materials, undertaking audits, and providing costed recommendations to drive carbon emissions reductions.

Other Sustainability and Environmental Professionals will support the role to conduct compliance audits and report into the Head of Energy and Carbon

This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

AS OUR SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR YOU WILL:

• Conducting energy, carbon and environmental audits and inspections on our construction sites and with
• Providing support and guidance to projects and departments on environment and sustainability matters
• Liaison with procurement, Supply Chain, and commercial teams to engage our supply chain and drive carbon reduction measures with a focus on SBTi supplier target.
• Reporting and measuring our environmental impact of projects and Business Units with a particular focus on carbon and energy reporting for SBTi published targets.

The successful applicant will have a working knowledge of international standards such as ISO 14001, ISO 50001, BS EN 16247 and application of Environmental Management Systems, and an understanding of carbon accounting, SBTi and GHG protocol and be able to translate these into practical sustainability solutions that can be implemented by projects. You will be Degree qualified in Environmental Science or Management, Engineering (construction related), or Architecture (or equivalent), and ideally a Graduate Member of a relevant professional body (ICE, IEMA, CIWM, IOA, ICE, CIBSE).

This role can be based in either the London or Midlands with some travel and is a mix of office and site based.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & bonus
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

The Vacancy

SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR

Wates are seeking a talented Senior Sustainability Advisor to play a key role in delivering the Wates Group Environmental Sustainability Plan by identifying energy and carbon hot spots, driving improvements, and implementing initiatives across the Wates Group portfolio that will result in carbon emissions reduction. The role holder will also support annual reporting on our carbon and energy performance.

The successful candidate will engage with our projects and supply chain to reduce our carbon emissions in line with our science-based targets. This will involve working with our supply chain partners to identify new low carbon solutions, produce EPDs and set science-based targets. The role will also be responsible for producing awareness campaign materials, undertaking audits, and providing costed recommendations to drive carbon emissions reductions.

Other Sustainability and Environmental Professionals will support the role to conduct compliance audits and report into the Head of Energy and Carbon

This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

AS OUR SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR YOU WILL:

Conducting energy, carbon and environmental audits and inspections on our construction sites and with

Providing support and guidance to projects and departments on environment and sustainability matters

Liaison with procurement, Supply Chain, and commercial teams to engage our supply chain and drive carbon reduction measures with a focus on SBTi supplier target.

Reporting and measuring our environmental impact of projects and Business Units with a particular focus on carbon and energy reporting for SBTi published targets.

The successful applicant will have a working knowledge of international standards such as ISO 14001, ISO 50001, BS EN 16247 and application of Environmental Management Systems, and an understanding of carbon accounting, SBTi and GHG protocol and be able to translate these into practical sustainability solutions that can be implemented by projects. You will be Degree qualified in Environmental Science or Management, Engineering (construction related), or Architecture (or equivalent), and ideally a Graduate Member of a relevant professional body (ICE, IEMA, CIWM, IOA, ICE, CIBSE).

This role can be based in either the London or Midlands with some travel and is a mix of office and site based.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive salary & bonus

Flexible working

Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)

Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…

Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.

Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards