Senior Sustainability Leader – Infrastructure Climate Strategy

Senior Sustainability Manager - Infrastructure; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace, a leading contractor and consultancy, is seeking a full-time Senior Sustainability Manager to support major infrastructure programmes in the UK. You will join the existing Responsible Business team and lead defined sustainability workstreams, delivering climate change, sustainability and social value activities across projects.

The role requires geographic flexibility, with 2–3 days in client offices.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sustainability management in major infrastructure or large programmes.
• Experience leading sustainability topics or strategy development with design input.
• Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation, planning policy, and best practices.
• Proven ability to influence design development for sustainability improvements.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholders, negotiate outcomes, and present at senior technical forums.
• Degree-qualified with professional accreditation (CEnv, ISEP Practitioner or equivalent).
• Secondary skills in GIS, DCO, and PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Manage development of client sustainability management systems and strategies on projects, and deliver outcomes by the project team.
• Lead a team of Sustainability Managers and/or Assistant Sustainability Managers.
• Apply skills across sustainability disciplines and promote innovation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Support work winning through bid support, client liaison, upskilling of colleagues and external profile-raising.
• Support the drive for Mace to be a leader in climate change and sustainability.

Skills

Sustainability management

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Client liaison

Bid support

PowerBI

Education

Professional accreditation (CEnv/ISEP Practitioner)

Tools

GIS

DCO

PowerBI

Job description

Mace, a leading contractor and consultancy, is seeking a full-time Senior Sustainability Manager to support major infrastructure programmes in the UK. You will join the existing Responsible Business team and lead defined sustainability workstreams, delivering climate change, sustainability and social value activities across projects.

The role requires geographic flexibility, with 2–3 days in client offices.