Senior Sustainability Manager

Colton Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction sector is seeking a Senior Sustainability Manager to spearhead sustainability efforts across pivotal projects. This role offers a competitive salary and valuable benefits, providing an opportunity for you to make a significant impact within a major principal contractor. You will lead sustainability strategies, engaging with clients and contractors while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. The ideal candidate will have strong industry experience and a passion for driving sustainable practices.

Benefits

Car allowance

Excellent Benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within Construction or Civil Engineering.
• Qualified in relevant environmental discipline.
• Proven knowledge in sustainability topics like carbon, energy, waste.

Responsibilities

• Lead site sustainability strategy development.
• Ensure delivery of sustainability policies and compliance.
• Manage environmental sustainability programs with stakeholders.

Skills

Environmental and sustainability experience

Interpersonal skills

Education

Qualified in an appropriate environmental discipline

Professional membership with a recognised environmental body

Job description

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Consultant at Irwin and Colton - Health Safety and Environment

Senior Sustainability Manager | Reading / Oxford

£50,000 - £70,000 + Car allowance + Excellent Benefits

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and lead on the sustainability agenda across a number of high-profile projects.

Are you interested in working for a global leader in the construction industry, who are truly committed to Sustainability and have aims to spearhead positive change.

If the answer to the above is yes, then you may be interested in the Senior Sustainability Manager role I am currently working on. The role is working with a major Principal Contractor who turnover in excess of £1bn and are currently engaged on a broad range of major projects. This position will be focused on specific high-profile projects within the Public Sector and Life-Sciences space.

Key responsibilities of the Senior Sustainability Manager will include:

• Leading the development of each site's sustainability strategy; creating initiatives and tangible action points, to ensure efficient delivery across the project.
• Ensuring the delivery of the sustainability policy, and compliance with legislation and regulations on site.
• Leading the environmental sustainability program, working closely with key stakeholders including clients, contractors and regulators, to ensure their sustainability targets are met
• Support the company's wider ambitions to reduce corporate carbon emissions.

The successful Senior Sustainability Manager requires:

• Demonstrable environmental and sustainability experience within Construction, Civil Engineering, or related industry ideally in major projects.
• Qualified in an appropriate environmental discipline and ideally hold a professional membership with a recognised environmental body (IEMA, CIEEM, CIWEM)
• Proven knowledge in a range of Sustainability topics including carbon, energy, waste, water, responsible coursing, building design etc,
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate ideas throughout the organisation.

For more information on this opportunity or to discuss your next career move, contact Alex Lee on 01923 432 644 or apply here.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Environment, Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the Southeast of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the environment, health and safety industry from Environment, Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Environment, Health and Safety Manager positions.

Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website irwinandcolton.com.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management

• Industries

  Construction

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