Senior Sustainability Manager - Infrastructure

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 combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

We are looking for a full-time senior sustainability manager to support new large-scale programmes. The successful candidate will join the existing Responsible Business team in the UK and deliver client-facing consultancy services including the advisory, management and co-ordination of various climate change, sustainability and/or social value related activities.

The successful candidate will lead defined sustainability workstreams across a major infrastructure programme. The role will require an element of geographical flexibility, with the ability to be in client offices 2-3 days a week.

The successful candidate will support strategy development and deliver management plans. They will contribute to the effective risk management of sustainability issues on the programme and provide insight and guidance into design optioneering.

The role comes with wider personal growth and development opportunities through support to our expanding Responsible Business team. You will support work winning and Mace’s wider corporate ambitions to reduce our impact on the environment.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Managing the development of client sustainability management systems, climate change, and sustainability strategies on individual projects. This includes agreeing project outcomes and ensuring their delivery by the project team.
• Managing a team of Sustainability Managers, and/or Assistant Sustainability Managers.
• Be able to apply your skills and experience across a range of sustainability disciplines and promote innovation in sustainability.
• Working with relevant stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Supporting work winning through bid support, innovation, client liaison, upskilling of colleagues and external profile-raising of Mace/Mace services.
• Supporting the drive for Mace to be a leader in climate change and sustainability.

You’ll need to have:

• Extensive experience of sustainability management in major infrastructure, or in large programme environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading sustainability topics or strategy development, while contributing to design development.
• Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation, planning policy, and best practice approaches.
• Proven experience influencing design development to achieve best in class sustainability performance improvements.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholders, negotiate outcomes, and represent the programme at senior technical forums.
• Degree-qualified with professional accreditation (CEnv, ISEP Practitioner or equivalent).
• Secondary desired skills/experience in GIS, DCO, and PowerBI.

Our values

Safety first – Going home safe and well

We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus – Deliver on our promise

We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity – Always do the right thing

We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity – For our people to excel

Mace champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.