Sustainability Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Sustainability Manager to lead sustainability across the HS2 Interchange project in Solihull. The role focuses on embedding environmental, carbon and social priorities into delivery, driving measurable outcomes, and coordinating with clients, design teams and supply chains.

You will establish targets, monitor KPI data, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives while communicating with stakeholders and maintaining strong relationships across the project.

Qualifications

• Experience developing sustainability strategies in construction/design environments.
• Strong knowledge of environmental, carbon and social sustainability.
• Experience leading sustainability on large infrastructure projects or programmes.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of sustainability data management, KPI reporting and auditing.
• Strong numeracy, literacy and analytical skills.
• A relevant degree in Engineering, Environment, Sustainability, Carbon or equivalent experience.
• Membership of ISEP or an equivalent professional body.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary sustainability contact throughout preconstruction and delivery, ensuring effective communication with the client and project teams.
• Lead the development and implementation of the project sustainability strategy, agreeing targets, objectives and performance metrics with the client.
• Embed environmental, carbon and social sustainability requirements into design, planning, procurement and delivery.
• Work with Environmental, Carbon and Social Advisors and wider project teams to identify and manage sustainability risks and opportunities.
• Engage supply chain partners to embed sustainability requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage sustainability KPI data collection, ensuring accurate monitoring, auditing and reporting of performance.
• Develop and manage the project consents strategy, ensuring requirements are identified and met throughout delivery.
• Maintain effective relationships with the client, regulatory bodies and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the central sustainability team to align project activities with corporate objectives and share best practice.

Skills

Sustainability strategy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Numeracy

Project leadership

Education

Engineering or Environment degree

Carbon/Sustainability credentials

Job description

Sustainability Manager

Location: Birmingham / Solihull

Shape a more sustainable future with Laing O'Rourke

At Laing O'Rourke, our ambition is to be the recognised leader in innovation and excellence in construction, delivering solutions that enable our clients and society to prosper - today and tomorrow.

We are seeking an experienced Sustainability Manager to join the project leadership team on the HS2 Interchange project in Solihull. This is an exciting opportunity to lead sustainability across a major infrastructure project, embedding environmental, carbon and social priorities into project decisions and delivery.

Working closely with the client, design teams, supply chain and internal stakeholders, you will help translate sustainability commitments into measurable outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary sustainability contact throughout preconstruction and delivery, ensuring effective communication with the client and project teams.
• Lead the development and implementation of the project sustainability strategy, agreeing targets, objectives and performance metrics with the client.
• Embed environmental, carbon and social sustainability requirements into design, planning, procurement and delivery.
• Work with Environmental, Carbon and Social Advisors and wider project teams to identify and manage sustainability risks and opportunities.
• Engage supply chain partners to embed sustainability requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage sustainability KPI data collection, ensuring accurate monitoring, auditing and reporting of performance.
• Develop and manage the project consents strategy, ensuring requirements are identified and met throughout delivery.
• Maintain effective relationships with the client, regulatory bodies and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the central sustainability team to align project activities with corporate objectives and share best practice.

What you will bring

• Experience developing and implementing sustainability strategies in construction and design environments.
• Strong knowledge of environmental, carbon and social sustainability.
• Experience leading sustainability on large infrastructure projects or programmes.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• An understanding of sustainability data management, KPI reporting and auditing.
• Strong numeracy, literacy and analytical skills.
• A relevant degree in Engineering, Environment, Sustainability, Carbon or equivalent experience.
• Membership of ISEP or an equivalent professional body.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [e-mail].

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