Sustainability Manager

ENGINEERINGUK; Oxford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction industry is seeking a Sustainability Manager to drive sustainability initiatives across key projects in Oxford. The role involves leading a team, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in sustainability leadership and a relevant degree. Join us to make a significant impact on the construction sector's sustainability performance.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension – basic and enhanced schemes

Health and Wellbeing

Virtual GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sustainability leadership within construction.
• Broad understanding of environmental sustainability and ESG reporting.

Responsibilities

• Implement sustainability strategies for projects.
• Lead and mentor sustainability professionals.
• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

Relevant Degree in Environmental Management

Tools

ISO 14001

BREEAM

Job description

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Are you passionate about driving sustainability in the construction industry? Do you have the expertise to lead a diverse team toward exemplary sustainability performance? If so, we want to hear from you!

Location: Oxford

At Laing O'Rourke we are shaping a lasting legacy for our clients, society, the environment, and people. As a Sustainability Manager, you will play a pivotal role in embedding sustainability across a diverse project portfolio in Oxford, with a primary focus on two landmark projects:

• The Oxford Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT)

• A pandemic and vaccine research centre at the University of Oxford's Old Road Campus

Leading a team of sustainability professionals, you will work closely with project leadership, delivery teams, and clients to achieve project ESG objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sustainability Strategy: Implement and drive environmental, carbon, and social value strategies to deliver innovative and high-performance sustainable solutions.

• Team Leadership & Support: Line-manage and mentor Environmental, Social Value and Carbon Advisors, providing oversight to ensure continuous improvement, identify risks/opportunities and maximisation of ESG and KPI outcomes.

• Stakeholder & Client Engagement: Represent sustainability at client and consultant meetings, influencing decision-making and embedding sustainability within project leadership forums.

• Regulatory & Environmental Compliance: Ensure adherence to environmental regulations and sustainability KPIs, engaging with subcontractors to align with sustainability goals.

• Sustainability Reporting: Collect, analyse, and present sustainability performance data, creating dashboards and reports for internal and external stakeholders, including local authorities and regulators.

• Project Delivery Support: Provide sustainability guidance to technical, procurement, HR/recruitment, and construction teams to ensure sustainability is embedded in project methodology.

About You:

• Proven experience in sustainability leadership within a construction or infrastructure setting.

• Broad understanding of environmental sustainability, carbon management, and social value, including ESG reporting.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills to drive engagement across diverse teams and senior stakeholders.

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management experience, particularly with regulators, clients, and subcontractors.

• Proficiency in data collation, performance reporting, and auditing.

• Ability to align sustainability initiatives with project cost, programme, and design considerations.

• Familiarity with ISO 14001, PAS 2080, and knowledge of BREEAM, environmental consenting, and ecology management (beneficial).

• A relevant degree in Environmental Management, Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.

• Strong time management, organisational skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

CVs only tell us so much and so do job adverts.We'dwelcome an informal chat via Emma Woodall (Resourcing Partner) to discuss [e-mail] or 07350368883.

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we enable access for candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an Interview Scheme', which supports applicants meeting the essential criteria by offering an interview for the position. If you need the application form in an alternative format or have any questions about our process, please contact [e-mail].

Company

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 an engineering enterprise, Laing O'Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.”

– Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer

Our Origin Story:

Diversity & Inclusion:

Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.

Laing O'Rourkebelieves that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES

Laing O'Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.

The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.

Current subcommitteesinclude Dis-Ability, Carers, Ethnicity, Gender, Families that live abroad,LGBTQ+, Women & Menopause, & Working Families.

Support for Disabled Employees:

• LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertakendisability awareness trainingand are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues
• LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommitteeis an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
• Disability Confident Leaders– We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
• LOR are members of theBusiness Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
• LOR are partnering withEven Breakto have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.

Sustainability:

In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets. These include:

• To be a net zero company by 2050
• By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff

Rewards andBenefits:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
• Health and Wellbeing
• Virtual GP
• Health Assessment (Age 50+)
• Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 5 days leave extra can be purchased
• Employee Discounts
• Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade

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