Sustainability Manager

Talk Recruitment; Tyseley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company benefits

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Sustainability Manager for a major West Midlands construction contractor. You will lead on sustainability deliverables, manage data verification, and drive improvements across carbon emissions, waste reduction and circular economy.

Responsibilities include BREEAM support at design and construction stages, developing NZC targets, and contributing to the Group Sustainability strategy and bids. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Leading on sustainability performance reporting, improvement and verification of data.
• Supporting on BREEAM at design stage and construction stage.
• Leading on carbon emissions reduction and the wider resource efficiency agenda.
• Assisting in the development of new strategy, policy and NZC targets for the company.
• Supporting sustainability input to business development & bids.

Job description

Sustainability Manager - Construction / Building - West Midlands

What makes it great? One of the UK's leading Tier 1 building main contractors. Strong work order book. An exciting time to join the business as they continue to grow and expand with a good mixture of public and private sector projects.

Role

The Sustainability Manager is a pro‑active generalist, able to cover all major issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders. This role is responsible for the delivery of high priority project’s sustainability deliverables including BREEAM verification of data, as well as leading on carbon emissions reduction reaching Net Zero Carbon, waste reduction and circular economy.

Duties

• Leading on sustainability performance reporting, improvement and verification of data.
• Supporting on BREEAM at design stage and construction stage.
• Leading on carbon emissions reduction and the wider resource efficiency agenda.
• Assisting in the development of new strategy, policy and NZC targets for the company.
• Supporting the business in the implementation and delivery of the Group Sustainability strategy, its ambitions and targets.
• Supporting sustainability input to business development & bids.
• Carrying out research and development, identifying opportunities, encouraging innovation and improvements in transferability to increase efficiency and work-winning.
• Influencing and networking, speaking and profile raising.

Requirements

• Previous employment as a Sustainability Manager or similar.
• Ideally Previous Main Contractor employment but not essential, also open to consider candidates transferring experience across from consultancies.
• High level of communication skills.

Remuneration

• Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience).
• Plus company benefits.