Sustainability Manager / Business Partner

Wienerberger AG; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Sittingbourne is seeking a Sustainability Manager to join their team. You'll be responsible for implementing a sustainability strategy across UK sites, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and engaging stakeholders for positive outcomes. The ideal candidate should have a degree in a relevant field, strong project management skills, and a passion for sustainability. Attractive benefits including a salary up to £45,000, annual bonuses, and private medical insurance are provided.

Benefits

Annual company bonus up to 8%

Pension scheme

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Employee discounts with retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in sustainability or environmental roles.
• ISEP (formerly IEMA) membership at Practitioner level or above.
• Full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Implement and refine sustainability strategy.
• Support factory management in environmental systems.
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Environmental compliance

Communication skills

Team leadership

Project management

Education

Degree in Environmental Science or related

Job description

Come and join us as a Sustainability Manager or Business Partner at our FloPlast site in Sittingbourne!

wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

As a Sustainability Manager or Business Partner, you will join our UK & Ireland sustainability team and will be responsible for implementing and refining wienerberger’s sustainability strategy across our UK Water and Heating Solutions sites.

This role is ideal for someone who believes businesses can (and should) make an active contribution to realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals. You will engage with a range of stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and regulators, to support environmental compliance and deliver positive environmental and social outcomes beyond legal requirements.

The job title will reflect the experience level of the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting factory management in implementing and maintaining the Environmental and Energy Management Systems across UK Water and Heating sites.
• Ensuring compliance with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 standards, including maintaining the management system manuals as well as the risk and compliance registers, tracking performance against targets, and conducting environmental/energy audits.
• Organising and chairing the Annual Environmental and Energy Review.
• Interpreting environmental performance data and recommending continuous improvement initiatives.
• Submitting data to regulators and internal databases.
• Producing routine environmental and social reports.
• You will also manage sustainability project budgets and deliver training/events to enhance sustainability knowledge across our UK Water and Heating Solutions sites.
• Provide general support for the UK & Ireland sustainability team with delivery of our sustainability strategy, Let’s Build Beyond.

Hours: Full-time (35 hours/week), Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.

We welcome both full-time and part-time applications. Please raise any working arrangement requests early in the interview process

Location: Primarily on-site at our FloPlast site in Sittingbourne, Kent, with occasional travel to other wienerberger sites (including our Greater Manchester head office) and customer/supplier meetings. Pool cars are provided to support with your travel and travel expenses (e.g. hotel stays) are covered.

About You

You will be an experienced Sustainability or Environmental professional, holding ISEP (formerly IEMA) membership at Practitioner level or above.

You’ll have a passion for continuous improvement and self-development, and a desire to work in a team focused on improving quality of life.

Essential

• Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Environmental Science, Geography, or other physical sciences).
• Alternative qualifications/training considered if paired with strong interest in corporate sustainability.
• Team leadership experience.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and reliable.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Strong project management skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Experience in manufacturing, community engagement, or local government.
• MSc in a relevant discipline.

About our Benefits

• Salary up to £45,000 (depending on experience)
• Annual company bonus up to 8%
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays & holiday flexibility (buy 4 extra days and sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
• Private medical insurance – single policy cover
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes)
• Health & wellbeing benefits which include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
• Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
• Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
• Life assurance (2x annual salary)
• Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

About Wienerberger Ltd

Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

So what are you waiting for? Come and join wienerberger and start growing your career with us today!

The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised