Sustainability Manager – Net Zero (Buildings, Construction & Laboratory Infrastructure)

Sustii; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sustii in London is seeking a Sustainability Manager to drive net zero ambitions across a multi-site estate, with a strong focus on laboratories and energy-intensive facilities. You will translate strategy into practical standards for capital projects, lead carbon modelling, energy benchmarking and post-occupancy reviews, and contribute to SECR/ESG reporting.

The role requires a degree in a relevant field and extensive experience in building services, low-carbon design and stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• Significant experience in sustainability, energy or carbon management within the built environment.
• Strong technical grounding in low-carbon buildings, building services and energy systems, plus whole-life carbon assessment.
• Excellent stakeholder management, with ability to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences.
• Experience with capital projects or estate-wide programmes in a large, complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level sustainability strategy into practical standards and targets for capital projects and refurbishments.
• Embed low-carbon design principles into new builds and refurbishments; reduce fossil fuel use.
• Develop climate adaptation and resilience plans (overheating, water stress, flooding).
• Lead laboratories and energy-intensive spaces to improve efficiency without compromising research performance.
• Oversee carbon modelling, energy benchmarking, and post-occupancy evaluation; support SECR/ESG reporting.

Skills

Sustainability experience

Energy management

Low-carbon buildings

Carbon modelling

Data benchmarking

Stakeholder management

Labs/HE estates experience

Education

Degree or equivalent in sustainability/engineering/building services

Job description

Sustainability Manager - Net Zero (Buildings, Construction & Laboratory Infrastructure) | London

Sustii is recruiting a Sustainability Manager on behalf of a major London-based higher education institution, to drive sustainability performance across its property portfolio. This is a technical and strategic role that will work closely with and support our Capital Project Team in delivering our 2040 net zero carbon target across a large, complex, multi-site estate, including energy-intensive laboratory and research buildings.

What you'll be doing:

You'll translate high-level sustainability strategy into practical standards and targets for capital projects and refurbishments acting as the go-to sustainability advisor for estates teams, project managers, consultants and senior stakeholders. You'll work across multiple live projects to embed low-carbon design principles into new builds and refurbishments (fabric performance, building services, materials, whole-life carbon), and push hard on demand reduction, heat electrification and getting fossil fuel systems out of the estate for good.

You'll also develop the climate adaptation and resilience agenda overheating, flooding, water stress working with engineering teams to build resilience into both capital projects and specialist lab spaces. You'll ensure this aligns with the wider Net Zero, Capital Projects and Maintenance Plans.

A particular focus of this role is laboratories and specialist infrastructure: working with our Sustainable Labs Manager, academic departments and lab managers to make energy-intensive research spaces more efficient without compromising research performance, and developing a programme for low-energy labs and retro-commissioning.

You'll oversee carbon modelling, energy benchmarking and post-occupancy evaluation, support statutory reporting (SECR, ESG), and represent the organisation in sector forums and working groups.

What we're looking for:

• A degree (or equivalent experience) in sustainability, engineering, architecture, building services or a related discipline
• Significant experience in sustainability, energy or carbon management within the built environment
• A track record delivering sustainability initiatives on capital projects or estate-wide programmes within a large, complex organisation
• Strong technical grounding in low-carbon buildings, building services and energy systems, plus whole-life carbon assessment
• Confidence with data, carbon modelling, benchmarking, using analysis to challenge assumptions and drive improvement
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset, comfortable balancing ambition against operational reality
• Experience with laboratory or energy-intensive buildings, or within higher education/research/healthcare estates, is a strong advantage

This is a genuinely impactful role for someone who wants to shape how a major institution decarbonise, with real influence over design, procurement and delivery at every stage of the property lifecycle.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and to building diverse, inclusive teams. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation.

Unfortunately we cannot offer Visa sponsorship for this position.