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Environmental & Sustainability Manager
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My client is delivering one of the UK's most significant infrastructure and energy projects, playing a vital role in the country's long-term energy security and net-zero ambitions.
Due to continued project growth, they are seeking an experienced Environmental & Sustainability Manager to provide leadership across a major construction programme within a highly regulated environment.
This is a unique opportunity to join a nationally significant project, working alongside multidisciplinary teams to drive environmental excellence and sustainability performance throughout construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
Your new role
As Environmental & Sustainability Manager, you will lead a dedicated team of environmental professionals whilst ensuring full compliance with environmental permits, licences, consents and regulatory commitments across a large-scale infrastructure project.
Reporting to the Head of Site Compliance, you will act as a key interface between project delivery teams, contractors, regulators and senior stakeholders, providing expert environmental leadership throughout the construction lifecycle.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading and developing a multidisciplinary Environment & Sustainability team.
- Ensuring compliance with environmental permits, licences, consents and ISO 14001 requirements.
- Driving environmental and sustainability performance across project teams and contractors.
- Overseeing environmental inspections, monitoring programmes and assurance activities.
- Managing environmental risks and ensuring appropriate mitigation measures are implemented.
- Leading environmental investigations and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for environmental regulators and external stakeholders.
- Developing environmental KPIs, reporting frameworks and performance metrics.
- Supporting project delivery teams through construction, installation, commissioning and operational handover.
- Promoting a culture of environmental excellence and best practice across the project and supply chain.
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What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A degree in an environmental or related discipline.
- Extensive experience leading environmental and sustainability teams on major infrastructure, construction or engineering projects.
- Strong knowledge of environmental permits, licences, consents and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Proven experience working with principal contractors, clients and regulatory bodies.
- Experience implementing environmental management systems and environmental controls.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- The ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and drive environmental performance improvements.
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Desirable experience includes:
- Experience within highly regulated sectors such as nuclear (ideal), energy, utilities, rail, defence or major infrastructure.
- Experience delivering sustainability initiatives on complex projects.
- Professional membership with a relevant institution.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary - £65,000 - £75,000 DoE.
- Benefits package.
- Private medical cover.
- Enhanced family-friendly policies.
- Professional membership and development support.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Flexible, hybrid and part-time working options.
- Long-term career development opportunities on a nationally significant project.
- The opportunity to play a key role in delivering one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.
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