National Highways
Estates Net Zero Project Support Lead
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Estates Net Zero Project Support Lead
National Highways has an excellent opportunity for an Estates Net Zero Project Support Lead to join our Energy and Sustainability team within the Business Services Directorate (BSD). National Highways has an ambitious Net Zero Plan, including achieving Net Zero by 2030 for our corporate emissions. A key pillar of this is decarbonising our estate, including offices, depots, outstations, and regional control centres through the removal of fossil fuels, generating onsite renewable electricity, delivering energy and utilities efficiencies, and improving our energy data.
Please note this role can be based from any of our UK offices; however, travel to regional offices to attend team meetings may be required.
About the Role
- Drive measurable reduction in National Highways’ energy usage and carbon emissions by playing a key role in the successful delivery of the estate decarbonisation programme.
- Support on the development of project scoping, business case development, and monthly forecasting, accruals, and reporting of project progress.
- Work with our sustainability data officer to collect and analyse energy and utilities data to verify the efficacy of decarbonisation projects, using the findings to inform future projects and influence staff behaviours.
- Supporting the Estates Net Zero Project Manager on project management workstreams relating to upgrading utility meters and utility management control systems within our buildings, such as the use of smart control systems.
- Act as liaison between estate decarbonisation projects and other projects across the estate to ensure alignment of workstreams, and lead on internal stakeholder engagement across National Highways.
About You
- Experience of working in project delivery with knowledge of CDM principles.
- Previous experience managing and influencing internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of managing, handling, and interpreting complex data sets.
- Experience working in project delivery or energy and carbon management.
- Suitable degree in a field related to energy, environment, sustainability, or the built estate.
About Us
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers, and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork, and ownership.
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Business Services plays a crucial role in supporting the efficient operation and growth of the strategic road network. We provide a wide range of essential services across the organisation, ensuring that all functions run smoothly and effectively. We work behind the scenes to support the delivery of high-quality infrastructure and services, ensuring that National Highways meets its commitments to safety, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.
Our key areas of focus include procurement, finance, human resources, IT, and strategic planning. We ensure the company operates efficiently, delivers projects on time and within budget, and meets the needs of stakeholders. By offering expert advice, managing resources, and driving operational excellence, we support National Highways in achieving its mission of maintaining and improving the road network across the country.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Why You Should Join Us
At National Highways, we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included, and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.
A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.
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Our Benefits Package
- Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance-related bonus.
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%.
- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays).
- Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working.
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary.
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service, and flu vaccines.
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel.
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring, and on-job experience.
And We Are
- Family-friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), e.g., for caring responsibilities.
- Money-friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme.
- Community-friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year.
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
- Right to work check.
- 3-year employment history references.
- DBS criminal record check.
- Social media and adverse journalism check.
- Driving licence check (if applicable).
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable).
- Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable).
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