Referment
Lead Sustainability Advisor (FC6F833)
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Lead Sustainability Advisor
Referment is partnering with one of the UK's leading construction and engineering businesses to appoint a Lead Sustainability Advisor who will play a pivotal role in delivering sustainability, environmental excellence and social value across some of the country's most complex infrastructure and construction projects.
If you're passionate about reducing carbon, improving environmental performance and creating meaningful community impact, not just ticking compliance boxes, this is an opportunity to influence projects from strategy through to delivery.
Why this role?
This isn't a compliance-only position.
You'll become the sustainability expert across a portfolio of major projects, helping project teams embed best practice in environmental management, carbon reduction, circular economy initiatives and social value from day one.
Working alongside senior operational leaders, clients and supply chain partners, you'll have genuine influence over how large-scale projects are delivered and leave a lasting legacy.
What You'll Be Doing
- Driving environmental compliance across major construction sites
- Leading sustainability strategy and implementation
- Developing carbon reduction and circular economy initiatives
- Embedding responsible sourcing and resource efficiency
- Delivering meaningful social value programmes with local communities
- Supporting BREEAM, ISO14001 and wider sustainability frameworks
- Conducting environmental audits, inspections and performance reviews
- Advising senior project teams on environmental risk and compliance
- Building relationships with clients, regulators and stakeholders
- Delivering training and helping create a genuine sustainability culture across the business
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We're Looking For Someone With
- A full UK driving licence (essential) and the flexibility to travel regularly between multiple project sites.
- 5+ years' experience in sustainability, environmental or social value within construction, infrastructure or civil engineering
- Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation
- Experience with ISO 14001 and sustainability frameworks such as BREEAM (LEED and TOMs advantageous)
- Knowledge of carbon management and decarbonisation strategies
- Experience producing sustainability reporting and KPI data
- Strong stakeholder management skills with clients, regulators and project teams
- A proactive approach to improving sustainability performance rather than simply maintaining compliance.
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You'll thrive if you enjoy:
- Influencing senior stakeholders
- Solving complex environmental challenges
- Working across multiple high-profile projects
- Creating measurable environmental and social impact
- Improving processes and driving continuous improvement
- Being recognised as the sustainability expert within a business
Why apply?
You'll be joining an organisation with a significant pipeline of major infrastructure projects where sustainability is viewed as a commercial advantage—not an afterthought.
You'll have the opportunity to influence strategy, work with senior decision-makers and help shape the environmental legacy of landmark construction projects across the UK.
If you're looking for a role where your ideas will be heard and your expertise will genuinely influence project delivery, we'd love to hear from you.
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If you're an experienced Sustainability Advisor looking to step into a lead role, or already operating at Lead level, we'd be delighted to have a confidential conversation.
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