Sustainability Integration into Early Project Development

• Work closely with Development and Design teams to ensure sustainability is embedded within project governance and decision-making processes.
• Help institutionalise sustainability requirements across the project lifecycle, ensuring key risks, opportunities and compliance obligations are considered at the appropriate stages and not left to later phases of project delivery.

Regulatory Intelligence & Future-Proofing

• Provide leadership on emerging environmental and sustainability legislation across Europe, the UK and the Middle East.
• Assess the implications of regulatory developments for Pure's projects and business strategy, translating complex requirements into practical actions that support compliance, resilience and competitive advantage.

Technical Leadership & Subject Matter Expertise

• Serve as a senior sustainability adviser to the business, providing technical expertise on environmental, climate and sustainability matters.
• Support strategic decision-making, challenge proposed approaches where necessary, and help establish consistent standards and best practices across the project portfolio as Pure continues its international growth.

Team Management Responsibilities & Key Relationships

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise: Offer specialised knowledge and guidance to investment, delivery, and procurement teams throughout early stages of project development.
• Support Sustainability Reporting: Assist in sustainability reporting and engagement activities with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Project alignment and integration: Aid Project Managers in aligning and integrating their projects with the broader sustainability and corporate strategy.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will combine strong technical knowledge with commercial awareness and experience operating within complex infrastructure environments. They will be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, regulators and consultants, while also possessing the credibility to influence project teams and development decisions.

Candidates should have substantial experience in major infrastructure, data centres, utilities, energy, industrial or comparable sectors, with a proven track record in environmental permitting, planning, sustainability strategy and regulatory engagement. Experience of working across multiple jurisdictions and navigating evolving regulatory environments would be highly advantageous.

• 8+ years' experience in sustainability, ESG advisory, environmental consultancy, planning or permitting.
• Significant experience in critical infrastructure, data centres, energy infrastructure, industrial developments, utilities or major projects.
• Strong understanding of sustainability risks affecting portfolio.
• Experience working directly with regulators and permitting authorities.
• Strong understanding of environmental permitting processes.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, with the ability to prioritise competing technical, regulatory and delivery requirements.
• Experience managing consultants and reviewing technical reports.
• Experience leading environmental or sustainability due diligence.
• Experience with climate risk assessments.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management experience.
• Degree in engineering, environmental science, sustainability, planning or related discipline.
• Chartered status (e.g. IEMA, CIWEW, RTPI) is desirable.

Skills

• Communication: You can demonstrate experience/capability to engage and communicate effectively (spoken and written) across diverse stakeholder groups. (R)
• Collaboration: You can demonstrate how you have used collaboration to effectively deliver, and to create and/or contribute to wider team empowerment and value. (R)
• Innovation: You can demonstrate how you have used problem solving to identify opportunities to responsibly improve ways of working and/or established outcomes, within your scope of influence. (R)
• Continuous Improvement: You can demonstrate how you have invested in developing your own (and others) skills, experience, and output. And how this has contributed to personal and/or wider business value. (R)
• Leadership: You can demonstrate how through your understanding of your own personal impact and responsibility, that you have led by example and brought others along with you on the journey. (R)

Note: The successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment screening to BS7858:2019, or national equivalent. (Covers: Confirmation of identity, legal right to work, financial probity, criminal history and associations with proscribed organisations). It is the policy of Pure DC that all individuals have a responsibility for the security and protection of the company’s Information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.