Sustainability Manager
- Acting as the primary sustainability lead during preconstruction and delivery, ensuring consistent communication with the client, design team, and stakeholders.
- Embedding sustainability into every stage of the project lifecycle, balancing environmental and social objectives with cost, programme, and design development.
- Leading sustainability as part of the core project leadership team, with responsibility across environment, carbon, and social value.
- Defining and agreeing sustainability targets and metrics at preconstruction (RIBA Stage 3 onwards), aligned with client and local authority expectations.
- Designing a sustainability team structure and resource forecast, leading recruitment and building capability across specialist areas (environmental, carbon, and social value).
- Developing a Stakeholder Management Plan to support proactive engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Shaping and leading the sustainability strategy, working closely with design consultants and internal delivery teams.
- Collaborating with engineering, procurement, and commercial teams to:
- Create the Sustainability Risk & Opportunity Register.
- Set project-specific objectives on carbon, biodiversity, circular economy, and social value.
- Embed sustainability requirements into procurement and supply chain partnerships.
- Managing sustainability KPIs, reporting and auditing, ensuring accuracy and accountability across workstreams.
- Building strong relationships with regulators, CCS, and other authorities to ensure compliance and best practice.
- Leading and mentoring a growing team of sustainability professionals, offering technical guidance and pastoral support.
- Driving community engagement by working closely with the client's community team, representing the project in public forums, and coordinating impactful communications.
- Supporting continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and contributing to Laing O'Rourke's wider sustainability strategy.
- Proven experience delivering sustainability strategies on large infrastructure or construction projects.
- Confidence, resilience, and influencing skills to operate independently during the PCSA period — with the ability to negotiate, steer design decisions, and proactively shape the sustainability agenda.
- Commercial acumen, with the ability to integrate sustainability into decision-making alongside cost and programme.
- Strong leadership experience in establishing and building a team, including resource planning, recruitment, and performance management.
- Deep knowledge of environmental sustainability — not just carbon, but biodiversity, circular economy, waste, and water.
- Awareness of and/or experience in delivering social value outcomes such as apprenticeships, local employment, and community initiatives.
- Skilled in data management and reporting, with experience tracking, auditing and presenting sustainability performance to senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, from regulators and community groups to client leadership.
- Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field such as Environmental Science, Sustainability, Engineering, or Architecture.
- Eligible to work in the UK and subject to vetting and security screening.
- Familiarity with relevant standards such as:
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
- PAS 2080 (Carbon Management in Infrastructure)
- NHS SHTN 02-01 (Sustainable Design & Construction)
- BREEAM and ecology management frameworks
- Strong understanding of net zero carbon principles, life cycle assessments, and sustainability-linked procurement.
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