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.

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.

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.