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Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager
January 19, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager
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Office locations in Dartford & Manchester
Laing O'Rourke has a hybrid working model which is centred around managing energy and promoting sustainable performance in the role.
This role will require travel and overnight stays- enabling you to immerse yourself in our people and the great work they do across our functions and projects. The frequency will be determined by workload and requirements.
The role of the Environmental Sustainability Manager is vital in realising our mission to enable the development of our Global Sustainability Strategy across the EU Hub.
The new position will be embedded within the wider sustainability function, working under the Environmental Sustainability Leader and playing a pivotal role in supporting the development and implementation of our strategy across the business.
What will the role look like?
- Work with the Environmental Sustainability Leader and Energy and Carbon Manager to develop and manage the corporate sustainability strategy.
- Be responsible for co-creating and implementing strategic sustainability work streams and action plans to ensure sustainable development throughout the organisation.
- Identify key industry groups and accreditation schemes for the business and develop relationship management plans for any identified. Coordinate our engagement with relevant groups and ensure learning is cascaded throughout the function.
- Provide technical input into engineering and technological approaches to the design and delivery of sustainable building and infrastructure assets.
- Work with the technical teams to model integrated designs in the area of climate change, weather resilience, energy, water balance, and material lifecycle impacts.
- Monitor and report the progress of the sustainability strategy.
- Help to develop a Laing O'Rourke sustainability brand so that our sustainability strategy is recognised and understood across the EU Hub.
- Work with the Australia hub to align strategy across the business.
- Work with the Sustainability Communications Lead to provide data and narrative to be used in corporate reporting including the website and Annual Report.
- Connect with stakeholders and communities across the business to promote sustainability and improve their education on sustainability accreditation tools, company targets and, achievements.
- Work with the Social Value Team to develop a bank of environmental STEM materials and initiatives and environmental volunteering opportunities that align with our Sustainability Strategy.
- Collect evidence for work winning and narrative being to support our specialist businesses and self-delivery model.
- Investigate and apply for relevant environmental or sustainability grants and awards.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies in organisations and ideally a construction setting
- Knowledge of environmental sustainability key concepts beyond carbon
- Good understanding of LOR Sustainability strategy ambitions and targets and how this aligns at all levels of the business
- Ability to lead multiple projects and programmes
- Ability to lead to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure all business needs are met.
- Ability to understand data management in relation to environmental sustainability, including data accuracy, auditing, and reporting
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.