Sustainability Manager

4 weeks ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Mace Full time

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our website.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

  • Safety first - Going home safe and well
  • Client focus - Deliver on our promise
  • Integrity - Always do the right thing
  • Create opportunity - For our people to excel

As a Sustainability Manager, you will be responsible for providing support to client-facing consultancy services, including informal guidance and support for the coordination of various climate change, sustainability, and/or social value related activities on projects and/or programmes. You will support the teams with the achievement of Mace's wider corporate ambitions and organisational objectives and targets to reduce client carbon emissions and deliveries.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Supporting the development of client climate change, sustainability, and/or social value strategies on individual projects, including agreeing project outcomes and ensuring their delivery by the project team.
  • Becoming a technical expert and promote innovation in a particular area of sustainability, such as waste, energy/carbon, water, responsible sourcing of materials, sustainable buildings, etc.
  • Providing pro-active generalist, able to cover all major issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders.
  • Supporting work winning through bid support, innovation, and client liaison.
  • Supporting the drive for Mace to be a leader in climate change and sustainability.
  • Providing knowledge of sustainable building design, including embodied and operational carbon and energy reduction, in new build and refurbishment projects, including programme, cost, and operational impacts of NZC strategies.
  • Supporting design teams to understand and respond to environmental constraints and opportunities to maximise positive environmental benefits.
  • Developing innovation and best practice, including clearly communicating these to the wider business and our clients.
  • Supporting the ability to translate best EMS practices from one area to another. This includes analysing reporting needs in order to simplify the process.
  • Providing support on bid support work winning/bidding.
  • Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with client and stakeholders including design team members, contractors, sub-contractors, and regulators.
  • Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You'll need to have:

  • Expertise in one or more sustainability topics (waste, water, energy, carbon, responsible sourcing, building design, biodiversity, etc).
  • Ability to translate technical topics into laypersons language and articulate the value of sustainability.
  • Champions sustainability and be a leader, encouraging behavioural change throughout the business.
  • Expertise in relevant industry, sector, region, etc.
  • Develops innovation and best practice, including clearly communicating these to the wider business and our clients.
  • Supports the ability to translate best EMS practices from one area to another. This includes analysing reporting needs in order to simplify the process.
  • Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with client and stakeholders including design team members, contractors, sub-contractors, and regulators.
  • Relationship management: regulation of relationships, conflict management.
  • Qualifications: relevant tertiary qualification (post graduate degree, Etc) (or equivalent).

You'll also have:

  • Suitable professional membership/s (i.e. IEMA, ICRS, CIEMA, ICE, RICS) (or equivalent).
  • Presentations skills/story telling.
  • Critical thinking/problem solving.
  • Programme design, engagement & strategy.
  • Interpersonal skills/self-awareness/structured feedback.
  • Negotiation skills.
  • Master's degree (or equivalent).
  • NZC, Scope 1-3 emissions
  • TCFD/TNFD
  • Setting a scope, objectives, target's/industry benchmarks LETI, RICS.
  • Building performance standards - part L & future,
  • Standards – EN15978, ISO 14026 standards PAS 2080 (50, 60, 35).
  • Frameworks i.e. UKGBC, SBT, TPI.
  • TM 54 and how to use them.
  • Embodied carbon and how to drive reductions - LCA - one click.
  • Electrification – heating and cooling demand /supply.
  • Governance & risk (PMO).
  • Interaction at different levels (executive vs project management)/ (design team vs supply chain).
  • Building sustainability into contracts & procurement.
  • Building sustainability into the design process.
  • Biodiversity, nature-based solutions, green infrastructure.
  • Social value and quantification methodologies i.e. TOMS, V2S, SV portal.
  • Sustainability certification (BREEAM, LEED, WELL, etc).

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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