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Senior Asset Sustainability Advisor

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom National Highways Full time

Senior Asset Sustainability Advisor - SES Asset Management Division

Your new role

You’ll work in a small team within our Asset Management Division responsible for the development and implementation of policies, processes and technical advice supporting our Net Zero Strategy for Construction and Maintenance. This includes supporting theDivision’s Net Zero Programme objectives, delivering elements of our Carbon Management System such as the Low Carbon Opportunity Register.

You will have an opportunity to use and further develop your sustainability skills to coordinate carbon reduction activity across our assets. This will include working with our technical specialists to ensure standards and specifications are updated to supportasset or material specific net zero roadmaps.

This role will require you to work with internal colleagues, including Operations and Major Projects, to ensure that carbon reduction opportunities are effectively implemented. You will also have the opportunity to support the engagement with external stakeholdersand suppliers that can contribute to our net zero objectives.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your career, working with industry leading experts within National Highways who are dedicated to sustainable delivery, quality, safety and making a meaningful contribution to our customers

What you’ll be leading on

Support the delivery of the Asset Management Divisions’ Construction and Maintenance Net Zero Programme objectives. This will include coordinating the technical input from asset specialists within the division on near or net zero strategies, materials, standards,specifications and processes.
Provide Net Zero Programme governance, including reporting progress to National Highways Central Carbon Team.
Act as a source of asset sustainability knowledge to support the development of related policies and operating procedures within the National Highways Asset Management Strategy.
Manage tasks within National Highways Innovation Programme - ensuring best value, alignment to corporate objectives and the effective management of consultants and budgets.
Support the continual review of standards, working with asset specialists to ensure carbon reduction is a key theme i.e. within the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges (DMRB), Specification for Highway Works (SHW), BSI, CEN, etc.
Ensure that published carbon reduction processes, guidance, standards, specifications are communicated effectively to stakeholders, partners and the supply chain to support implementation.
Support National Highways sustainability representation at external committees, steering groups, seminars and workshops.
Continue to develop knowledge of asset sustainability to become a source of expertise.
To be successful

You will be a chartered engineer and/or environmental specialist with a relevant professional institution (eg ICE, IEMA) or hold equivalent recognition of your technical suitability for the role (a plan to achieve professional accreditation in the near futurewill be considered)
Experience in these technical disciplines:
The principles of sustainable asset management and its inclusion within policy, procedures and standards.
Knowledge of Highway design standards and specifications (DMRB/ MCHW).
Appreciation of the life cycle of highway assets; the materials, products and technologies used and emerging low carbon innovations.
The ability to analyse complex information, considering all risks and issues, to develop appropriate solutions.
Experience of working effectively with stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
Experience of delivering projects using recognised project management methods to ensure objectives are met.
A bit about us

The Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES) directorate at National Highways is an exciting place to work. You’ll have opportunities to lead and implement new innovation as we develop and deliver the Net Zero Strategy for our Construction and Maintenanceactivities. Building in every opportunity to ensure that our customers and road workers get home safe and well every day while travelling or working on our road network.