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Sustainability Advisor / Sustainability Analyst (Embodied Carbon) – Civils / Infrastructure –

Role is a mix of Northampton office, site visits and remote work.

Also open to consider candidates from other construction roles who have a passion for sustainability with a view of transferring into a full-time sustainability role, such as design engineers, design coordinators, design manager, site engineers or other

Exciting opportunity for a permanent Sustainability Coordinator / Sustainability Consultant to join one of the UK's most successful Tier 1 building & civil engineering main contractors, with a very stable and fast growing forward order book.

BEST EMPLOYER IN CONSTRUCTION
This company have one of the best opportunities on offer for a Sustainability Advisor in the industry.

What makes it great?

-Very low staff turnover, in fact ridiculously low, must be one of the lowest in the industry. Excellent sign that they look after their staff.

-Professional & friendly team environment, even on site!

-Excellent relationships and a prompt payer to subcontractors and suppliers.

-High standards of excellence on site,

-Big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, excellent option if you are fed up with being treated like just another number.

-Excellent opportunity for career progression, going through a period of organic growth.
-Excellent salary and benefits package including, car allowance / competitive pension / x 2 bonuses a year.

ROLE

As Sustainability Advisor your role will include

• Coordinating the data collection for LCA reporting requirements

• Coordinating client and project sustainability / carbon / ESG reporting requirements.

o Liaising with Commercial Team / Design Team / Project Team to obtain

information and analysing procurement schedules / drawings / commercial.

documents.

o Liaising with the supply chain / external stakeholders to obtain procurement and

site operations information for LCAs.

• Understanding LCA & Net Zero frameworks/ standards and working within these

guidelines

o Reviewing and keeping up to date with the latest published standards and

guidelines from UKNZBS / UKGBC / RICS / ICE / PAS 2080 etc

• Ensuring the use of appropriate evidence for reporting and to maintain accurate data.

• Liaising with other departments to improve the collection, input, and reporting of

Sustainability and ESG data.

• Assisting with development of Civils & Infrastructure Net Zero reporting processes

• Working in line with client requirements / sustainability targets

• Capturing best practice through case studies to share information and improve

performance.

• Guiding project teams on reporting timeframes internally and to Clients/ Stakeholders

• Aligning to the sustainability branding on all materials, presentations, and documents

• General Sustainability / NZ / CSR support

• Acting as a Sustainability / CSR champion within the business

• Ensuring data quality for emissions reporting.

• Influencing design and build processes to hit Net Zero targets.

• Generating innovative ideas to help reduce project’s carbon emissions.

• Supporting company targets to achieve its sustainability targets.

• Staying up to date with new technology, innovations, and best practice in the industry to

accelerate sustainability progress.

• Weekly site visits

REQUIREMENTS:

To be considered for this Sustainability Advisor role you must meet the following criteria:

-Previous work in a Sustainability Advisor / Coordinator / Sustainability Consultant or similar role.

-Also open to consider candidates from other construction roles who have a passion for sustainability with a view of transferring into a full-time sustainability role, such as design engineers, design coordinators, design manager, site engineers or other*

-Either previous experience on Civil engineering (Highways / Rail or Infrastructure) projects or alternatively a civil engineering related qualification.

-Genuine passion for sustainability.

-Open to consider candidates previous employed by a main contractor, sun contractor or consultancy.

REMUNERATION:

The successful Sustainability Advisor will receive:

*Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)
*Car Allowance
*Pension
*Bonus.

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

Services advertised by Talk Recruitment are that of an employment business and/or agency.

If you have not had a reply on your application within five working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion

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