Sustainability Manager

Mace Consult Limited • Full-time • London • 1m ago

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 strategy site.

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.

The project\:

We are looking for an experienced sustainability manager to support our Mace construction aviation projects primarily at Heathrow and Gatwick, working 5 days per week. The successful candidate will join the existing responsible business team and deliver onsite environment and social value services, for Maces’ construction division. The role will also support Mace’s wider corporate ambitions to reduce client carbon emissions by 10 million tonnes by 2026 and deliver £1.3bn of value to society by 2030.

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

You’ll be responsible for:

Leading the development of the client carbon reduction and sustainability strategy on projects, including agreeing project outcomes and ensuring their delivery by the project team.
Translating technical topics into laypersons language and articulate the value of sustainability.
Supporting the drive for Mace to be a leader in climate change and sustainability.
Delivering purpose-led and measurable outcomes on the project
Ensuring all targets and commitments (legal, client and Mace) are being delivered.
Ensuring the project contributes to the 2026 Mace business plan KPIs and targets.
Awareness of client and market needs to evolve and maintain necessary competencies.
Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with client and stakeholders including design team members, contractors, subcontractors, and regulators.
Representing Mace at relevant forums and through presentations to clients and working groups.
Regular engagement with your client and consultants (share knowledge, check in, provide informative insights, project updates and case studies). 
Managing data quality (i.e. QA the data sets) and identifying insights that you can act upon.
Attending project meetings to highlight sustainability requirements.
Supporting project teams and the supply chain to in meeting sustainability deliverables and produce project control plans such as waste management and emergency response plans.
Delivering sustainability training where required.
Driving improvements and better outcomes (not just reporting).
Measuring and tracking innovation, deliver meaningful and measurable outcomes.
Do the basics right – legal compliance, legislation, Mace Way.
Bid support to the BU leads in construct.
Exceed the clients’ expectations but ensure it is deliverable.  
Any other reasonable environmental sustainability tasks.
Identification of local needs.
Writing of social value plans to deliver the local authority, local and client needs.
Provide regular updates to the client, local communities through newsletters and community meetings.
Project managing the delivery of targets as agreed in employment & skills plan, working with stakeholders and supply chain to ensure a collaborative approach.
Manage the monthly monitoring and reporting requirements for projects and submit to the client where necessary.
Attend client meetings and project review meetings to report outputs, issues and risks around socio-economic targets.
Establish and maintain positive working relationships with client and stakeholders including colleges, council, training providers, employment charities and job centres.
Implement employment strategies with our sub-contractors and local authorities.
Screen, manage and refer apprenticeship and job start candidates to our sub-contractors.
Identify and produce case studies to assist with communicating best practice.
Delivery of community investment activities and programmes for the project.
Engage with schools/colleges for site visits, work experience in line with Mace’s strategic objectives.
Writing and analysis of social value statements.

You’ll need to have:

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Understanding of reporting and delivering against social value frameworks.
Experience in developing, and/or implementing environmental management systems on projects.
Knowledge of construction
Ability to drive change, lead others and adopt different solutions, act decisively with a passion to achieve results.
Effective problem solving and negotiating skills.
Solid administration and IT skills – advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Ability to liaise with people at all levels.
Ability to persuade and influence stakeholders.
Be self-motivated and able to self-manage.
Empathetic listening skills.
Reliable and committed.
Strong interpersonal skills with a flexible approach to different work environments.
Project management skills.
Proven track record of sustainability work >4 years

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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