Sustainability Manager

Mace Technology • Full-time • Dublin • 5m 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 project in Ballycoolin Dublin working 5 days per week on site. 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 and sustainability strategy on the project, 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 (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.
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.  
Identification of local needs.
Writing of social value plans to deliver the local authority, local and client needs.
Provide regular updates to local communities through newsletters and community meetings.
Respond to complaints and enquires received from the local community.
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 your project and submit to the relevant council and 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.
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.
Proven track record of sustainability work >4 years.
Expertise in relevant industry, sector, region, etc.
Stakeholder engagement\: ability to engage with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels.
Collaborator, ability to engage with multiple teams in a collaborative manner.
Communication\: ability to present technical topics in a simple way to a variety of audiences.
Influence\: ability to positively influence others to achieve PASW, BNG, V2S ambitions.
Relationship management\: regulation of relationships, conflict management.
Qualifications\: Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Post Graduate Degree, Etc) (or equivalent).
Experience within a sustainability role or a related field. Ideally 4 years plus.

You’ll also have:

Experience of reporting and delivering against social value frameworks.
Experience in developing, and/or implementing environmental management systems on projects.
Knowledge of construction.
Project management skills.
Suitable professional membership/s (i.e. IEMA, ICRS, CIEMA, ICE, RICS) (or equivalent).
Curious\: ability to investigate, research, question and continuously improve.
Presentations skills/story telling.
Critical thinking/problem solving.
Programme engagement.
Interpersonal skills/self awareness.
NZC, Scope 1-3 emissions.
TCFD / TNFD.
Setting a scope, objectives, target's/industry benchmarks RICS.
Building performance standards - part L & Future,
Standards - EN15978, ISO 14026 Standards PAS 2080 (50, 60, 35),
TM 54 and how to use them.
Embodied carbon and how to drive reductions - LCA - One click.
Electrification - heating and cooling demand/supply.
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.

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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