Regional Environmental Sustainability Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - South West

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

1/30/2025

About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Enabling Functions team as a Regional Environmental Sustainability Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - South West  and you can build something to be proud of.

What you'll be doing

• Development and implementation of the area ES Strategy / Roadmap
  across the in line with the UKCS Civils Bridging the Gap Plans (BtGs)
• Oversee management and development of the area ES teams
• Plan resource needs and forecast demand
• Ensure a personal relentless focus on driving the adoption of a sustainable
  mindset across the group
• Interpret sustainability related data and translate these data sets into
  meaningful, practical and operational actions for improvements
• Support the adoption of these actions by the area projects through the
  creation of meaningful sustainability action plans
• Support the development of Sustainability KPI and on-going reporting
  requirements
• Actively seek out, identify and commercially validate product, process,
  paradigm and position innovations to help advance the sustainability
  agenda within Balfour Beatty
• Support the learning and development of the area projects
• Inspire individuals across the group to become more sustainable and to
  promote sustainability within their own functions and businesses.
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values & personally demonstrate the Leadership
  Behaviours
• Support compliance with all Regulations and Company Policies &
  Processes
• Liaise with key customers and suppliers to understand their sustainability
  needs and how best to deliver against/support them
• Produce sustainability reports externally for customers and internally as
  required.
• Support effective Sustainability governance through the Sustainability
  working groups for forums.
• Provide sustainability expertise to the group and BU to support work winning and operational improvements around sustainability
• Support work winning in responding to bespoke sustainability questions and
  promoting sustainability innovation
• Develop case studies from signature projects that reflect Balfour Beatty
  innovation and expertise.
• Feed into the BU communications plan with sustainability content and use
  communications and improvements to engage staff on an on-going basis.
• As part of the sustainability Centre of Excellence, lead and develop
  expertise in the UK around a designated sustainability specialist area
• Maintain up to date knowledge of UK and global developments on
  sustainability.

Who we're looking for

This is a position at a management level for an individual with a proven track record of implementing sustainability within a matrix management structure. The following qualities and experience are essential:

• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills are
  required, coupled with a strong ability to influence through others and
  support/coach the business stream leadership where necessary.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Sustainability and how it
  practically impacts on the ‘built environment’, including experience of whole
  life costing
• The individual will be comfortable managing experts in sustainability
  (carbon, water, waste, materials & responsible sourcing, circular economy,
  biodiversity, social value, community engagement, BREEAM, CEEQUAL)
  and potentially has expertise in one or more areas of sustainability
• Programme management experience with a structured approach to
  organising and documenting progress
• Strong influencing skills, along with budget management experience
• A self-starter with sticking power and resilience
• A passion for protecting our environment, tackling climate change, and
  benefiting communities

The following qualities and experience are desirable:

• Chartered Member of the Institute of Environmental Management &
  Assessment
• Relevant environmental or sustainability degree
• Some experience of working with government departments influencing new
  legislation
• Experience of working with regulators.
• Experience of identifying and anticipating sustainability trends, business
  drivers and UK and global sustainability issue

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com