Sustainability Manager

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Sector: Environment

Role: Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

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.

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

• Leading the development and implementation of environment and sustainability strategy for specific programs within the Ontario GO Expansion rail development portfolio. This includes agreeing project outcomes, monitoring of KPI's and ensuring delivery by the project team.
• Providing technical guidance to project/programme teams, delivering service excellence through purposeful, measurable outcomes.
• Supporting the client in maintaining their ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, to promote environmental awareness, complying with environmental regulations and to drive continuous environmental improvement by objectives and monitoring performance.
• Embedding a risk-based approach in identifying significant environmental aspects and impacts to reduce impacts on the environment through pollution prevention, waste reduction, biodiversity preservation, and adoption of energy efficiency measures.
• Promoting the awareness and implementation of green building practices that embrace the idea of minimizing energy consumption, use of sustainable materials, renewable energy generation, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal to enhance environmental and sustainability performance.
• Developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with wider project delivery functions.
• Providing the client and internal senior management teams with periodic progress reports relating to specified environment and sustainability actions.
• Conducting the implementation, evaluation and adjustment measures of the environmental and sustainability strategy.
• Monitoring and reporting of contractor's legal requirements and project agreement documentation compliance.
• Embed key performance indicators (KPIs) for environmental performance to measure progress and identify areas for improvement.
• Coaching and mentoring the client project delivery teams on risk-based approaches to identify and mitigate environmental risks, aligned with the client environmental management system.
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on contractors' implementation of GHG reduction measures and sustainable building practices.
• Developing and implementation of environmental campaigns, workshops and training to enhance environmental awareness across the project to reduce environmental impact and increase environmental performance.
• Supporting Mace to deliver its corporate sustainability strategy, including 10 million tonnes of client carbon saving.
• Supporting the development of case studies and best practice and share lessons learned with the wider client project delivery teams and internal Mace teams.

• Degree level qualification in environmental management, geography, or related subject.
• Practical experience in the following sectors would be beneficial: infrastructure, including, rail, highways, and aviation.
• Experience implementing and managing environmental management systems (ISO 14001) on a project.
• Experience with engaging multiple stakeholders and third parties about environment and sustainability.
• Technical knowledge and experience in LEED certifications and implementation of GHG reduction measures.
• Experience in working with Sustainability Reporting Frameworks, such as the GRI - Global Reporting Initiative.
• Working knowledge of E&S policies, standards, legislation and procedures pertaining to the industry.
• Competent in the use of IT programmes such as Microsoft office.

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.

Company

If you can bring a different perspective to help us shape the cities of tomorrow, take a look at the opportunities we have to join us.

Fortune favours the brave - and so do we

At Mace we empower our people to be collaborative, curious and embrace their entrepreneurial spirits. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world.

We want our employees to thrive and achieve their highest potential. We are passionate about creating an environment that provides opportunities for the most stimulating and fulfilling careers. We encourage innovation and welcome new perspectives by attracting and developing people with diverse talent who inspire our thinking, challenge our solutions and enhance our culture.

At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills, see the world and get to work with both inspiring colleagues and influential clients – whatever your passion, we have an opportunity that will bring out the best in you.

Reward and recognition

We invest in our people and provide a strong benefits package, which in the UK includes:

• 22 days of holiday, plus two ‘Mace Days’ to support work-life balance, bank holidays and December holiday shut down
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Highly competitive maternity and paternity package
• Reimbursement of professional subscriptions and membership fees
• Season ticket loan
• Annual health screening
• Private medical insurance
• Sponsorship of education schemes (on approval)
• Continuous on the job training and development
• Cycle to work scheme

We know that many parents can face challenges when balancing the demands of work and their home lives. At Mace, we fully support our people when they choose to balance their career with family life. We offer enhanced family leave, as well as options for flexible working and alternative working patterns to support and improve the work-life balance of our employees.

Our performance management and appraisal approach is based on ability and talent. Top performers are recognised for both their contribution to projects and their broader contribution to the business.

At Mace we appreciate the differences that everyone brings to work and we recognise the importance of people being free to be themselves.

Regardless of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, or affiliation to any political party, we embrace diversity and believe in creating an inclusive environment where every Mace person is treated equally, fairly and with respect.

We are proud partners of Stonewall’s global diversity champions programme that ensures all LGBT+ staff are accepted without exception at Mace.

Mace’s corporate purpose statement is ‘Redefining the boundaries of ambition’.

Support for disabled employees is provided by:

Our recruitment and HR Teams have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.

Enabled at Mace – employee network. Its aims are to support its members and, to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and other impairments to support their aim to create an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.

Disability Confident – We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.

Clear Assured – an externally verified accreditation around equality, diversity and inclusion practice across our business, driving improvements to our policies, processes and practices.

Recite Me – an assistive technology tool that provides access support to all employees. It is located on our intranet site, our website and job vacancy platform.

Mace are member of the Business Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their confidential support line.