Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager (Sizewell C)
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Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager (Sizewell C)
Job Category: Other
Contract Partner Company: Civil Works Alliance (CWA)
Employing Company: CWA
We are looking for a Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager to join the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) for the delivery of Sizewell C-one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure projects. As part of the CWA, you will lead on and assure environmental compliance and sustainability performance during the construction of a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station, providing low-carbon electricity for six million homes and shaping the energy landscape for the next 60 years.
In this role, you will:
- Provide hands-on, visible leadership for environmental compliance across complex construction areas and work packages on site
- Ensure all activities comply with environmental approvals, permits, and management plans, proactively identifying and mitigating risk
- Oversee and continually improve CWA and supply chain environmental management plans and controls, ensuring they are practical, robust and truly integrated into how we work
- Lead monitoring, inspections, audits and assurance activities, driving performance, influencing behaviours and ensuring any incidents are managed and lessons implemented
- Act as the primary on-site point of contact for client environment, compliance and assurance representatives, building strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Champion and facilitate delivery of our sustainability targets around carbon, waste, water, materials and biodiversity-ensuring initiatives are practical, achievable and impactful at site level
- Lead, mentor and develop the on-site Environmental & Sustainability Team, building environmental capability, accountability and a culture of excellence across all Alliance partners and supply chain
- Set expectations and provide targeted training, toolbox talks and coaching to embed consistent compliance and best practice behaviours across the project
We are looking for someone who brings:
- Proven experience within the Construction, Civils, Utilities or Energy sector in an environmental and/or sustainability role
- Sound knowledge of construction environmental management systems and regulatory frameworks, with demonstrable experience leading environmental compliance on major projects
- A strong track record of leading and developing high-performing teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to influence at all levels
- Relevant degree (e.g., Environmental Science, Sustainability Engineering or related discipline) and high proficiency with MS Office
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to drive results in complex, fast-paced environments
- Professional accreditation and experience working within an alliance delivery model would be highly advantageous
This is a rare chance to join a collaborative, high-profile team on a project that will define the future of the UK's energy supply-while setting a new benchmark for environmental delivery and sustainability. If you want to make a visible difference on a "once in a generation" project, we invite you to click the following link to apply.
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.