Environmental Sustainability Leader

Wates Group is seeking an Environmental Sustainability Leader in London to shape sustainability efforts in regional operations and strategic initiatives. The role involves driving SES's transition to net zero, embedding sustainability strategies, analyzing project data, and supporting regional teams. Responsibilities include coaching, performance improvement, and promoting best practices in sustainability. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working, and various corporate benefits.
Environmental Sustainability Leader .
• Environmental Sustainability Leader – SES

SES Engineering Services are recruiting for an Environmental Sustainability Leader to join our regional business, playing a key role in shaping and advancing sustainability across our local operations and supporting our strategic centre functions.

This is a unique opportunity to influence and accelerate SES's transition towards net zero, strengthen our environmental sustainability performance, and drive innovation across some of the UK's most technically complex MEP projects.

If you are passionate about environmental sustainability in the built environment and want to make a measurable impact while developing your career within a forward thinking, supportive team, join us and help to create tomorrow together.
• About The Role

Our Environmental Sustainability Leaders are critical to embedding environmental sustainability across SES. This combined role supports both regional operations and strategic centre initiatives, ensuring successful delivery of regional SES sustainability targets.

You will provide subject matter expertise, coach and influence teams, drive performance improvement, and support the development and regional implementation of SES's Environmental Sustainability Implementation Plan (ESIP). https://watesgroup-my.sharepoint.com/personal/awalter\_ses-ltd\_co\_uk/\_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc={0397D162-0ECC-492A-8668-2336CE60ED5D}&file=SES Environmental Sustainability Leader_Final Version.docx&action=default&mobileredirect=true
• As Our Environmental Sustainability Leader, You Will
• Lead and embed SES's environmental sustainability strategy (ESIP) into planning, delivery and operational decision making across the region.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the centre sustainability team, helping drive sustainability accelerators, market aligned strategies, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and analyse project sustainability data, identifying local trends, risks, and regional opportunities to improve performance.
• Support the regional bid team with credible, high quality sustainability responses aligned to customer ambitions and SES strategic goals.
• Provide functional support to the SHEQ team by helping to identify environmental risks, contributing to compliance-related activities, and promoting safebydesign principles across projects.
• Drive engagement with regional project teams, customers, and supply chain partners to promote sustainability best practice and innovation.
• Facilitate regional training, upskilling and mentoring to build local sustainability capability and knowledge within teams, including leading a regional network of sustainability champions.
• Report on regional sustainability performance and escalate key issues to support organisational learning and corrective action.
• Locally manage or propose budgets that support the effective delivery of sustainability objectives.
• What We Offer
• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to role/grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical, Pension with 6% employer contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holiday + bank holidays, and much more…
• Excellent learning and development opportunities to support your professional growth
• Industryleading family friendly policies including 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 12 weeks fully paid paternity leave To find out more about
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• About You

You will bring
• Professional experience and strong understanding of environmental sustainability in the built environment, ideally within MEP.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation, carbon strategies, circularity, resource efficiency and nature positive approaches.
• Ability to analyse and interpret environmental data to inform decisions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience delivering training, facilitating workshops and driving behavioural change.
• A degree or equivalent experience in sustainability, environmental science, engineering or a related field (IEMA membership desirable).

You will role model SES behaviours by caring about people and planet, being fair and inclusive, and always looking for a better way.
• Additional Information*

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