Sustainability Manager
Building
Birmingham
£45k - £60k + Benefits

Sustainability Manager

Ref: 1105| Posted: 21st Jul 2026

Sustainability Manager - Construction / Building – West Midlands

 

What makes it great?

-One of the UK's leading Tier 1 building main contractors.

-Strong work order book

-Exciting time to join the business as they continue to grow and expand with a good mixture of Public and Private sector projects.

 

ROLE:

The Sustainability Manager is a pro-active generalist, able to cover all major issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders. This role is responsible for the delivery of high priority project’s sustainability deliverables including BREEAM verification of data, as well as leading on carbon emissions reduction reaching Net Zero Carbon, waste reduction and circular economy.

 

DUTIES:

• Leading on sustainability performance reporting, improvement and verification of data

• Supporting on BREEAM at design stage and construction stage

• Leading on carbon emissions reduction and the wider resource efficiency agenda

• Assisting in the development of new strategy, policy and NZC targets for the company.

• Supporting the business in the implementation and delivery of the Group Sustainability strategy, its ambitions and targets

• Supporting sustainability input to business development & bids

• Carrying out research and development, identifying opportunities, encouraging innovation and improvements in transferability to increase efficiency and work-winning

• Influencing and networking, speaking and profile raising

 


 REQUIREMENTS: 

To be considered for this Sustainability Manager role you must meet the following criteria:

- Previous employment as a Sustainability Manager or similar to be considered.  
- Ideally Previous Main Contractor employment but not essential, also open to consider candidates transferring experience across from consultancies. 
- High level of communication skills. 

 

REMUNERATION:

The successful Sustainability Manager will receive:

*Competitive Basic (Dependant on experience)

*Plus company benefits.

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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