Environmental & Sustainability Manager

About the opportunity

Provide leadership in environmental and sustainability performance for Sizewell C (SZC), ensuring full compliance with environmental permits, licences, and commitments across a nationally significant nuclear construction project. Lead the site-based Environment & Sustainability team and act as the main interface with regulators, contractors, and SZC project leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clear leadership to E&S teams and Tier 1 contractors.
• Ensure full compliance with environmental permits, licences, consents, and ISO 14001.
• Oversee site inspections, surveillance, and performance monitoring.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate significant environmental aspects.
• Drive environmental and sustainability performance across SZC and supply chain.
• Promote world class environmental behaviours and best practice.
• Lead environmental investigations and implement performance improvements.
• Act as primary interface with environmental regulators (e.g., Environment Agency).
• Build strong working relationships with internal teams, contractors, and public bodies.
• Provide a professional service on all environmental and regulatory matters.
• Develop and implement KPIs and reporting to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure department processes, resourcing, and quality standards meet SZC requirements.
• Support delivery teams across pre construction, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Embed lessons learned and support the One Team culture with Tier 1 contractors.

What You'll Need

• Extensive experience leading E&S teams on major, highly regulated construction projects.
• Strong understanding of environmental permits, licences, and compliance arrangements.
• Broad construction knowledge (civils, mechanical, electrical, commissioning).
• Strong leadership, influencing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across technical disciplines and operate effectively from site to boardroom.
• High standards of organisation, detail, assurance, and professional judgement.
• Understanding of sustainability opportunities and constraints on major projects.
• Degree in an Environmental discipline.
• Strong leadership experience.
• Extensive client & principal contractor experience managing environmental issues on large infrastructure or engineering projects.
• Experience working with regulators and managing regulatory commitments.
• Experience implementing management systems and environmental controls.
• Desirable: Experience in highly regulated industries.
• Desirable: Experience driving sustainability initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
• UK employees receive free single medical cover and digital GP service.
• Family friendly benefits including enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes.
• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
• Work life balance and flexibility with hybrid, part time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations.

EEO Statement

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