Job Description:
Project Sustainability Lead (UK)
Build your Future:
TSL is a leader in technical construction and specialise in advanced manufacturing, data centres, food, logistics, and pharmaceuticals. We design, build, and deliver top quality commercial and manufacturing facilities, which are tailored to the needs of our clients.
Our family focused culture links our passionate, hard-working people together to build the highest quality projects all over the world. We are firm believers that to build quality, you must invest in quality, and we commit to developing our biggest asset: our employees.
Role:
The Project Sustainability Lead will predominantly support operations and will be a technical expert in their field, assisting project teams in UK, led by a national lead. They will take full ownership of sustainability & environment items on the project.
Responsibilities:
Project Compliance & Management
* Key contact for assigned projects / teams – as the sustainability subject matter expert providing technical advice and guidance.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of internal environmental sustainability training.
* Report to the project team monthly to feedback site environmental and sustainability performance and progress.
* Support project teams in discharging their environmental, social and sustainability related planning conditions, and delivery of organisation KPIs
* Undertake regular site visits and inspections on assigned projects to ensure environmental compliance and best practice.
* Writing and communication of site project environmental and sustainability documentation such as construction environment management plans and pollution incident response plans.
* Lead internal and external stakeholders towards sustainable and compliant outcomes that align with project objectives.
* Deliver projects according to the company Environmental Management System (EMS), to ISO14001 standards.
* They will interact and work with the wider sustainability function to align the Irish TSL business with the momentum, change and strategy delivery for TSL group of companies.
Building & Project Certification
* Support project teams in understanding certification requirements (such as BREEAM, LEED) and achieving their targeted credits.
* Engage with supply chain and relevant roles to ensure requirements and evidence for certifications are discharged / collected in a timely manner.
* Leads or supports the maintenance of a compliance and certification tracker that collates, records, and references a robust and auditable trail of information as evidence of compliance for project certifications
* Act as a key point of contact for clients and consultants when concerning progress and requirements with certifications.
* Actively manages and supports the management of the assessment process in line with industry guidance and with the input from the project team.
* Responsible for identifying and escalating any risks with meeting the outlined project certification requirement
* Supports knowledge sharing and process improvement practices across the business, to ensure a high level of efficiency on BREEAM projects.
Sustainability Strategy
* Supports the UK sustainability Lead & Head of ESG & Compliance with strategy delivery and performance evaluation.
* Integrates strategy objectives into operational practices, championing change and improvement.
* Aligns Ireland with the TSL group work focused on European reporting requirements.
* Assists the development of the environmental management system and other ESG company documents.
Requirements:
Qualifications
Experience
Essential
* A degree or similar in an environmental, social or governance discipline
Desirable
* ISO14001 internal or external auditor
* CSCS card (relevant to role)
* BREEAM/LEED Accredited Professional or similar
* Carbon literacy or emissions accounting qualification for example Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
* MSc in environmental or related discipline
Essential
* 5+ years’ experience providing full time environmental and sustainability support to construction or engineering projects
Desirable
* Experience conducting / leading building certification assessments such as BREEAM / LEED or an Emissions Assessment
* Experience undertaking environmental and social assessments and driving performance improvements.
* Experience in writing and updating business management system documentation (procedures, policies), ideally to ISO14001 standards
Core Skills
Other Requirements
* Competent with Microsoft Office packages; Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Experience using construction management software
* Proficiency in using sustainability assessment and / or data reporting tools and software
* Clear, effective verbal & written communicator with strong interpersonal skills
Essential
* A member (any status) of a professional body linked to ESG or environment such as IEMA or IES
* Valid passport and able to travel internationally for work
* Must hold a driving licence applicable for region / country of the role origin
Desirable
* A full or chartered member of a professional ESG or environmental body
Other Information:
* To facilitate the responsibilities of the role the post-holder may need to travel nationally & (very infrequently) international.
* Benefits are linked to the role grade and current business offering.
* The role will directly report into the UK Sustainability Lead but be required to provide support & updates to the Project Director.
* The applicant will likely be required to support multiple projects simultaneously