Sustainability Advisor£20,000 - £30,000 + Bonus + Pension
Buckinghamshire
Company Details
BBT has the largest dedicated Geotechnical and Environmental recruitment Division in the UK. We specialise in finding professionals at all levels for Consultancies, Contractors and public bodies across the UK
Job Description
My client is a FTSE 250 company and a leading infrastructure, building and business services organisation with an order book worth over £9bn and a turnover of £4 billion. They have over 50000 people working in areas vital to society, designing, building, and maintaining new environments for business and leisure, and safer, more reliable transport networks. Together with their partners in health, education, commercial property, local and national government, transport and defence, they are finding innovative, sustainable ways to improve the quality of life for everyone.
My clients businesses work across the UK and as far afield as Scandinavia, the Far East and Australasia. They have the people, the technology and the engineering know-how to deliver high quality rail projects and services, to the highest standards of quality and safety. From the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to urban and local networks, working closely with our clients to improve the way that rail infrastructure serves both passengers and freight operators.
Purpose of Role :
- To develop strategies and pro-actively deliver, and wherever possible exceed, the agreed sustainability objectives of the company by:
- Providing professional sustainability and environmental advice to management and employees
- Developing and managing the delivery of sustainability strategies
Key Objectives of the Role :
- Implement strategies that will improve the company’s sustainability performance to be a leader in the field.
- Develop and review policy and procedures for sustainability management, including environmental and social aspects, and for managing the delivery and implementation of sustainability strategies.
- To plan and set realistic short and long term sustainability targets and objectives, monitor their progress and report to senior management.
- Identify, promote good practice relating to sustainability management and be responsible for promoting and encouraging an all embracing and comprehensive sustainable development culture within all elements of the business.
- Regularly review procedures to ensure that they comply with statutory requirements, ISO14001 and address the needs of the business.
- Identification of the sustainability training needs and develop training and awareness programmes
Job Level Overview :
The Job Holder is subject to managerial control and the job is generally subject to practices and procedures that have clear precedents, or are covered by closely defined policies. The Job Holder may be 'part' qualified and will certainly possess some specialised skills that may have been gained through 'on the job' experience. The Job Holder's performance will have either a minimal impact on plc performance, or a very small impact on Business Group performance.
Operational Accountabilities :
- Accountable for the completion of standard or non-standard tasks, within the scope of the function
- Delivers activities to support operational objectives for their role
- Inputs to planning activities with horizons of typically up to 6 months
- Makes decisions within parameters set by manager, using job/specialist experience
- Interacts with client or users around specific work efforts and deliverables
- Supports delivery of Health and Safety policy and standards
- Supervises the activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards taking account of impact outside area of responsibility
- Focus of work on the completion of a set of related tasks for a particular section or service with the ability to accommodate new tasks
Financial Accountabilities :
- Identifies ways to reduce cost
- Work within a given budget, usually without authorised spend of their own
People Accountabilities :
- Required to supervise a small team
- Co-ordinates available resource to deal with the work in hand
- Required to assist less experienced staff
- Undertakes the performance reviews and provides training recommendations
- Responsible for performance management issues and recommending disciplinary actions.
Knowledge and Applied Skills :
- Working knowledge of one functional area through job experience & training
- Likely to have solid business experience, be a minimum part-qualified professional, and have a Certificate
- Level of Qualification as a minimum.
Jack Bartlett
Ref: JB345
0121 265 2538
jbartlett@bbt.co.uk
Candidate Specification
Job Reference:JB345 Apply to:
To apply, or for further details, please contact: Jack Bartlett,1st Floor
Cavendish House
Waterloo Street
Birmingham
B2 5PP,
Tel:0121 265 2538
E-mail: jbartlett@bbt.co.uk
Web: http://www.thebbtglobe.com
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