Senior Sustainability Engineer / Carbon Manager
Location: Manchester (Flexible Working Available)
Job Type: Permanent
I’m recruiting on behalf of my client for a Senior Sustainability Engineer / Carbon Manager to join their team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering sustainability and carbon management across the lifecycle of infrastructure projects, working on high-impact, complex projects while embedding sustainable practices and promoting carbon reduction.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting infrastructure project teams in integrating sustainability and carbon management throughout the entire project lifecycle—from feasibility to operation.
- Delivering PAS2080 Carbon Management systems on projects and ensuring compliance with both client and industry requirements.
- Producing Whole Life Carbon Assessments in line with RICS V2, using a variety of carbon assessment tools.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to identify and track sustainable opportunities, supporting their implementation through business cases and technical queries.
- Sharing lessons learned from successful and missed opportunities, improving the approach to sustainability on future projects.
- Delivering sustainability and carbon awareness training to project teams, empowering them to implement best practices.
- Working with engineering teams, design partners, suppliers, and contractors to embed sustainable best practices across projects.
- Investigating innovative materials and methodologies, assessing their sustainability performance and applicability to projects.
- Presenting sustainable design case studies for tenders, showcasing your client’s commitment to sustainability.
- Monitoring and reviewing project sustainable design elements to ensure delivery aligns with client expectations.
- Communicating confidently and authoritatively with clients, promoting your client’s sustainable design capabilities.
- Delivering presentations to internal teams, clients, and research partners on the latest in sustainable practice.
- Collaborating with Biodiversity, Natural Capital, Social Value, SHE & Carbon experts to ensure their consideration on all projects.
- Remaining at the forefront of sustainable practices by supporting research groups, industry networks, and academia.
What We’re Looking For:
- ✔ Degree qualified in a relevant field with Chartered status (ICE, IStructE, IEMA, or equivalent).
- ✔ Proven experience delivering PAS2080 Carbon Management on infrastructure projects.
- ✔ Strong experience in creating Whole-life Carbon Assessments using the RICS V2 methodology.
- ✔ Experience with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and selecting the appropriate carbon factors.
- ✔ A good understanding of how commercial frameworks can be used to implement sustainability initiatives.
- ✔ Experience working on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and process safety disciplines.
- ✔ Knowledge of the full project lifecycle, with experience supporting multiple stages (feasibility, design, construction, and operation).
- ✔ Strong communication skills, with the ability to present to senior business leaders, both internally and externally.
- ✔ Awareness of broader sustainability topics, including innovation, Biodiversity, Natural Capital, and BREEAM/CEEQUAL certification.
- ✔ UK project experience with working knowledge of current UK regulations and legislation.
- ✔ Strong investigative research skills and a keen interest in sustainable practices.
- ✔ A driven individual, keen to progress and enhance your skills through continuous learning and new work areas.
- ✔ A curious and courageous advocate for sustainability, willing to challenge industry norms and promote change.
- ✔ Able to demonstrate social responsibility awareness in the context of ethics, community, and the environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to some of the UK’s most ambitious and forward-thinking projects, while advancing your career in sustainability and carbon management. You’ll be part of a collaborative and dynamic team, working toward impactful, long-term sustainable outcomes.
Interested? Apply today! Email me shas@scantec.co.uk or call me on 0151 666 8929.
