Are you a leader motivated to leave the right social, environmental and economic legacy?

To help deliver against our ambitious plans and ensure sustainability is our credible differentiator in the market, Willmott Dixon is looking to recruit a Sustainability Lead, to support our growing Northern Construction business.

About Us:

For over 170 years, sustainability and social value have been at the heart of our business. With our bold ‘Now or Never’ sustainability strategy, we're committed to delivering Brilliant Buildings, Building Lives, and a Better Planet by 2030.

We have a long track record of industry leadership. This year, we received the King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, following last year’s recognition for Promoting Opportunity. This marks our fifth King’s Award in the past decade. Earning the UK’s most prestigious business award five times is a testament to the outstanding dedication of everyone at Willmott Dixon to creating exceptional buildings where communities can thrive. There really is no better time to join us!

The Role:

Reporting to the Head of Sustainability Operations you will be a key influencer in our construction business. You will be at the forefront of implementing our sustainability objectives, leading a multi-disciplinary team of sustainability, environmental, and social value experts. The roles will support and work from one of our northern offices (Oldham, Morley or Gateshead) and will require some travel to meet customers and project teams within your region.

In this key role, you will:

Foster Business Growth by ensuring that our sustainability and social value approach responds to customer need, differentiates Willmott Dixon and is embedding in our growth plans. You will also support our work winning teams. ·
Champion Change by aligning best practice social value and sustainability approaches to harness the benefits of a holistic approach to ethical business practices both in your region and across the business.
Build Relationships both inside and outside the company. Working closely with our senior leaders, regional boards, and teams across the business to drive delivery. Also building strong connections with external stakeholders including industry leaders, customers and our supply chain partners.
Inspire and Lead your dedicated multi-disciplinary team to deliver operational excellence. Increase our people’s and our supply chain partner’s sustainability knowledge and skills to ensure clarity of expectation and excellence in sustainability and social value delivery.
Drive Performance and consistency through KPIs and data analysis, identifying opportunities to mitigate risk, ensure efficient delivery and accelerate delivery against company and customer sustainability goals.

What we’re looking for:

A motivated self-starter with a strategic vision and operational focus. You’ll have:

Proven experience in delivering successful sustainability and social value projects.
Strong leadership and influence with stakeholders, customers, and senior leaders.
Agility to enable flexibility between leadership and hands on support when business demands require.
Expertise in KPI management, reporting, and customer-centred sustainability planning.
Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
Join Us: This is more than a job; it’s a chance to shape a legacy. Apply now to drive impactful, sustainable change with Willmott Dixon.

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working.

We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits:

In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

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