Sustainability Manager - Bristol
Build Maintain Recruit Limited
Role Overview
What an exciting offering for this reputable and growing principal contractor, a business that consistently delivers projects across the commercial, health and student accommodation sectors.
The Sustainability Manager position will play a key role in delivering the sustainability ambitions across their projects in the South West. Based out of their Bristol office, this role focuses on driving high technical standards, embedding sustainability into project delivery, and supporting the internal teams and supply chain to meet both company expectations and client requirements.
While you will be based in the South West division, you will work closely with the wider Sustainability Department and report directly to the Principal Sustainability Manager. The ideal candidate provides leadership, technical expertise, and strategic insight across priority areas, including BREEAM, embodied carbon, circular economy, social value, and net zero alignment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead sustainability requirements across assigned projects, ensuring compliance with client expectations and planning conditions
- Oversee BREEAM strategies, assessments, and delivery, ensuring robust evidence collection and early integration into design.
- Guide project teams on embodied carbon reduction, including LCA processes, materials selection, and A1–A5 reporting.
- Support delivery of circular economy principles, waste minimisation strategies, and materials resource efficiency.
- Lead social value delivery and reporting across projects, working closely with project teams and community partners.
- Contribute to pre-construction activities, including developing sustainability strategies for bids and tenders.
Essential
- Experience working in a sustainability role within the construction industry.
- Embodied Carbon & Whole Life Carbon Assessments
- Circular Economy principles & materials strategy
- Strong technical knowledge of BREEAM and embodied carbon.
- Experience engaging with project teams, design teams, and subcontractors.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- BA in Geography / Environmental disciplines
This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of a fast-growing organisation with strong sustainability ambitions:
- Develop internal capability across the business and supply chain.
- Support the advancement of carbon accounting practices within the organisation.
- Grow professionally within a department that is expanding and gaining strategic prominence
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