The Role

Willmott Dixon is seeking a Sustainable Development Manager to join our award winning Re-Thinking team. The role is based at our Head Office in Letchworth and supports local offices across England and Wales which make up the Willmott Dixon Group.

Willmott Dixon is a privately owned company operating in the Construction, Property Development and Property Maintenance sectors. The group has a turnover in excess of £1.4bn and 3,000 employees, operating out of local construction offices (LCOs) based around England and Wales. Our unique selling point is our people. We are passionate about people, with a real focus and drive around continuous development so believe we can offer a career of a lifetime and regularly celebrate our people's long service with awards.

This role is responsible for the company's sustainability performance reporting, improvement and verification, as well as leading on carbon emissions reduction, waste and the wider resource efficiency agenda.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading on sustainability performance reporting, improvement and verification
• Leading on carbon emissions reduction and the wider resource efficiency agenda.
• Assisting in the development of new strategy, policy and targets for the Willmott Dixon Group and its operating companies.
• Supporting the business in the implementation and delivery of the Group Sustainability and Development strategy, its ambitions and targets.
• Supporting sustainability input to business development & bids
• Carrying out research and development, identifying opportunities, encouraging innovation and improvements in transferability to increase efficiency and work-winning.
• Influencing and networking, speaking and profile raising.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of issues surrounding energy and carbon including sustainability reporting frameworks such as the Carbon Trust Standard. They will also be familiar with policy and delivery of waste and resource management.

In addition they will be able to work on several projects concurrently at both a strategic legislative and policy level whilst being able to accurately analyse detailed numerical data using well developed Excel skills. They will be a self-starter able to demonstrate high levels of initiative, tenacity and self-motivation and be comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy. With experience of successfully embedding change in a large matrix-managed organisation they will also have excellent organisational, communication and written skills.

Essential criteria:

Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC / NVQ4 etc).

Numerate with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Desirable criteria:

Degree in an environmental or related subject

Membership of relevant professional body

Valid driving licence

CSCS card

Personal Qualities

You will be able to:

• understand people's needs and motivations and adapt your personal style accordingly.
• recognise when there are conflicts, acknowledge the feelings and views of all parties, and redirect people's energy towards a common goal,
• prioritise and plan to deliver agreed objectives
• take personal responsibility for making things happen
• display high levels of initiative, tenacity and self-motivation,
• think laterally and develop creative innovative solutions to solve problems

Additional Information

We offer a competitive salary in addition to a comprehensive benefits package including 24 Days holiday plus an additional day off for your birthday, company pension scheme, life assurance, discounted private medical cover, trade discounts and many more.

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace.

Flexible working will be considered.

About Us

Willmott Dixon is one of the largest privately owned Construction businesses in the UK. Our unique selling point is our people. We are passionate about people, with a real focus and drive around continuous development. We strongly believe that this passion has allowed us the success we have enjoyed in recent years. Above everything else you will be joining a values based business: our values are at the centre of every activity we undertake. Having the right talent, coupled with the right culture and values, ensures that we have a sustained future and a trusted brand in our respective markets.

Willmott Dixon has been awarded 14^th place in the Sunday Times Best Companies Top 100 to work for and is the first major contractor and developer to win a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development. We have also been recognised for outstanding investment in communities with a CommunityMark from Business in the Community.

* Benefits may vary dependent upon the role and type of employment contract.