Group Sustainability Coordinator

Salary: £42,000 – £54,000 per year

The Vacancy

Due to continued growth here at Crest Nicholson. We are currently recruiting for a Group Sustainability Coordinator to join the team in Chertsey.

You will be a part of the Group Production team, helping to develop and implement Crest Nicholson’s sustainability strategy. This is an excellent opportunity to be a part of the green transformation of the housebuilding industry, helping to meet UK climate goals and deliver benefits for people and planet.

The Group Production team promotes sustainability across the business, provides valuable insight and engages with teams throughout the business’ divisions to drive performance improvements relating to our environmental and social impacts.

Key deliverables/areas of work:

• Supporting the Group Production team in delivering the Group’s sustainability strategy. This will include researching potential improvement opportunities and working on a range of existing initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, waste and other environmental and social impacts.
• Managing the collection and analysis of data to monitor outcomes of initiatives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including energy, water, fuel use, carbon emissions, waste, performance of our homes and social value.
• Supporting the team to manage environmental and social risks and opportunities, including those within our supply chain.
• Assisting the team with investigating and trialling technologies as we develop the future sustainable Crest Nicholson home.
• Coordinating and supporting the Group Production team to deliver engaging internal and external communications on sustainability. Including the internal newsletter, corporate website, case studies and the Annual Integrated Report.
• Maintaining awareness of regulatory updates around sustainability and sharing knowledge with the team.

Personal attributes and skills:

• An interest and passion for sustainability.
• Ideally understand the key environmental legislation and the major environmental and social impacts related to the construction industry.
• Enjoy working as part of a team and the challenge of a varied and dynamic range of tasks.
• This role requires cross-functional working across the business and the successful candidate will have the ability to collaborate effectively and professionally across all departments.
• Good organisational skills with an ability to work on a variety of tasks simultaneously.
• Good analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• IT literate, including Microsoft Office programs, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• The role will be based at Head Office in Chertsey but will involve some travel to sites and divisional offices. The ability to travel is essential.

Qualifications

• Ideally a degree related to sustainability, geography, environmental science or construction.
• Ideally a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.