Junior Energy Consultant - ISO14001 (Energy)

Job Description

Sustainable places. Connecting communities. Realising potential. We live by our purpose to create great experiences for people, now and in the future.We create places that make a lasting positive contribution to our communities and our planet. We bring people together, forming connections with each other and the spaces we create. And we provide our customers, partners and people with a platform to realisetheir full potential.Build Well, Live Well, Act Well, our sustainability framework, enables us to deliver our purpose by focussing on the issues that need to be addressed to create the impact we want. Our sustainability vision is to design, develop and manage places that enhance the health of our environment and improve quality of life for our people, customers and communities, now and for future generations. Purpose of job Reporting to the Senior Sustainability Manager: Environment, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive support to ensure that our operational portfolio is operated in a sustainable manner, complying with all relevant legislation and taking actionsto improve environmental performance. You will do this by overseeing the effective implementation of Landsecs ISO certified environmental and energy management systems, conducting site audits to monitor compliance and recommend opportunities for improvementThe aim of this role is to improve environmental performance across our portfolio, building strong relationships with Operational site teams to identify and deliver actions for improvement.In this role, you will support the Senior Sustainability Manager: Environment to be the subject matter expert on environmental legislation and environmental and energy management systems. Principal accountabilities Environmental and Energy Management

• Support the Sustainability Manager: Environment to lead the successful delivery of Landsecs environmental and energy management systems certified to ISO14001 and 50001, driving sustainability improvements across the business
• To plan,manage and deliver internal site audits to support site teams and our service partners identify opportunities for improvement across all environmental issues, and energy saving opportunities.
  • Ensure that all environmental and energy auditing requirements are met by maintaining a schedule of visits and tracking non-conformances.
  • Lead investigation of incidents when they occur, prepare findings, and identify improvements.
  • Provide advice and guidance on sustainability best practices to site teams and other business units to ensure sustainability is at the heart of all business decisions and actions.
• Contribute to site level sustainability action plan templates, ensuring they are kept up to date and actions and issues are logged appropriately.
• Own and maintain internal documentation control of environmental related procedures and templates.
• Monitor and communicate regular updates and proposed changes on environmental and energy legislation to ensure legal register is appropriate to business activities and impacts.

• Build strategic relationships with key stakeholders around the business including external service partners to ensure sustainability in all activities

Data monitoring, collection and reporting

• Ensure site level sustainability action plan templates are maintained and kept up to date with actions and issues logged appropriately.
• Maintain Landsecs Legal Register to ensure all relevant environmental legislation is tracked and actions are taken to ensure compliance.
• Support the collation of environmental related data for all reporting purposes including business KPIs, internal quarterly reporting and sustainability assurance (auditing) as well as the production of reports (as required).
• Work with other members of the sustainability team to review and analysis environmental data to identify areas of focus for improvement
• Contribute with relevant information and support our sustainability reporting assurance process, submissions to external benchmarks and other external communications
• Creation of site level energy performance dashboards
• Communication and analysis of site energy performance

Key competencies

• Knowledge of environmental and energy management systems and the requirements of IS0 14001 and 50001
• Experience undertaking energy efficiency audits within the built environment
• Knowledge of environmental and energy legislation and best practice
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate complex and technical sustainability topics to non-sustainability stakeholders such as Landsec colleagues, service partners, occupiers
• A self-starter with the ability to self-manage workflows and tasks
• The ability to engage and influence with multiple stakeholders, building relationships with individuals of all seniorities
• Willingness to travel UK wide with some overnight stay

Knowledge, experience and qualificationsEssential

• Experience of working with environmental and energy management systems and the requirements of IS0 14001 and 50001
• Experience of undertaking energy surveys and building business cases in energy efficiency
• Knowledge of Energy and Environmental legislation and its application to the operational built environment
• Auditing and compliance monitoring experience

Desirable

• Experience managing environmental impacts across multisite portfolios within the property / real estate sector
• Degree in sustainability or in a other relevant field