Head of Environment & Sustainability
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.
This role will be Head of Environment & Sustainability as part of our SHEQ team. This is open to candidates across the UK but ideal for someone reasonably central to be able to visit all sites.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As a Head of Environment & Sustainability you'll provide strategic leadership across the division, driving a proactive environmental culture, excellent compliance and measurable performance improvements.
You'll shape and deliver environmental programmes that support business growth, influence behaviours at all levels and strengthen client confidence through visible leadership, collaboration and strong stakeholder engagement.
In this role you'll advance the division’s environmental and sustainability ambitions through industry‑leading performance. Leading the Environmental & Sustainability team, ensuring resources meet business needs and support growth. We'll ask you to drive work winning and business development by positioning the business as a sector leader and engaging with the wider industry.
You'll build strong relationships with Regulators, clients and stakeholders, promoting cross‑contract collaboration and driving improvements across the business. You will also ensure adequate resources for internal and external audits to verify compliance, assess risks and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
- Please note this is only a job advert, not all key responsibilities our outlined. A full job specification can be provided.
What you’ll bring
- Degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Sustainability or a related discipline, plus Chartered membership of ISEP (or equivalent), e.g., CEnv / CISEP.
- Experience of delivering works granted by planning permission or DCO and Section 37 agreements.
- Significant senior‑level experience in Environmental or Sustainability leadership.
- Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation and environmental management systems.
- Proven ability to lead cultural change and influence sustainable behaviours across organisations.
- Experience delivering complex projects, managing scope, budgets and timelines.
- Ability to monitor, interpret and report business KPIs, using relevant environmental and digital tools effectively.
- Strong commitment to best practice and continuous improvement.
- Experience leading teams, managing performance and mentoring colleagues.
- Experience achieving or maintaining externally audited standards (e.g., ISO 14001, Achilles).
- Visible and engaging leadership style, demonstrating strong influence and the ability to communicate effectively at all organisational levels.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across Divisions and Group‑wide functions.
- Strong capability to apply sustainable decision‑making and embed responsible environmental practices across operations.
- Customer focused and solution-oriented approach, with a commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated track record of driving continuous improvement and innovation within environmental and sustainability functions.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Willingness to travel to various locations with regular overnight stays.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Fuel card for business use
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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